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2018–19 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Wigan Athletic's 87th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Wigan Athletic
2018–19 season
OwnerDave Whelan(until 7 November 2018) [1]
International Entertainment Corporation (from 7 November 2018) [2]
ChairmanDavid Sharpe (until 7 November 2018) [1]
Darren Royle (from 7 November 2018) [2]
ManagerPaul Cook
StadiumDW Stadium
Championship18th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8)
All: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8)
Highest home attendance15,655 v. Norwich City
(14 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance8,848 v. Hull City
(18 September 2018)
Average home league attendance11,661
Biggest win3–0 at Stoke City
(22 August 2018)
3–0 v. Aston Villa
(12 January 2019)
5–2 v. Bolton Wanderers
(16 March 2019)
Biggest defeat0–4 v. Preston North End
(6 October 2018)

Change in ownership edit

During the season International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) completed their acquisition of the club, stadium and training grounds in a £22m deal.[3] Chairman David Sharpe stepped down following the completion of the takeover along with other board members and was replaced by Darren Royle, his father Joe Royle and Thomas Chan.[4]

First-team squad edit

No. Name Pos. Nat. Place of Birth Age Caps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee Ends
Goalkeepers
1 Christian Walton GK   Wadebridge 28 67 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 June 2018 Loan 2019
23 Jamie Jones GK   Kirkby 35 32 0 Stevenage 7 August 2018 Free 2019
37 Dan Lavercombe GK   Torquay 27 0 0 Torquay United 6 January 2016 Undisclosed 2019
40 Owen Evans GK   Newport 27 1 0 Academy 1 July 2017 Trainee 2019
Defenders
2 Nathan Byrne RB   St Albans 31 94 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
3 Antonee Robinson LB   Milton Keynes 26 24 0 Everton 3 August 2018 Loan 2019
6 Danny Fox LB   Winsford 37 8 0 Nottingham Forest 29 January 2019 Undsiclosed Undisclosed
12 Reece James RB   London 24 44 2 Chelsea 1 July 2018 Loan 2019
21 Cédric Kipré CB   Paris 27 40 0 Motherwell 3 August 2018 Undisclosed 2021
22 Chey Dunkley CB   Wolverhampton 32 86 7 Oxford United 5 June 2017 Free 2022
30 Jonas Olsson CB   Landskrona 41 5 0 Djurgårdens 1 February 2019 Free 2019
Midfielders
4 Darron Gibson CM   Derry 36 19 0 Sunderland 3 August 2018 Free 2019
5 Sam Morsy CM   Wolverhampton 32 118 6 Chesterfield 28 January 2016 Undisclosed 2021
7 Jamie Walker LW   Edinburgh 30 9 0 Heart of Midlothian 8 January 2018 Undisclosed 2020
10 Josh Windass AM   Kingston upon Hull 30 39 5 Rangers 9 August 2018 £2,000,000 2021
13 Anthony Pilkington LW   Blackburn 35 10 0 Cardiff City 10 January 2019 Free 2020
14 Beni Baningime CM   Kinshasa 25 1 0 Everton 31 January 2019 Loan 2019
16 Shaun MacDonald DM   Swansea 35 43 1 Bournemouth 13 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
17 Michael Jacobs LM   Rothwell 32 156 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 July 2015 Undisclosed 2019
18 Gary Roberts AM   Liverpool 40 53 3 Portsmouth 29 August 2017 Free 2019
20 Kal Naismith RM   Glasgow 32 30 1 Portsmouth 1 July 2018 Undisclosed 2021
25 Nick Powell AM   Crewe 30 97 29 Manchester United 12 July 2016 Undisclosed 2019
36 Lee Evans CM   Newport 29 56 3 Sheffield United 1 January 2019 Undisclosed 2021
Forwards
11 Gavin Massey RW   Watford 31 68 11 Leyton Orient 6 July 2017 Free 2019
15 Callum McManaman RW   Huyton 33 133 18 Sunderland 20 July 2018 Undisclosed 2019
28 Leon Clarke CF   Birmingham 39 13 2 Sheffield United 30 January 2019 Loan 2019
41 Joe Garner CF   Blackburn 36 32 8 Ipswich Town 9 August 2018 Undisclosed 2020
44 Devante Cole CF   Alderley Edge 28 6 0 Fleetwood Town 31 January 2018 Undisclosed 2020

Statistics edit

As of 5 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Christian Walton 32 0 32+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Nathan Byrne 29 1 24+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   USA Antonee Robinson 24 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF   IRL Darron Gibson 18 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF   EGY Sam Morsy 37 1 37+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF   ENG Danny Fox 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   SCO Jamie Walker 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW   ENG James Vaughan 19 2 6+12 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
10 MF   ENG Josh Windass 39 5 30+8 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW   ENG Gavin Massey 17 5 13+4 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF   ENG Reece James 44 2 42+1 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF   IRL Anthony Pilkington 10 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   COD Beni Baningime 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW   ENG Callum McManaman 24 1 1+21 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   WAL Shaun MacDonald 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
17 MF   ENG Michael Jacobs 22 4 19+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   ENG Gary Roberts 15 2 10+3 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
20 MF   SCO Kal Naismith 30 1 20+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF   CIV Cédric Kipré 40 0 37+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF   ENG Chey Dunkley 37 0 35+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK   ENG Jamie Jones 14 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF   ENG Nick Powell 29 8 24+5 8 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW   ENG Leon Clarke 13 2 7+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW   ENG Charlie Jolley 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF   SWE Jonas Olsson 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF   WAL Lee Evans 33 0 29+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW   ENG Joe Gelhardt 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
39 MF   ENG Jensen Weir 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 FW   ENG Joe Garner 32 8 17+15 8 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 FW   ENG Devante Cole 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) out on loan:
19 MF   POR Leonardo Lopes 3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
6 MF   ENG Max Power 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   NIR Will Grigg 18 4 10+7 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   NIR Alex Bruce 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   ENG Callum Connolly 19 1 7+10 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF   ENG Dan Burn 14 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goals record edit

As of 5 May 2019
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 25   AM Nick Powell 8 0 0 8
41   CF Joe Garner 8 0 0 8
3 10   AM Josh Windass 5 0 0 5
11   RW Gavin Massey 5 0 0 5
5 9   CF Will Grigg 4 0 0 4
17   LW Michael Jacobs 4 0 0 4
7 8   CF James Vaughan 2 0 1 3
12   RB Reece James 3 0 0 3
28   CF Leon Clarke 3 0 0 3
10 18   AM Gary Roberts 2 0 0 2
11 2   RB Nathan Byrne 1 0 0 1
5   CM Sam Morsy 1 0 0 1
15   RW Callum McManaman 1 0 0 1
20   RM Kal Naismith 1 0 0 1
26   CM Callum Connolly 1 0 0 1
36   RM Lee Evans 1 0 0 1
Total 50 0 1 51

Disciplinary record edit

As of 5 May 2019
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
                               
1 5   CM Sam Morsy 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1
2 21   CB Cédric Kipré 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
22   CB Chey Dunkley 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
41   CF Joe Garner 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
5 10   AM Josh Windass 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 26   CM Callum Connolly 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
36   CM Lee Evans 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 2   RB Nathan Byrne 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12   RB Reece James 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20   RM Kal Naismith 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
25   AM Nick Powell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 1   GK Christian Walton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8   CF James Vaughan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
15   RW Callum McManaman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
33   CB Dan Burn 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 3   LB Antonee Robinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4   CM Darron Gibson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9   CF Will Grigg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11   RW Gavin Massey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17   LW Michael Jacobs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18   AM Gary Roberts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 6   LB Danny Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13   LW Anthony Pilkington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14   CB Alex Bruce 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
30   CB Jonas Olsson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 88 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 91 0 4

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 CM   Leonardo Da Silva Lopes Peterborough United Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2018 GK   Bobby Jones Middlesbrough Undisclosed [6]
1 July 2018 RW   Kal Naismith Portsmouth Free transfer [7]
20 July 2018 RW   Callum McManaman Sunderland Undisclosed [8]
3 August 2018 LB   Ryan Galvin Croydon Undisclosed [9]
3 August 2018 CM   Darron Gibson Sunderland Free transfer [10]
3 August 2018 CB   Cédric Kipré Motherwell Undisclosed [11]
3 August 2018 CF   Joe Piggott Warrington Town Free transfer [9]
9 August 2018 CF   Joe Garner Ipswich Town Undisclosed [12]
9 August 2018 AM   Josh Windass Rangers £2,000,000 [13]
18 September 2018 DM   Alex Perry Bolton Wanderers Free transfer
18 September 2018 CB   Denzel Williams Blackpool Free transfer
1 January 2019 CM   Lee Evans Sheffield United Undisclosed [14]
4 January 2019 LW   Ollie Crankshaw Curzon Ashton Undisclosed [15]
10 January 2019 LW   Anthony Pilkington Cardiff City Free transfer [16]
29 January 2019 LB   Danny Fox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [17]
1 February 2019 CB   Jonas Olsson Djurgårdens Free transfer [18]

Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
1 July 2018 RB   Reece James Chelsea 31 May 2019 [19]
1 July 2018 GK   Christian Walton Brighton & Hove Albion 31 May 2019 [20]
3 August 2018 LB   Antonee Robinson Everton 31 May 2019 [21]
9 August 2018 CB   Dan Burn Brighton & Hove Albion 1 January 2019 [22]
9 August 2018 DM   Callum Connolly Everton 31 January 2019 [23][24]
10 August 2018 CM   Lee Evans Sheffield United 1 January 2019 [14]
30 January 2019 CF   Leon Clarke Sheffield United 31 May 2019 [25]
31 January 2019 CM   Beni Baningime Everton 31 May 2019 [26]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 RB   Luke Burke AFC Fylde Released [27][28]
1 July 2018 CM   Jamie Cotter Free agent Released
1 July 2018 CB   Donervon Daniels Blackpool Released [27][29]
1 July 2018 CM   Joe Downey Free agent Released
1 July 2018 CB   Tom Hilton Free agent Released
1 July 2018 CF   Noel Hunt Waterford Free transfer [30]
1 July 2018 LB   Reece James Sunderland Released [27][31]
1 July 2018 LB   Andy Kellett Notts County Released [27][32]
1 July 2018 CF   Mwiya Malumo Gottne IF Released [33]
1 July 2018 CB   Craig Morgan Fleetwood Town Free transfer [34]
1 July 2018 DM   David Perkins Rochdale Free transfer [35]
1 July 2018 CB   Anthony Plant Free agent Released
1 July 2018 GK   Theo Roberts Chester Released [36]
1 July 2018 CB   Sam Stubbs Middlesbrough Released [27][37]
16 July 2018 CB   Terell Thomas AFC Wimbledon Undisclosed [38]
23 July 2018 AM   Josh Laurent Shrewsbury Town Undisclosed [39]
9 August 2018 CB   Dan Burn Brighton & Hove Albion £3,000,000 [22]
9 August 2018 LW   Ryan Colclough Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [40]
2 January 2019 CM   Max Power Sunderland Undisclosed [41]
25 January 2019 AM   Jordan Flores Dundalk Undisclosed [42]
30 January 2019 CB   Alex Bruce Kilmarnock Free transfer
1 February 2019 CF   Will Grigg Sunderland Undisclosed [43]

Loans out edit

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
3 August 2018 MF   Luke Burgess Barrow 25 March 2019 [44]
3 August 2018 GK   Jordan Perrin Stockport Town 3 September 2018 [45]
9 August 2018 CM   Jordan Flores Östersunds 31 December 2018 [46]
10 August 2018 CM   Max Power Sunderland 1 January 2019 [47]
14 August 2018 CF   Callum Lang Oldham Athletic 31 May 2019 [48][49]
30 August 2018 CF   Devante Cole Burton Albion 16 January 2019 [50]
31 August 2018 CF   Joe Piggott Morecambe 1 January 2019 [51]
31 August 2018 LW   Jamie Walker Peterborough United 2 January 2019 [52]
2 October 2018 GK   Jordan Perrin F.C. United of Manchester 30 October 2018
4 January 2019 LW   Ollie Crankshaw Curzon Ashton 31 May 2019 [15]
29 January 2019 CF   Joe Piggott Altrincham 31 May 2019 [53]
31 January 2019 CM   Leonardo Lopes Gillingham 31 May 2019 [54]
31 January 2019 CF   James Vaughan Portsmouth 31 May 2019 [55]
23 February 2019 GK   Jordan Perrin Runcorn Linnets 31 May 2019
15 March 2019 RB   Tylor Golden Droylsden 31 May 2019 [56]

Competitions edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

Wigan Athletic announced they would face Tranmere Rovers in a pre-season friendly.[57]

14 July 2018 Friendly Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Wigan Athletic Birkenhead
15:00 BST Norwood   88' Report Grigg   2' (pen.)
Walker   69'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly Chesterfield 1–1 Wigan Athletic Chesterfield
19:00 BST Binnom-Wiliams   67' Report Grigg   38' Stadium: Proact Stadium
Attendance: 2,777
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) Friendly Rangers 3–0 Wigan Athletic River Clyde, Scotland
15:00 BST Morelos   52'
Katić   57'
Bruce   62' (o.g.)		 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 28,779
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Championship edit

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 16 12 18 64 69 −5 60
16 Stoke City 46 11 22 13 45 52 −7 55
17 Birmingham City 46 14 19 13 64 58 +6 52[a]
18 Wigan Athletic 46 13 13 20 51 64 −13 52
19 Queens Park Rangers 46 14 9 23 53 71 −18 51
20 Reading 46 10 17 19 49 66 −17 47
21 Millwall 46 10 14 22 48 64 −16 44
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[59]
Notes:
  1. ^ Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.[58]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 13 13 20 51 64  −13 52 11 8 4 29 20  +9 2 5 16 22 44  −22

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday edit

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GroundHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHHAAAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWLDWLWLWWLDLWLLLLDWDLLLLDLWLLWDDDDLLLWDDLDWWDW
Position29128129107387118101416161715151616191919201920201919192019192020192019212120181818
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[60][61]

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday Wigan
15:00 BST Jacobs   11', 26'
Powell   60'		 Report Nuhiu   20'   90'
Forestieri   67'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 14,207
Referee: Tim Robinson
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2 Aston Villa 3–2 Wigan Athletic Aston
15:00 BST Chester   13'
Dunkley   63' (o.g.)
Bjarnason   90+4'		 Report Powell   41'
Connolly   55'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 34,331
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3 Wigan Athletic 2–2 Nottingham Forest Wigan
15:00 BST Powell   2'
Grigg   30' (pen.)		 Report Cash   10'
Soudani   90+1'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 11,543
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 4 Stoke City 0–3 Wigan Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST McClean   45+1'
Allen   56'
Williams   66'   78'
Crouch   71'		 Report Grigg   27', 57'
Massey   32'
Powell   66'
James   73'		 Stadium: Britannia Stadium
Attendance: 23,158
Referee: John Brooks
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Wigan Athletic Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST Hemed   35' Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 11,564
Referee: Steve Martin
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Rotherham United Wigan
15:00 BST Vaughan   73' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,584
Referee: Scott Duncan
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7 Brentford 2–0 Wigan Athletic London
15:00 BST Maupay   24', 63'
Watkins   50'
Dalsgaard   59'		 Report Windass   34'
Powell   40'
Morsy   58'
Dunkley   89'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Darren England
18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Hull City Wigan
19:45 BST Morsy   21'
Windass   38'		 Report Bowen   43' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,848
Referee: David Webb
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 9 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Bristol City Wigan
19:45 BST Powell   52' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,192
Referee: Oliver Langford
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 Norwich City 1–0 Wigan Athletic Norwich
15:00 BST Vrančić   86' (pen.) Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,034
Referee: Gavin Ward
2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Swansea City Wigan
19:45 BST Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,964
Referee: John Brooks
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12 Preston North End 4–0 Wigan Athletic Preston
15:00 BST Barkhuizen   17'
Robinson   51'
Gallagher   85' (pen.)
Burn   90+6' (o.g.)		 Report Gibson   56' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,280
Referee: Lee Probert
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13 Wigan Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Wigan
15:00 BST Morsy   18'
James   19'
Dunkley   59'
Windass   74'		 Report Dawson   24'
Rodriguez   28'
Livermore   34'   84'
Barnes   48'
Brunt   58'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 14 Millwall 2–1 Wigan Athletic Bermondsey
15:00 BST Williams   60' (pen.)
Morison   82'		 Report Wallace   45+2' (o.g.) Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,190
Referee: James Linington
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15 Sheffield United 4–2 Wigan Athletic Sheffield
15:00 BST Dunkley   23' (o.g.)
Sharp   45', 53', 63'		 Report Naismith   39'
Garner   69'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 24,429
Referee: Tony Harrington
4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 16 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Leeds United Wigan
13:30 GMT James   6' Report Hernández   9'
Roofe   46'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 14,799
Referee: Andy Davies
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17 Middlesbrough 2–0 Wigan Athletic Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Hugill   38' (pen.), 44' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 22,207
Referee: Darren England
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Reading Wigan
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,211
Referee: Oliver Langford
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Wigan
19:45 GMT Roberts   37'
Vaughan   54' (pen.)
McManaman   86'		 Report Burn   83' (o.g.) Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,777
Referee: Keith Stroud
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Wigan Athletic Bolton
15:00 GMT J Williams   2'
Noone   3'
Buckley   7'
Olkowski   74'		 Report Grigg   25' (pen.)
Roberts   45'
Kipré   67'		 Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Simon Hooper
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Derby County Wigan
15:00 GMT Naismith   15'
Morsy   32'		 Report Marriott   21'
Wilson   32'
Bryson   76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,768
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22 Ipswich Town 1–0 Wigan Athletic Ipswich
15:00 GMT Chalobah   49'
Sears   67'
Chambers   73'
Jordan Roberts   84'		 Report Connolly   50'
Burn   90+3'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,640
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Birmingham City Wigan
15:00 GMT Burn   90+1' Report Adams   26'
Morrison   45+1'
Maghoma   61',   64'
C. Gardner   76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,744
Referee: Ross Joyce
26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Rodriguez   8', 69'
Gibbs   57'
Livermore   64'		 Report Connolly   17'
Garner   28'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,555
Referee: Robert Jones
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25 Swansea City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Swansea
15:00 GMT Grimes   40'
Naughton   52'
Burn   59' (o.g.)
van der Hoorn   81'   90+4'		 Report Garner   10' (pen.), 34'
James   42'
Massey   66'
Naismith   88'
Morsy   90+4'		 Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 18,591
Referee: James Linington
1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Sheffield United Wigan
15:00 GMT Massey   35'
McManaman   62'		 Report McGoldrick   40'
Duffy   48'
Stevens   52'
Sharp   54'
Fleck   83'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,054
Referee: Andrew Madley
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa Wigan
15:00 GMT Morsy   13'
Garner   38'
Roberts   41'
Windass   66'
Jacobs   79'
Garner   83' (pen)		 Report Bjarnason   54'
Taylor   64'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,882
Referee: Tony Harrington
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Wigan Athletic Sheffield
15:00 GMT Fletcher   62' Report Evans   45'
Kipré   73'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 22,323
Referee: Peter Bankes
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Wigan Athletic Nottingham
15:00 GMT Lolley   19'
Watson   27'
Cash   30',   48'
Benalouane   41'
Guedioura   80'
Colback   90+1'		 Report Windass   33'
Morsy   58'
Byrne   70'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,848
Referee: Alan Davies
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Wigan
15:00 GMT Windass   8'
Evans   21'
Clarke   55'
Kipré   83'
Jacobs   90+1'		 Report Luongo   13'
Osayi-Samuel   75'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,799
Referee: Scott Duncan
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31 Rotherham United 1–1 Wigan Athletic Rotherham
15:00 GMT Robertson   28'
Forde   88'		 Report Windass   32'   67'
Kipré   54'
Pilkington   80'		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,611
Referee: Oliver Langford
13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 32 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stoke City Wigan
19:45 GMT Morsy   82' Report Allen   28'
Bauer   55'
Woods   61'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,914
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Ipswich Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Naismith   12'
Morsy   67'
Garner   90+1'		 Report Knudsen   25'
Keane   32' (pen.)
Pennington   56'
Kenlock   73'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,835
Referee: Lee Probert
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Middlesbrough Wigan
15:00 GMT Dunkley   33' Report Ayala   21'
Howson   79'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,726
Referee: Stephen Martin
5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 35 Derby County 2–1 Wigan Athletic Derby
19:45 GMT Johnson   41'
Bennett   59'   62'
Wilson   63'
Tomori   71'
Malone   78'		 Report Massey   25'
Morsy   37'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Referee: Tony Harrington
9 March 2019 36 Reading 3–2 Wigan Athletic Reading
15:00 GMT (UTC) Miazga   42'
Swift   45+3'
Moore   50'
Barrow   89'
Méïté   90+7'   90+8'		 Report Powell   20'
Garner   42'   64'
Robinson   57'
Jacobs   70'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,401
Referee: Andy Davies
12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Wigan Athletic Blackburn
19:45 GMT Graham   39' (pen.), 54'
Conway   45'
Williams   80'
Dack   86'
Rothwell   89'		 Report Olsson   42'
Dunkley   42'
Garner   78'
James   85'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38 Wigan Athletic 5–2 Bolton Wanderers Wigan
15:00 GMT Garner   4'
Massey   51'
Powell   55'
Jacobs   69'
Clarke   81'		 Report Lowe   3'
O'Neil   62'
Ameobi   80'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,664
Referee: Robert Jones
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Brentford Wigan
15:00 GMT Robinson   51' Report Barbet   45'
Sørensen   90+5'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,953
Referee: Andy Woolmer
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40 Bristol City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Bristol
15:00 BST Webster   32'
Taylor   65'
Palmer   68'		 Report James   37'
Fox   40'
Byrne   90+3'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,931
Referee: Keith Stroud
10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 41 Hull City 2–1 Wigan Athletic Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST Kane   16'
Campbell   51'   90+4'
de Wijs   89'		 Report Powell   41'
Walton   68'		 Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 10,827
Referee: David Webb
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 42 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Norwich City Wigan
12:00 BST Massey   32'
James   45' (pen.)   82'		 Report Trybull   44'
Pukki   81'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,655
Referee: James Linington
19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43 Leeds United 1–2 Wigan Athletic Leeds
15:00 BST Hernández   16'
Bamford   17'
Klich   45+1'
Ayling   58'
Berardi   71'		 Report Kipré   14'
Massey   44', 62'
Evans   69'
Walton   90+2'
Powell   90+6'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,758
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Preston North End Wigan
15:00 BST Clarke   11'
Morsy   44'
Evans   68'		 Report Nmecha   13'
Ledson   34'
Maguire   76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,496
Referee: Andrew Madley
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45 Birmingham City 1–1 Wigan Athletic Birmingham
15:00 BST Jutkiewicz   2'
Roberts   71'		 Report Dunkley   31'
Powell   45+3'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 23,645
Referee: Stephen Martin
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Millwall Wigan
12:30 BST Garner   15' Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,859
Referee: Andy Woolmer

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[62]

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
12:30 GMT Sako   31'
Brunt   79'
Field   90+5'		 Report Connolly   29'
Byrne   58'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 15,465
Referee: Keith Stroud

EFL Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[63]

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) First round Rotherham United 3–1 Wigan Athletic Rotherham
19:45 BST Proctor   37', 64'
Ajayi   42'		 Report Bruce   25'
Vaughan   74'		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Peter Bankes

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