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AFC Bournemouth Vs Wigan Athletic
Date: Saturday 17th August
Venue: The Goldsands Stadium
Time: 15:00 BST
Referee: Graham Scott
Assistant Referees: Daniel Cook, Richard Martin
Fourth Official: Andrew Laver
Score: 1-0
AFC Bournemouth Line Up
01 Ryan Allsop
02 Simon Francis
03 Steve Cook
14 Richard Harte
22 Elliott Ward
07 Marc Pugh (Tommy Elphick-90’)
08 Harry Arter
16 Shaun MacDonald
20 Ryan Fraser (Wesley Thomas-78’)
09 Lewis Grabban
10 Brett Pitman
Substitutes
25 Darryl Flahaven
05 Tommy Elphick
04 Andrew Surman
23 Donal McDermott
32 Eunan O’Kane
15 Wesley Thomas
29 Jayden Stockley
Wigan Athletic Line Up
01 Scott Carson
03 Stephen Crainey
17 Emmerson Boyce
24 James Perch
25 Leon Barnett
04 James McCarthy
08 Ben Watson
10 Shaun Maloney
16 James McArthur (Callum McManaman-56’)
22 Jean Beausejour (James Mclean-56’)
09 Grant Holt (Marc-Antoine Fortune-65’)
Substitutes
13 Lee Nicholls
07 Chris McCann
11 James McClean
14 Jordi Gomez
18 Roger Espinoza
15 Callum McManaman
32 Marc-Antoine Fortune
This football match was a real reality check for Wigan Athletic as AFC Bournemouth defeated the FA Cup winners 1-0 at the Goldsands Stadium; welcome to the championship Wigan Athletic!
Bournemouth, who were promoted from league one last season, scored their goal after forty three minutes as James Perch passed the ball backwards in to the path of Lewis Grabban who rounded Scott Carson to slot the ball home. The first half was not a great half of football and there were not many chances but Bournemouth came the closest to scoring early on as the ball was cleared from inside the six yard box.
The second half provided much more excitement as Callum McManaman was sent off (rather harshly) for a challenge within five minutes of entering the field of play, Scott Carson saved a penalty from Brett Pitman, and Wigan had the ball cleared off the line late on in the game.
Overall, a decent game but a shock for Wigan as this must have been a game they were looking to win. They were not ambitious enough and paid the price.