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Wigan Athletic Vs Nottingham Forest
Date: Saturday 31st August 2013
Venue: The DW Stadium
Referee: Craig Pawson
Assistant Referees: Robert Jones and Anthony Tankard
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone
Score: 2-1
Wigan Athletic Line Up
01 Scott Carson
06 Thomas Rogne
17 Emmerson Boyce
25 Barnett
04 James McCarthy
08 Ben Watson (McCann-77’)
10 Shaun Maloney
07 Jordi Gomez
18 Roger Espinoza (James McArthur-65’)
32 Marc-Antoine Fortune (McClean-86’)
Substitutes
13 Lee Nicholls
03 Stephen Crainey
24 James Perch
07 Chris McCann
11 James McClean
16 James McArthur
29 Nouha Dicko
Nottingham Forest Line Up
01 Karl Darlow
02 Eric Lichaj
08 Chris Cohen
22 Kelvin Wilson
25 Jack Hobbs
07 Adlene Guedioura (Harding-46’)
10 Henri Lansbury
11 Andy Reid
15 Greg Halford (Miller-77’)
28 Radoslaw Majewski (Paterson-73’)
12 Jamie Mackie
Substitutes
29 Dorus De Vries
03 Dan Harding
05 Danny Collins
17 Ishmael Miller
21 Jamie Paterson
27 Matt Derbyshire
31 Simon Cox
Wigan Athletic got back to winning ways today as they beat Nottingham Forest 2-1. Owen Coyle made five changes to the Wigan team that played out a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough and these changes proved to be justified as the Latics came out the stronger of the two sides. It was, however, Forest who took the lead after just 8 minutes with a superbly taken Andy Reid free-kick. Wigan were not phased and continued as they had started which eventually paid off just six minutes after Reid’s goal. Marc-Antoine Fortune was taken down in the box by Jack Hobbs and Shaun Maloney converted from the penalty spot. 1-1. Owen Coyle’s men pushed on further and scored a second goal after thirty-five minutes. A Fortune cross-cum-shot hit the underside of the crossbar and Jordi Gomez only needed tap the ball into the back of the net from six yards.
Wigan were much improved today and defensively they were solid. Thomas Rogne and Leon Barnett were winning everything in the air and nothing was getting past them. Offensively they were dangerous as well with Shaun Maloney and Jean Beausejour creating chances with their crosses. However, the formation was all over the place and it did not look as though the Wigan players knew where they needed to play. Overall, Wigan should be very happy. Maybe this is the start of their promotion push.
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