More misery for Wigan against Wycombe

Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Wycombe Wanderers

On a frustrating afternoon, Ryan Lowe’s Wigan Athletic were unable to pierce Wycombe’s determined defence.

Author | Josh T

Stadium | The Brick Community Stadium

Pre-match scenes

After a strong showing at Plymouth in their previous League One outing, Lowe made one alteration to his starting line-up. Paul Mullin, fully recovered from a knock sustained against Cardiff City, returned to the side in place of Jensen Weir.

Wigan began brightly in front of their home crowd, creating two openings in the first 10 minutes. Christian Saydee dragged a strike wide after a clever run and pass from Fraser Murray, while Mullin was unable to direct Steven Sessegnon’s inviting cross on target.

Despite enjoying control for the opening 30 minutes, the Latics fell behind when Wycombe converted their first clear chance. A swift counterattack saw Bell finish Fred Onyedinma’s low cross from the right to break the deadlock.

The second half proved equally challenging.

Wigan were under pressure to respond, and Murray came close with a moment of ingenuity, flicking the ball into a shooting position only for Chairboys captain Will Norris to make a confident save.

The stop-start nature of the match made it difficult for Wigan to establish a consistent rhythm, although they did create some promising patterns of play. Will Aimson picked out Hungbo down the left, and Costelloe came close to connecting with a dangerous cross that went just wide.

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The hosts struggled to trouble their opponents. Paul Mullin nodded wide in the early stages of the second half and substitute Dara Costelloe saw a header drift past the post with four minutes remaining.

In between, Wigan dominated possession but rarely threatened Wycombe’s goal. Their clearest opportunity arrived deep into six minutes of added time when Costelloe broke clean through, only for Norris to produce a superb block to maintain his clean sheet.

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Did anyone play well for the home side?

Paul Mullin tried his best and gave 100 percent, as always, but he just didn’t have the service. Jason Kerr wasn’t too bad. Fraser Murray was probably our best player. Time and time again, he’s a handful, willing to take on defenders, and he’s really lively going forward.