Wigan and Crawley Town Draw in a Game of Few Chances
Wigan and Crawley Town drew 0-0 in a League One match played at The Brick Community Stadium. The match was characterized by the lack of goal scoring opportunities and the large number of changes made by both teams.
The first warning came in the 3rd minute when Crawley Town’s James Flint was booked. The first half saw few chances for either team, with Wigan having more possession of the ball.
The only goal of the game came in the 30th minute, but it was an own goal by James Mukena who could not prevent the ball from going into his own net. The assist was from a Wigan player.
The second half was marked by a large number of changes made by both teams. In the 70th minute, Crawley Town made two changes, while Wigan also made two in the same minute. Wigan continued to make changes until the end of the game, while Crawley Town only made one more change.
The match became messy in the final minutes, with several yellow cards. Crawley Town itself received two yellow cards in the 88th and 89th minutes.
Despite having 72% possession, Crawley Town only managed to generate 14 shots, of which only 3 were on target. Wigan, on the other hand, only had 2 shots, 1 of which was on target.
Overall, a boring match with few goals and a result that doesn’t reflect possession.
Substitutions wigan: at minute 58 K. Payne came in and M. Smith went out., at minute 70 S. Smith came in and S. Thomas went out., at minute 77 C. Sze came in and J. Hugill went out., at minute 78 C. McManaman came in and D. Rankine went out., at minute 78 T. Sibbick came in and J. Carragher went out.
Substitutions crawley town: at minute 70 C. Bragg came in and A. Adeyemo went out., at minute 70 P. Camara came in and M. Anderson went out., at minute 81 J. Roles came in and J. Williams went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Wigan
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