English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 7, 2017
Nottingham Forest DLLLL 0
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Wigan Athletic LLLDL 2
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WGA112
The Brick Community Stadium · 5,163 att.

Match Report

Wigan ease past Nottingham Forest in FA Cup

Wigan booked their place in round four of the FA Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the DW Stadium.

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Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WGA · 4-4-2

  1. 28Jakob HaugaardG
  2. 33Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 3Jake BuxtonCD-R
  4. 23Stephen WarnockLB
  5. 6Max PowerRB
  6. 16Shaun MacDonaldCM-L
  7. 8Sam MorsyCM-R
  8. 17Michael JacobsLM
  9. 25Nick PowellRM
  10. 31Yanic WildschutCF-L
  11. 9Will GriggCF-R

NFO · 4-4-2

  1. 30Stephen HendersonG
  2. 4Michael MancienneCD-L
  3. 25Jack HobbsCD-R
  4. 2Eric LichajLB
  5. 41Matty CashRB
  6. 17Hildeberto PereiraCM-L
  7. 28Thomas LamCM-R
  8. 11Ben OsbornLM
  9. 12Nicolao DumitruRM
  10. 9Britt AssombalongaCF-L
  11. 14Nicklas BendtnerCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Jack Hobbs (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Jordi Gómez replaces Nick Powell because of an injury.
  3. 13' Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 36' Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+2' Goal! Wigan Athletic 1, Nottingham Forest 0. William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Warnock.
  6. 56' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Licá replaces Britt Assombalonga.
  7. 57' Goal! Wigan Athletic 2, Nottingham Forest 0. Yanic Wildschut (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephen Warnock.
  8. 63' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Mustapha Carayol replaces Nicolao Dumitru.
  9. 69' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Adam Le Fondre replaces Yanic Wildschut.
  10. 81' Penalty saved! Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  11. 82' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Apostolos Vellios replaces Nicklas Bendtner.
  12. 88' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Jordan Flores replaces William Grigg.
  13. 90'+1' Jordan Flores (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Max Power (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+2' Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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