Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic · League One
Cambridge United
1-0-0
3 – 2
FT
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Wigan Athletic
0-0-1
Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
One goal separated them as Cambridge United beat Wigan Athletic 3-2 at Cledara Abbey Stadium (crowd 7,506). The referee: Alex Chilowicz. The goal that settled it came from Kelland Watts at the 3-minute mark and Louis Appere added to the lead after 34 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Isaac Heath scored at the 52-minute mark and Wigan answered through Sonny Perkins after 69 minutes. A goal from Akeel Higgins at the 73-minute mark cut it to 3-2. On 66% of the ball Wigan shot 18 times to 17 for Cambridge. From 17 shots, Cambridge found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- League One England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League One, Regular Season
- Ground
- Cledara Abbey Stadium · Cambridge · England
- Crowd
- 7,506
- Referee
- Alex Chilowicz (Referee)
- Cambridge form
- DWWWD
- Wigan form
- LWLWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wigan | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Side by side
9Fouls8
1Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
8Corner Kicks5
2Saves2
33.7%Possession66.3%
17Shots18
6On Goal4
40%On Target %20%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
171Accurate Passes439
263Passes526
70%Pass Completion %80%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
4Blocked Shots5
8Effective Tackles5
13Tackles10
60%Tackle %50%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
37Clearances38
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
🔁Patrick Bauerreplacing Zak Bradshaw
90'+6'
🟨Zak Bradshaw
90'+5'
87'
🔁Callum McManamanreplacing Dara Costelloe
🔁Shayne Laveryreplacing Louis Appere
80'
🔁Sullay Kaikaireplacing Ben Knight
74'
🔁Pelly Ruddock Mpanzureplacing Isaac Heath
74'
73'3 - 2
⚽Akeel Higgins
69'3 - 1
⚽Sonny Perkins
60'
🔁Akeel Higginsreplacing Chris Sze
60'
🔁K'Marni Millerreplacing Connor Barrett
⚽Isaac Heath
52'3 - 0
45'
🔁Archie Harrisreplacing Llyton Chapman
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Louis Appere
34'2 - 0
⚽Kelland Watts
3'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Cambridge United3-4-2-1
9⚽↓Appere
7⚽↓Heath
10↓Knight
22🟨↓Bradshaw
21McLoughlin
2Bennett
4Ball
3Perry
6⚽Watts
23Jobe
1Eastwood
Bench
- 19Shayne Laveryon for Louis Appere, 80'
- 32Daniel Efobi
- 5Patrick Baueron for Zak Bradshaw, 90'+6'
- 25Ben Hughes
- 27Glenn Mcconnell
- 11Sullay Kaikaion for Ben Knight, 74'
- 17Pelly Ruddock Mpanzuon for Isaac Heath, 74'
Wigan Athletic3-4-2-1
9⚽Perkins
11↓Costelloe
19↓Sze
7Murray
8Power
2↓Barrett
6Weir
22Mellish
3Fox
15↓Chapman
1Walsh
Bench
- 17Akeel Higginson for Chris Sze, 60' ⚽
- 51Harrison Rimmer
- 12Tom Watson
- 4Jeremiah Mullen
- 20Callum McManamanon for Dara Costelloe, 87'
- 16Archie Harrison for Llyton Chapman, 45'
- 21K'Marni Milleron for Connor Barrett, 60'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stockport County | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | +12 | 22 |
| 2 |  Huddersfield Town | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +12 | 22 |
| 3 |  Bradford City | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +5 | 21 |
| 4 |  Cambridge United | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 20 |
| 5 |  Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 19 |
| 6 |  Reading | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +11 | 18 |
| 7 |  Sheffield Wednesday | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +10 | 18 |
| 8 |  Oxford United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 18 |
| 9 |  Stevenage | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 15 |
| 10 |  Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 11 |  Mansfield Town | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 14 |
| 13 |  Luton Town | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 14 |
| 14 |  Burton Albion | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 |  Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 |  AFC Wimbledon | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 |  Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 18 |  Notts County | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 |  Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 20 |  Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -7 | 9 |
| 21 |  Peterborough United | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 9 |
| 22 |  Barnsley | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 23 |  Bromley | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -16 | 8 |
| 24 |  Wigan Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
Meetings
2Cambridge wins
0Level
3Wigan wins
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Form
Last games: Cambridge
D0-0L2-1W3-0D0-0W2-1
Last games: Wigan
W3-0D0-0L1-0L1-0L1-1
