2021–22 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic
2021–22 season
ChairmanTalal Al Hammad
ManagerLeam Richardson
StadiumDW Stadium
League One1st (champions)
FA CupFourth round
(Lost 0–2 to Stoke City)
EFL CupThird round
(Lost 0–2 to Sunderland)
EFL TrophySemi-finals
(Lost 6–7 on penalties to Sutton United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Will Keane (26)
All: Will Keane (27)
Highest home attendance20,136
Lowest home attendance8,098
Average home league attendance10,223

The 2021–22 season was Wigan Athletic's 90th year in their history and second consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 April 2022.

First-team squad[edit]

As of 8 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Apps. Goals Year signed Signed from Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1 Jamie Jones England GK (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 32) 90 0 2017 England Stevenage Free
12 Ben Amos England GK (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 31) 16 0 2021 England Charlton Athletic Free
40 Sam Tickle England GK (2002-03-31)31 March 2002 (aged 19) 1 0 2015 Academy Trainee
50 Owen Mooney England GK (2004-02-14)14 February 2004 (aged 17) 0 0 2017 Academy Trainee
Defenders
2 Kelland Watts England CB (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 24) 15 0 2021 England Newcastle United Loan
3 Tom Pearce England LB (1998-04-12)12 April 1998 (aged 23) 44 1 2019 England Leeds United Undisclosed
5 Jack Whatmough England CB (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 27) 15 1 2021 England Portsmouth Free
15 Jason Kerr Scotland CB (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27) 3 0 2021 Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed
16 Curtis Tilt Jamaica CB (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32) 40 4 2022 England Rotherham United Undisclosed
21 Joe Bennett England LB (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 31) 0 0 2021 England Cardiff City Free
27 Tendayi Darikwa Zimbabwe RB (1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 29) 42 0 2021 England Nottingham Forest Free
31 James Carragher England CB (2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 18) 2 0 2017 Academy Trainee
32 Adam Long Isle of Man CB (2000-11-11)11 November 2000 (aged 20) 21 0 2017 Isle of Man St Georges Free
34 Luke Robinson Scotland LB (2001-11-19)19 November 2001 (aged 19) 29 0 2017 Wales Wrexham Free
35 Kieran Lloyd England RB (2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 18) 4 0 2019 Academy Trainee
44 Charlie Hughes England CB (2003-10-16)16 October 2003 (aged 17) 0 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Midfielders
4 Tom Naylor England DM/CB/RB (1991-06-28) 28 June 1991 (age 32) 16 0 2021 England Portsmouth Free
6 Jordan Cousins England CM/LM/RM (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30) 13 0 2021 England Stoke City Free
7 Gwion Edwards Wales RW/LW (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) 11 1 2021 England Ipswich Town Free
8 Max Power England CM/DM/RB (1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 30) 158 12 2021 England Sunderland Free
14 Jordan Jones Northern Ireland LW/RW/AM (1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 29) 10 0 2021 Scotland Rangers Undisclosed
17 Jamie McGrath Republic of Ireland AM/LW/RW (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27) 2 0 2022 Scotland St. Mirren Undisclosed
18 Graeme Shinnie Scotland DM/LB/LM (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32) 4 0 2022 England Derby County Undisclosed
20 Tom Bayliss England CM/DM/RM (1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25) 6 0 2021 England Preston North End Loan
23 James McClean Republic of Ireland LW/LM/LB (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) 86 14 2021 England Stoke City Undisclosed
26 Glen Rea Republic of Ireland DM/CB (1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 29) 1 0 2022 England Luton Town Loan
30 Thelo Aasgaard Norway AM/LW/RW (2002-02-05)5 February 2002 (aged 19) 40 3 2016 Academy Trainee
36 Scott Smith Wales CM (2001-07-02)2 July 2001 (aged 19) 5 0 2013 Academy Trainee
37 Harry McGee England CM (2002-10-07)7 October 2002 (aged 18) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
38 Harry McHugh England AM (2002-10-14)14 October 2002 (aged 18) 3 1 2019 Academy Trainee
41 Dean Pinnington England CM (2002-11-17)17 November 2002 (aged 18) 0 0 2021 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free
42 Babajide Adeeko Republic of Ireland CM (2003-04-03)3 April 2003 (aged 18) 1 0 2019 Academy Trainee
43 Chris Sze England AM (2003-12-09)9 December 2003 (aged 17) 2 0 2020 Academy Trainee
Forwards
9 Charlie Wyke England CF (1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 28) 14 5 2021 England Sunderland Free
10 Will Keane Republic of Ireland CF (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 27) 54 18 2020 England Ipswich Town Free
11 Gavin Massey England RW/LW/SS (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 28) 136 12 2017 England Leyton Orient Free
19 Callum Lang England SS/LW/RW (1995-05-08)8 May 1995 (aged 26) 44 13 2016 Academy Trainee
28 Josh Magennis Northern Ireland CF (1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 30) 4 0 2022 England Hull City Undisclosed
33 Tom Costello England CF (2003-02-23)23 February 2003 (aged 18) 0 0 2019 Academy Trainee
39 Stephen Humphrys England CF (1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 23) 17 1 2021 England Rochdale Undisclosed
45 Divin Baningime Democratic Republic of the Congo CF/LW/RW (2000-10-12)12 October 2000 (aged 20) 2 0 2017 Academy Trainee

Statistics[edit]

Appearances & Goals[edit]

As of 2 March 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Jamie Jones 11 0 0+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF England ENG Kelland Watts* 27 0 19+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Tom Pearce 19 0 6+3 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
4 MF England ENG Tom Naylor 35 2 30+0 1 1+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 1
5 DF England ENG Jack Whatmough 37 1 33+0 1 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF England ENG Jordan Cousins 15 0 10+2 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Wales WAL Gwion Edwards 34 3 7+15 1 4+1 0 2+0 0 5+0 2
8 MF England ENG Max Power 40 5 31+0 3 5+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
9 FW England ENG Charlie Wyke 17 5 15+0 5 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Will Keane 36 16 30+1 15 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
11 FW England ENG Gavin Massey 38 2 8+18 1 3+1 0 2+1 0 5+0 1
12 GK England ENG Ben Amos 35 0 33+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Jason Kerr 21 1 5+7 0 5+0 1 1+0 0 2+1 0
16 DF England ENG Curtis Tilt 19 2 13+2 2 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jamie McGrath 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Graeme Shinnie 7 0 5+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW England ENG Callum Lang 38 15 30+1 12 4+0 3 0+2 0 1+0 0
20 MF England ENG Tom Bayliss* 13 0 6+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
21 DF England ENG Joe Bennett 5 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL James McClean 33 8 28+2 8 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Glen Rea* 3 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 DF Zimbabwe ZIM Tendayi Darikwa 40 2 32+1 2 3+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 FW Northern Ireland NIR Josh Magennis 9 0 6+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 MF Norway NOR Thelo Aasgaard 14 2 1+4 1 0+2 1 1+1 0 4+1 0
31 DF England ENG James Carragher 4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 1
32 DF Isle of Man Isle of Man Adam Long 4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
33 FW England ENG Tom Costello 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Luke Robinson 10 0 1+0 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 2+4 0
35 DF England ENG Kieran Lloyd 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 3+0 0
36 MF Wales WAL Scott Smith 8 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 4+0 0
38 MF England ENG Harry McHugh 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
39 FW England ENG Stephen Humphrys 38 6 7+20 4 1+3 0 3+0 1 3+1 1
40 GK England ENG Sam Tickle 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
42 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Babajide Adeeko 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
43 MF England ENG Chris Sze 6 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
44 DF England ENG Charlie Hughes 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
45 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Divin Baningime 3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+3 1
Players out on loan:
14 FW Northern Ireland NIR Jordan Jones 17 0 3+6 0 0+3 0 2+1 0 1+1 0

Goals record[edit]

As of 2 March 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
1 10 Republic of Ireland CF Will Keane 16 0 0 1 16
2 19 England SS Callum Lang 12 3 0 0 15
3 23 Republic of Ireland LW James McClean 8 0 0 0 8
4 39 England CF Stephen Humphrys 4 0 1 1 6
5 8 England CM Max Power 3 1 0 1 5
9 England CF Charlie Wyke 5 0 0 0 5
7 7 Wales RW Gwion Edwards 1 0 0 2 3
8 4 England DM Tom Naylor 1 0 0 1 2
11 England RW Gavin Massey 1 0 0 1 2
16 England CB Curtis Tilt 2 0 0 0 2
27 Zimbabwe RB Tendayi Darikwa 2 0 0 0 2
30 Norway AM Thelo Aasgaard 1 1 0 0 2
13 5 England CB Jack Whatmough 1 0 0 0 1
15 Scotland CB Jason Kerr 0 1 0 0 1
31 England CB James Carragher 0 0 0 1 1
43 England AM Chris Sze 0 0 0 1 1
45 Democratic Republic of the Congo CF Divin Baningime 0 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 1 1 0 0 2
Total 57 7 1 10 75

Disciplinary record[edit]

As of 2 March 2022
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name League One FA Cup League Cup League Trophy Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 27 Zimbabwe RB Tendayi Darikwa 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
2 8 England CM Max Power 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
3 19 England SS Callum Lang 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
4 23 Republic of Ireland LW James McClean 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
5 4 England DM Tom Naylor 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 2 England CB Kelland Watts 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
3 England LB Tom Pearce 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
5 England CB Jack Whatmough 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
6 England DM Jordan Cousins 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 Wales RM Gwion Edwards 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
9 England CF Charlie Wyke 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
11 England RW Gavin Massey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20 England CM Tom Bayliss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
14 15 Scotland CB Jason Kerr 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
15 12 England GK Ben Amos 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 England CB Curtis Tilt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 Scotland DM Graeme Shinnie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
36 Wales CM Scott Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
39 England CF Stephen Humphrys 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
43 England AM Chris Sze 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
21 10 Republic of Ireland CF Will Keane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Northern Ireland LW Jordan Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Republic of Ireland DM Glen Rea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 Northern Ireland CF Josh Magennis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 England CB James Carragher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
34 Scotland LB Luke Robinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 England RB Kieran Lloyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 71 0 1 10 0 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 94 0 2

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 GK England Ben Amos England Charlton Athletic Free transfer [1]
1 July 2021 CM England Jordan Cousins England Stoke City Free transfer [2]
1 July 2021 RW Wales Gwion Edwards England Ipswich Town Free transfer [3]
1 July 2021 DM England Tom Naylor England Portsmouth Free transfer [4]
1 July 2021 CM England Max Power England Sunderland Free transfer [5]
1 July 2021 CB England Jack Whatmough England Portsmouth Free transfer [6]
7 July 2021 CF England Charlie Wyke England Sunderland Free transfer [7]
9 July 2021 CF England Stephen Humphrys England Rochdale Undisclosed [8]
16 July 2021 CM England Dean Pinnington England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer
4 August 2021 LW Northern Ireland Jordan Jones Scotland Rangers Undisclosed [9]
17 August 2021 LM Republic of Ireland James McClean England Stoke City Undisclosed [10]
31 August 2021 LB England Joe Bennett Wales Cardiff City Free transfer [11]
31 August 2021 CB Scotland Jason Kerr Scotland St Johnstone Undisclosed [12]
8 September 2021 CF Democratic Republic of the Congo Divin Baningime Free Agent [13]
13 January 2022 CF Northern Ireland Josh Magennis England Hull City Undisclosed [14]
16 January 2022 DM Scotland Graeme Shinnie England Derby County Undisclosed [15]
25 January 2022 CB Jamaica Curtis Tilt England Rotherham United Undisclosed [16]
31 January 2022 AM Republic of Ireland Jamie McGrath Scotland St Mirren Undisclosed [17]
1 February 2022 CM England Joe Adams England Eastleigh Undisclosed [18]
2 February 2022 CB Republic of Ireland Timi Sobowale United States Real Monarchs SLC Free transfer

Loans in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
9 August 2021 CB England Kelland Watts England Newcastle United End of season [19]
27 August 2021 CM England Tom Bayliss England Preston North End End of season [20]
31 August 2021 CB Jamaica Curtis Tilt England Rotherham United 14 January 2022[a] [22]
31 January 2022 DM Republic of Ireland Glen Rea England Luton Town 17 March 2022 [23]
  1. ^ On 14 January, Tilt was recalled by parent club Rotherham.[21]

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
20 August 2021 GK England Owen Mooney England Newcastle Town 1 January 2022 [24]
25 October 2021 RB England Kieran Lloyd England AFC Fylde 22 November 2021
31 January 2022 LW Northern Ireland Jordan Jones Scotland St Mirren End of season [25]
18 March 2022 GK England Sam Tickle England Nantwich Town 14 April 2022
18 March 2022 CM England Harry McGee England FC United Of Manchester 1 May 2022

Transfers out[edit]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
4 June 2021 CM Wales Lee Evans England Ipswich Town Free transfer [26]
4 June 2021 CB England Jack Sanders Scotland Kilmarnock Free transfer [27]
10 June 2021 CM England Chris Merrie England Tranmere Rovers Undisclosed [28]
11 June 2021 ST Scotland Kyle Joseph Wales Swansea City Undisclosed [29]
16 June 2021 GK Wales Owen Evans England Cheltenham Town Free transfer [30]
22 June 2021 AM England Zach Clough England Carlisle United Free transfer [31][32]
23 June 2021 RB Republic of Ireland Corey Whelan England Carlisle United Free transfer [31][33]
24 June 2021 GK Republic of Ireland Bobby Jones England AFC Fylde Free transfer [34]
7 July 2021 RB England Joe Winstanley England Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [35]
8 July 2021 AM England Sean McGurk England Leeds United Undisclosed [36]
27 July 2021 DM England Alex Perry England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [37]
6 August 2021 AM England Dan Gardner England Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [38]
7 August 2021 AM Northern Ireland MacKenzie O'Neill England Prescot Cables Free transfer
6 September 2021 LW Ghana Joe Dodoo England Doncaster Rovers Free transfer [31][39]
24 November 2021 LW Nigeria Viv Solomon-Otabor Scotland St Johnstone Free transfer [31][40]

Pre-season friendlies[edit]

Wigan Athletic announced friendlies against Oldham Athletic,[41] AFC Fylde,[42] Bootle,[43] Stoke City[44] and Preston North End[45] as part of their pre-season preparations.

17 July 2021 Friendly Oldham Athletic 1–2 Wigan Athletic Oldham
15:00 BST Hope 30' Report Edwards 5'
Lang 14'
Stadium: Boundary Park
20 July 2021 Friendly AFC Fylde 0–1 Wigan Athletic Fylde
19:30 BST Report Humphrys 49' Stadium: Mill Farm Sports Village
23 July 2021 Friendly Bootle 1–3 Wigan Athletic Bootle
19:00 BST Report Aasgaard 20'
Naylor 43'
Lang 54'
Stadium: Berry Street Garage Stadium
27 July 2021 Friendly Wigan Athletic 2–1 Stoke City Wigan
19:30 BST Lang 35'
Humphrys 80'
Report Ince 42' Stadium: DW Stadium
30 July 2021 Friendly Wigan Athletic 3–2 Preston North End Wigan
19:30 BST Keane 26'
Humphrys 54'
Lang 69'
Report Darikwa 48' (o.g.)
Rodwell-Grant 87'
Stadium: DW Stadium

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
EFL League One 7 August 2021 30 April 2022 Matchday 1 43 26 10 7 76 40 +36 060.47
FA Cup 6 November 5 February 2022 First round 5 3 1 1 7 6 +1 060.00
EFL Cup 10 August 2021 21 September 2021 Third round 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 000.00
EFL Trophy 31 August 2021 8 March 2022 Group Stage 7 3 3 1 11 4 +7 042.86
Total 58 32 16 10 95 53 +42 055.17

Last updated: 18 April 2022
Source: Competitions

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Wigan Athletic (C, P) 46 27 11 8 82 44 +38 92 Promotion to EFL Championship
2 Rotherham United (P) 46 27 9 10 70 33 +37 90
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 26 11 9 78 44 +34 89 Qualification for League One play-offs
4 Sheffield Wednesday 46 24 13 9 78 50 +28 85
5 Sunderland (O, P) 46 24 12 10 79 53 +26 84
6 Wycombe Wanderers 46 23 14 9 75 51 +24 83
7 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 11 12 68 48 +20 80
8 Oxford United 46 22 10 14 82 59 +23 76
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams[46]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 27 11 8 82 44  +38 92 13 5 5 36 22  +14 14 6 3 46 22  +24

Last updated: 26 April 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAHHAHHAAHAHHAAAHHAAAHAHAHHAAHHHAAHHHAAHAHAA
ResultLWDWWWWWLWWLWLWWDWWDWWWWDDLWWDWLWWDWWDWWDLDDLW
Position2112149421121343321422224212222222222222211111111
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League One[edit]

The league fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.[47]

7 August 2021 1 Sunderland 2–1 Wigan Athletic Sunderland
15:00 BST McGeady 17' (pen.)
Stewart 53'
Winchester Yellow card 57'
Report Edwards 15' Yellow card 50'
Power Yellow card 38'
Darikwa Yellow card 87'
Wyke Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 31,549
Referee: Robert Madley
14 August 2021 2 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Rotherham United Wigan
15:00 BST Robinson Yellow card 25'
Wyke Yellow card 45+1'
Lang Yellow card 75'
Massey Yellow card 87'
Keane 90+5'
Report Harding Yellow card 54' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,217
Referee: Robert Lewis
17 August 2021 3 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wigan
19:45 BST Lang 47'
Wyke Yellow card 55'
Cousins Yellow card 66'
Amos Yellow card 81'
Report Pendlebury Yellow card 53'
Obita Yellow card 87'
Stewart 90+1'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,671
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
21 August 2021 4 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Wigan Athletic Charlton
15:00 BST Report Darikwa 88'
McClean 90+5'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 13,839
Referee: Craig Hicks
28 August 2021 5 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Portsmouth Wigan
15:00 BST Lang 78'
Whatmough Yellow card 90+2'
Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,571
Referee: Christopher Sarginson
11 September 2021 7 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Wigan
15:00 BST Whatmough Yellow card 11'
Keane 24', 52'
McClean Yellow card 25'
Wyke Yellow card 73'
Power Yellow card 75'
Report Rowe 22'
Dodoo Yellow card 25'
Smith Yellow card 31'
Olowu Yellow card 48'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,975
Referee: Tom Nield
18 September 2021 8 Accrington Stanley 1–4 Wigan Athletic Accrington
15:00 BST Nottingham 52', Yellow card 86'
Sykes Yellow card 63'
Report Whatmough 6'
Keane 18'
Power Yellow card 40'
Lang Yellow card 41'
Wyke 58', 90+4'
Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 4,517
Referee: Andy Haines
25 September 2021 9 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Cheltenham Town Wigan
15:00 BST Lang 8', Yellow card 65'
Cousins Yellow card 25'
Wyke 46'
Keane Yellow card 68'
Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,867
Referee: Josh Smith
28 September 2021 10 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Wigan
19:45 BST Whatmough Yellow card 15'
Power Yellow card 52'
Wyke 82' (pen.)
Report Power 23' (o.g.)
Paterson Yellow card 39', 60'
Dunkley Yellow card 87'
Peacock-Farrell Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 11,884
Referee: Samuel Barrott
2 October 2021 11 Gillingham 0–2 Wigan Athletic Gillingham
15:00 BST Dempsey Yellow card 36' Report Naylor Yellow card 14'
Power 64'
Keane 82'
Massey Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Neil Hair
16 October 2021 13 Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Wigan Athletic Bolton
15:00 BST Johnston Yellow card 27'
Santos Yellow card 64'
Thomason Yellow card 87'
Report Keane 6'
McClean 50', 81'
Lang Yellow card 56', 65'
Cousins Yellow card 48'
Pearce Yellow card 77'
Massey Yellow card 84'
Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Charles Breakspear
19 October 2021 14 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons Wigan
19:45 BST Wyke 20'
Bayliss Yellow card 58'
Report Kioso 30'
Darikwa 37' (o.g.)
Harvie Yellow card 66'
O'Riley Yellow card 73'
Kasumu Yellow card 85'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,351
Referee: Darren Droysdale
23 October 2021 15 AFC Wimbledon 0–2 Wigan Athletic Wimbledon
15:00 BST Report Kalambayi 50' (o.g.)
Watts Yellow card 30'
McClean Yellow card 40' 54'
Derikwa Yellow card 61'
Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 7,979
Referee: Ollie Yates
26 October 2021[a] 12 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Lincoln City Wigan
19:45 BST Darikwa Yellow card 18'
Watts Yellow card 25'
Lang Yellow card 30'
Massey 90+5'
Report Nlundulu 14'
Robson Yellow card 30'
Eyoma 57'
McGrandles Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,787
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
30 October 2021 16 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Burton Albion Wigan
15:00 BST McClean 9'
Darikwa Yellow card 36'
Bayliss Yellow card 39'
Tilt 51'
Smith Red card 15' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,020
Referee: Carl Brook
2 November 2021[b] 6 Fleetwood Town 2–3 Wigan Athletic Fleetwood
19:45 GMT Andrew 8', Yellow card 37'
Morton 52' (pen.)
Batty Yellow card 84'
Morris Yellow card 87'
Report Darikwa Yellow card 35'
Lang 62', Yellow card 79'
Keane 68'
Tilt 72'
Stadium: Highbury Stadium
Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Ross Joyce
23 November 2021 19 Cambridge United 2–2 Wigan Athletic Cambridge
19:45 GMT Ironside 44'
May 53'
Knibbs Yellow card 86'
Weir Yellow card 89'
Keane 84'
Lang 87'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 4,101
Referee: Declan Bourne
27 November 2021 20 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Wigan Athletic Plymouth
15:00 GMT Mayor 43'
Camara Yellow card 73'
Keane 35'
Naylor Yellow card 86'
Lang 90'
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 15,329
Referee: Andy Woolmer
8 December 2021 21 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Wigan
19:45 GMT Darikwa 2'
Aasgaard 90+2'
Humphrys Yellow card 90+6'
Report Bowman 39'
Daniels Yellow card 89'
Cosgrove Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,098
Referee: David Rock
11 December 2021 22 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Ipswich Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Lang 22', Yellow card 77'
Darikwa Yellow card 90+2'
Report Chaplin Yellow card 30'
Norwood 77'
Edmundson Yellow card 83'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,296
Referee: Trevor Kettle
18 December 2021 23 Oxford United 2–3 Wigan Athletic Oxford
15:00 GMT Williams 33'
Taylor Yellow card 36', 59'
McGuane Yellow card 90+1'
Keane 8'
Darikwa Yellow card 30'
Power 32', Yellow card 36'
Naylor Yellow card 42'
Whatmough Yellow card 72'
McClean 86', Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Kassam Stadium
Attendance: 8,354
Referee: James Bell
15 January 2022 28 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Wigan Athletic Doncaster
15:00 GMT Hasani Yellow card 45+4'
Bogle 60'
Galbraith Yellow card 70'
Dodoo Yellow card 84'
Report Power 11'
Keane 54'
Amos Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium
Attendance: 7,169
Referee: Alan Young
18 January 2022[c] 17 Morecambe 1–2 Wigan Athletic Morecambe
19:45 GMT Stockton 7'
McLaughlin Yellow card 90'
Report Keane 45+1'
Watts Yellow card 70'
Humphrys 73'
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 5,359
Referee: Samuel Barrott
22 January 2022 29 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Gillingham Wigan
15:00 GMT Keane 8',77'
Humphrys 21'
Darikwa Yellow card 90'
Report McKenzie Yellow card 30'
Reeves 53'
O'Keefe 70'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,359
Referee: Carl Boyeson
29 January 2022 30 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Wigan Athletic Cheltenham
15:00 GMT Williams Yellow card 38' Yellow-red card 90+2' Report Shinnie Yellow card 45+2'
McClean Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Whaddon Road
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Paul Howard
1 February 2022[d] 18 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Oxford United Wigan
19:45 GMT Lang 36', Yellow card 65'
Shinnie Yellow card 49'
Report Taylor 23'
Moore Yellow card 34'
Kane Yellow card 45+2'
Brannagan Yellow card 65'
McNally Yellow card 69'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,958
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
8 February 2022 32 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Wigan Athletic Sheffield
19:45 GMT Bannan Yellow card 21'
53' (pen.)
Paterson Yellow card 76'
Report Power Yellow card 76' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 20,210
Referee: Tim Robinson
12 February 2022 33 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Charlton Athletic Wigan
15:00 GMT Darikwa Yellow card 24'
Keane 26' (pen.)
Humphrys 74'
Report Clare Yellow card 4'
Lee 7'
Dobson Yellow card 55'
Kanu Yellow card 90'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,657
Referee: Tom Nield
15 February 2022 24 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Wigan
19:45 GMT Naylor Yellow card 16'
Lang 57'
McClean 82'
Watts Yellow card 88'
Report Murphy Yellow card 47' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,509
Referee: Tom Reeves
18 February 2022 34 Rotherham United 1–1 Wigan Athletic Rotherham
19:45 GMT Ihiekwe Yellow card 73'
Rathbone 75'
Wiles Yellow card 90+1'
Report Humphrys 28'
McClean Yellow card 52'
Lang Yellow card 68'
Rea Yellow card 90+4'
Massey Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 10,588
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
22 February 2022 35 Wycombe Wanderers 1–3 Wigan Athletic High Wycombe
19:45 GMT Kaikai 22' Report Tilt Yellow card 57'
Naylor 70'
Lang 78' (82)
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 4,826
Referee: Thomas Bramall
26 February 2022 36 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Sunderland Wigan
15:00 GMT Power Yellow card 38'
Magennis Yellow card 45+1'
Tilt Yellow card 84'
Naylor Yellow card 85'
Report Wright 2'
Matete Yellow card 8'
Stewart 38' (pen.), Yellow card 82', 87' (pen.)
Gooch Yellow card 45+2'
Embleton Yellow card 71'
Pritchard Yellow card 77'
Cirkin Yellow card 90+6'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 20,136
Referee: Sam Purkiss
1 March 2022[e] 25 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Fleetwood Town Wigan
19:45 GMT Shinnie Yellow card 14'
Keane 37' (pen.)
McClean 42', Red card 90+7'
Darikwa Yellow card 66'
Power Yellow card 81'
Report Garner Red card 90+7' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 8,627
Referee: Martin Coy
5 March 2022 37 Wigan Athletic 1–0 AFC Wimbledon Wigan
15:00 GMT Keane 21'
Edwards Yellow card 54'
Naylor Yellow card 77'
Report Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,780
Referee: Oliver Langford
12 March 2022 38 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Wigan Athletic Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT McEachran Yellow card 58'

Kasumu Yellow card 75'
Darling 88'
Report Massey Yellow card 31'
Lang Yellow card 39'
Tom Naylor 58'
Tilt Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 11,193
Referee: Robert Madley
15 March 2022[f] 24 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Wigan Athletic Crewe
19:45 GMT Porter Yellow card 89' Report Magennis 43'
Keane 53'
Bennett Yellow card 62'
Darikwa Yellow card 63'
Stadium: Alexandra Park
Attendance: 5,310
Referee: Ben Toner
19 March 2022 39 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Morecambe Wigan
15:00 GMT Magennis 19'
Kerr 44'
Keane 67'
Humphrys 68'
Connolly 49' (pen.)
Stockton Yellow card 75'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,072
Referee: James Oldham
2 April 2022 41 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Wigan
12:30 BST McClean 7', Yellow card 16' Santos Yellow card 66'
Bodvarsson 83'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,279
Referee: Samuel Barrott
5 April 2022[g] 26 Wigan Athletic 3–0