In this week 32 match on Feb 8th, Wigan Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday will play a match in Sheffield in a clash of these two mismatched League One teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 8th placed Sheffield Wednesday, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Morecambe. George Byers struck first for Sheffield Wednesday in the 55th minute, then Nathaniel Mendez-Laing added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Saido Berahino At the end of 90 a dissapointed Morecambe couldn’t manage to score, and Sheffield Wednesday took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Sheffield Wednesday should be reasonably happy with their performance, while wigan Athletic is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Oxford United. Matty Taylor struck first for Oxford United in the 23rd minute on a feed from Mark Sykes, but Callum Lang got the equalizer for Wigan Athletic in the 36th minute earning Wigan Athletic a comeback draw. Wigan Athletic looks to continue their winning ways, having won 6 of their last 10.
Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan Athletic last played eachother at the The Dw Stadium on Sep 28th. Sheffield Wednesday was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Max Power scored the first goal for Sheffield Wednesday on an own goal in the 23rd minute, then Callum Paterson added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Lee Gregory.
Will Keane has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Wigan Athletic. Sheffield Wednesday is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Josh Windass and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing each having 2 goals in their last 5.