In this 6th week match, on Sat Aug 27th, Burnley will travel to Wigan to battle Wigan Athletic in a clash of these two evenly matched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Wigan Athletic is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Birmingham City. Nathan Broadhead scored the first goal for Wigan Athletic in the 83rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Birmingham City was frustrated by Wigan Athletic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wigan Athletic ended the match with the shutout victory. Wigan Athletic is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while burnley sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-3 draw against Blackpool. Josh Brownhill struck first for Burnley in the 3rd minute, then Nathan Tella added another in the 11th minute. Burnley is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Burnley is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Nathan Tella and Josh Brownhill each having 2 goals in their last five. Wigan Athletic’s top weapon lately has been James McClean, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.