End of the match
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Luton Town
94'
Yellow card for Caulker
90'
Five minutes of addition.
85'
Yellow card for Clark
81'
Changes for Wigan. Magennis and Naylor replace Fletcher and Tiehi.
77'
Yellow card for Potts
71'
Yellow card for McClean and Adebayo
69'
Corner kick for Wigan
67'
Substitution, Luton Town. Alfie Doughty replaces Harry Cornick.
66'
Corner kick for Wigan
63'
Change at Luton. Burke replaces Gabriel Osho.
59'
Wigan changes. Lang and Aasgaard replace Azeez and Hughes.
55'
Substitution, Luton Town. Allan Campbell replaces Louie Watson.
53'
LUTON GOOOOOOOOOOOL
Adebayo scores the second of the visit
THE SECOND HALF STARTS
Partial victory for Luton.
Half Time
Wigan 0-1 Luton
45'
Wigan had possession but were unable to produce clear-cut chances at the Luton goal
34'
McClean's deflected shot
31'
Free kick for Luton
29'
Corner kick for Wigan
24'
Goal disallowed for Wigan. Offside by Hughes
21'
Wigan have regained possession, but Luton have had the better of the chances
19'
Free kick for Luton
11'
GOOOOOOOOOL FOR LUTON
Harry Cornick scores, the first for the visitors
10'
Deflected shot by Cornick
3'
Shot blocked at Cornick
THE GAME KICKS OFF
The match is underway at DW Stadium.
Match Referees
Wigan Athletic - Luton Town
Centre Referee: Andy Woolmer
Assistants: Mark Dwyer and Geoffrey Liddle
Fourth official: Martin Coy
Starting Lineup- Luton
The Town teamsheet. 📋#WIGLUT | #COYH pic.twitter.com/UzEL58KrKZ — Luton Town FC (@LutonTown) January 21, 2023
Starting Lineup- Wigan
📋 Here is your team news for this afternoon’s game against Luton Town...
🔹 Christ Tiéhi comes in for his Latics debut!
🔹 Steven Caulker & Miguel Azeez make their home debuts at the DW!#wafc 🔵⚪️ #BELIEVE — Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) January 21, 2023
Start of coverage
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Key player - Luton
Carlton Morris is Luton's striker, trained in Norwich City's academy, he came to Luton from Barnsley. So far this season, he has 11 goals and 5 assists.
Key player - Wigan
Will Keane is Wigan's star striker, trained in Manchester United's academy, this 30-year-old player is coming from being the team's top scorer in the promotion to the Championship. And so far this season, he has 10 goals and 2 assists in the league.
Head to head: Wigan vs. Luton
This Saturday's match will be the 20th meeting between these two teams, the balance is completely even, with 6 wins each side and 7 draws.
This will be the third meeting between the two in a period of 14 days, the previous ones were in the third round of the FA Cup, where they drew 1-1 at Luton's home, and then in the replay the latter won with a score of 2-1.
Luton aiming for playoff places
On the one hand, Luton are ninth in the standings with 39 points, two points behind sixth place, so they need the points to get closer to the playoff places.
Wigan seeks to get out of the red zone
The local Wigan completes a risky season, they have remained in the bottom zone and occupy the last place in the championship with 29 points. However, they are 4 points away from salvation, so, a win against Luton would be a good boost to get ahead of the salvation issue.
Championship on fire
Burnley and Sheffield have taken flight in the direct promotion places, however, there is a head to head battle for the playoff places and the relegation places to League One.
The Stadium
The DW Stadium is the home of Wigan Athletic and the Wigan Warriors of Rugby 13. The stadium was inaugurated in August 1999 and has a capacity of 25200 spectators.
Welcome
Welcome to the blog commentary of Wigan Athletic vs Luton Town, matchday 27 of the EFL Championship. The match will take place at the DW Stadium, at 10:00 am.