Match ends, Bradford City 1, Wigan Athletic 1.
Bradford City 1-1 Wigan Athletic
- From the section Football
Bradford City came from behind to seal a point against Wigan Athletic, who extended their unbeaten run in League One to eight matches.
Early on, Ben Williams saved Michael Jacobs' shot before Chris McCann cleared James Hanson's headed effort.
The Latics took the lead after the break when Yanic Wildschut crossed to Jacobs, who scored from long range.
But Bradford struck back and levelled 10 minutes later when Hanson nodded home Tony McMahon's corner.
The result meant Wigan moved up to fifth in the League One table, while Bradford's three-game winning run in the league came to an end.
Meanwhile, Bantams manager Phil Parkinson revealed agreements have been reached to extend the loan spells of Kyel Reid and Reece Burke,
Preston winger Reid will remain with the club until January, while West Ham defender Burke has extended his stay until the end of November.
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Wigan boss Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
"I thought we were great.
"It's a difficult place to come to get a point after the week we've had in terms of travelling to Peterborough and getting back late, before coming away from home again, where our form at the start of the season wasn't great. We've put an unbeaten run together so it's a point gained.
"I think a draw is a fair result, you know when you come here you're going to have to defend set pieces, we defended 99% of them really well and got done by one late on. We stood up to a lot of what Bradford threw at us and you always expected a difficult game here.
"Michael Jacobs was excellent, he's showed many times this year the ability he's got. He's improving all the time and starting to add goals to his game."
Line-ups
Bradford
- 1Williams
- 2DarbyBooked at 26mins
- 23McArdle
- 16Burke
- 3Meredith
- 29McMahonBooked at 79mins
- 11KnottBooked at 45mins
- 4EvansSubstituted forLiddleat 87'minutes
- 17ReidSubstituted forMarshallat 76'minutes
- 44ColeBooked at 67minsSubstituted forJamesat 90+4'minutes
- 9HansonBooked at 75mins
Substitutes
- 5Clarke
- 7Marshall
- 8Liddle
- 15Leigh
- 22Jones
- 28Mottley Henry
- 33James
Wigan
- 32Jääskeläinen
- 7McCann
- 20Morgan
- 25Barnett
- 5DanielsSubstituted forLoveat 51'minutes
- 6PowerBooked at 5mins
- 17Jacobs
- 4Perkins
- 2James
- 31WildschutSubstituted forDaviesat 68'minutes
- 9GriggSubstituted forHoltat 61'minutes
Substitutes
- 1O'Donnell
- 8Cowie
- 10Davies
- 18Chow
- 26Love
- 28Pearce
- 42Holt
- Referee:
- Richard Clark
- Attendance:
- 19,171
Match Stats
Home TeamBradfordAway TeamWigan
- Possession
- Home49%
- Away51%
- Shots
- Home5
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away4
- Corners
- Home15
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home14
- Away13
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Bradford City 1, Wigan Athletic 1.
Foul by Mark Marshall (Bradford City).
Leon Barnett (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Rory McArdle (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Luke James replaces Devante Cole.
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic).
Foul by Reece Burke (Bradford City).
Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Billy Knott (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic).
Attempt missed. James Hanson (Bradford City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Gary Liddle replaces Lee Evans.
Attempt missed. Donald Love (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Ben Williams.
Attempt saved. Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Reece James.
Attempt missed. Reece James (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Rory McArdle.
Rory McArdle (Bradford City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic).
Booking
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris McCann (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Tony McMahon (Bradford City).
Substitution
Substitution, Bradford City. Mark Marshall replaces Kyel Reid.
Booking
James Hanson (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by James Hanson (Bradford City).
Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Devante Cole (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Donald Love (Wigan Athletic).
Substitution
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Craig Davies replaces Yanic Wildschut.
Tony McMahon (Bradford City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Grant Holt (Wigan Athletic).
Booking
Devante Cole (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Devante Cole (Bradford City).
Craig Morgan (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, Bradford City. Conceded by Leon Barnett.
Goal!
Goal! Bradford City 1, Wigan Athletic 1. James Hanson (Bradford City) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tony McMahon.