Match ends, Wigan Athletic 1, Swindon Town 0.
WiganWigan Athletic1SwindonSwindon Town0
Francisco Junior's injury-time winner gave high-flying Wigan a scrappy League One win over struggling Swindon.
Town twice went close early on as Anton Rodgers fired wide when well-placed and Ben Gladwin's shot hit the post.
But Athletic had the better of the game, Will Grigg having a shot cleared off the line, and Swindon keeper Lawrence Vigouroux denying Reece James.
And when Vigouroux failed to clear, Everton loanee Junior prodded home from close range to keep Wigan fifth.
Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
"You don't think the goal's going to come but it is not the first time we have done it.
"It is no coincidence as this group of players keep going right until the very end and ask questions of teams. They keep pushing.
"We got what we deserved in the end as we threw everything at them in the second half."
Line-ups
Wigan
Formation 3-5-2
- 32Jääskeläinen
- 5Daniels
- 20Morgan
- 7McCannBooked at 78mins
- 26Love
- 4Perkins
- 6PowerSubstituted forFrancisco Júniorat 54'minutesBooked at 66mins
- 17JacobsSubstituted forCowieat 69'minutes
- 2James
- 9Grigg
- 31WildschutSubstituted forDaviesat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 1O'Donnell
- 8Cowie
- 10Davies
- 18Chow
- 22Francisco Júnior
- 25Barnett
- 29Vuckic
Swindon
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1VigourouxBooked at 90mins
- 27Barry
- 29Rossi Branco
- 34El-Abd
- 6Turnbull
- 8Kasim
- 26RodgersSubstituted forThompsonat 60'minutes
- 32Ojamaa
- 10AjoseSubstituted forObikaat 60'minutes
- 17GladwinBooked at 88mins
- 15BrophySubstituted forRobertat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Ormonde-Ottewill
- 4Robert
- 18Thompson
- 19Balmy
- 20Obika
- 24Hylton
- 25Belford
- Referee:
- Nigel Miller
- Attendance:
- 8,466
Match Stats
Home TeamWiganAway TeamSwindon
- Possession
- Home53%
- Away47%
- Shots
- Home19
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away0
- Corners
- Home8
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away8
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Wigan Athletic 1, Swindon Town 0.
Goal!
Goal! Wigan Athletic 1, Swindon Town 0. Francisco Júnior (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Booking
Lawrence Vigouroux (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Don Cowie (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
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Attempt saved. Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt missed. Henrik Ojamaa (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
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Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Louis Thompson.
Booking
Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Francisco Júnior (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town).
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Attempt missed. Ben Gladwin (Swindon Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic).
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Raphael Rossi Branco (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Perkins (Wigan Athletic).
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Yaser Kasim (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Chris McCann (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt missed. Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
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Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Bradley Barry.
