Match ends, Wigan Athletic 3, Bury 0.
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Bury
- From the section Football
Wigan stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games as they swept aside Bury.
Yanic Wildschut crossed for Will Grigg to head home, before Ryan Colclough lashed in a fine effort in a breathless opening 10 minutes.
Grigg completed the scoring on 21 minutes from the penalty spot, after being tripped in the box by Bury keeper Ian Lawlor.
Grigg was denied his hat-trick by the smallest of margins, as his 20-yard effort came back off the crossbar.
Second-placed Wigan are now just two points behind League One leaders Burton.
Wigan manager Gary Caldwell told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"I think we were incredible the first half.
"We thoroughly deserved to be 3-0 up, if not more at half time.
"At times we were a bit sloppy in our defending, but overall, I'm delighted with a magnificent display."
Bury manager David Flitcroft told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"We've seen them (Wigan) progress this season and learn about the league and get better as the season's gone on.
"It's been a tough afternoon but one that we've got to shake ourselves down quickly.
"We have been looking for a centre-half for four or five weeks now and have been unable to recruit one."
Line-ups
Wigan
- 32Jääskeläinen
- 7McCann
- 28Pearce
- 20Morgan
- 34Wabara
- 4Perkins
- 6Power
- 8Morsy
- 31WildschutSubstituted forMcAlenyat 65'minutes
- 9GriggSubstituted forDaviesat 66'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 27ColcloughSubstituted forVuckicat 78'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Davies
- 13Nicholls
- 15Flores
- 18Chow
- 24McAleny
- 25Barnett
- 29Vuckic
Bury
- 1Lawlor
- 3Hussey
- 5Clarke
- 40Brown
- 2Riley
- 10MayorBooked at 90mins
- 19SoaresSubstituted forO'Sullivanat 61'minutes
- 4TutteBooked at 90mins
- 14JonesBooked at 90mins
- 15LoweBooked at 37minsSubstituted forRoseat 77'minutes
- 11PopeSubstituted forPughat 45'minutes
Substitutes
- 8Mellis
- 18O'Sullivan
- 20Burgess
- 22Pugh
- 31Miller
- 32Rose
- 34Ruddy
- Referee:
- Scott Duncan
- Attendance:
- 9,490
Match Stats
Home TeamWiganAway TeamBury
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away4
- Corners
- Home7
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away17
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Wigan Athletic 3, Bury 0.
Booking
Craig Jones (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Andrew Tutte (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
Danny Mayor (Bury) is shown the yellow card.
Haris Vuckic (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Joe Riley (Bury).
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Ian Lawlor.
Attempt saved. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Reece Wabara (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by John O'Sullivan (Bury).
Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Craig Jones.
Attempt saved. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Conor McAleny (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Bury).
Substitution
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Haris Vuckic replaces Ryan Colclough.
Attempt missed. Conor McAleny (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Bury. Danny Rose replaces Ryan Lowe.
Jason Pearce (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ryan Lowe (Bury).
Foul by Max Power (Wigan Athletic).
Andrew Tutte (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Davies (Wigan Athletic).
Peter Clarke (Bury) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Max Power (Wigan Athletic) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Max Power (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Danny Mayor (Bury).
Corner, Bury. Conceded by Reece Wabara.
Foul by David Perkins (Wigan Athletic).
John O'Sullivan (Bury) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Ryan Lowe (Bury) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Craig Davies replaces William Grigg.
Substitution
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Conor McAleny replaces Yanic Wildschut.
Attempt missed. Chris McCann (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Bury. John O'Sullivan replaces Tom Soares.
Foul by Reece Wabara (Wigan Athletic).
Danny Pugh (Bury) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Chris McCann (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.