The City Ground

WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 - 0 FOREST - Sat Feb 25, 2017 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 2017 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wigan Athletic
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: DW Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-0 (Draw)
: Half-time: 0-0

Season:: 2016-17
Referee:: Geoff Eltringham
Sponsor:: 888Sport
Attendance:: 11,254
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brighton and Hove Albion (League Tier 2)
Wigan Athletic:: Aug 18, 2018

GAME COUNT:
League:: 4686 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 2269 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 5366 (of 5721)
Total:: 7100 (of 7500)

Sources:: WorldFootball.net (Link)

Review
Wow - an amazingly dull game! Carayol could have passed to win it at the end, but with three strikers we should be getting them more support.

FOREST
Manager: Gary Brazil (2)
Prior form: LWWLLL (Old to recent)

Goals

WIGAN ATHLETIC
Manager: Warren Joyce
Prior form: LDLWDL (Old to recent)

Goals

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
43	GK	Jordan Smith
2	D	Eric Lichaj (c)
3	D	Daniel Pinillos
42	D	Joe Worrall
13	M	Danny Fox
18	F	Muzzy Carayol
24	M	David Vaughan 70
11	D	Ben Osborn
9	F	Britt Assombalonga
45	F	Ben Brereton off for Ross McCormack (82)
16	F	Zach Clough off for Jamie Ward (57)
Subs
26	GK	Dimitar Evtimov
8	M	Chris Cohen
15	M	Aaron Tshibola
19	F	Jamie Ward on for Zach Clough (57)
41	M	Matty Cash
48	M	Anel Ahmedhodzic
50	F	Ross McCormack on for Ben Brereton (82)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
35	GK	Matt Gilks
3	D	Jake Buxton 38
23	D	Stephen Warnock
26	D	Jamie Hanson
33	D	Dan Burn
6	M	Max Power (58)
8	M	Sam Morsy
16	M	Shaun MacDonald
19	M	Ryan Tunnicliffe
14	F	Omar Bogle (84)
39	F	Mikael Mandron (59)
Subs
7		Alex Gilbey (59)
9		Will Grigg (84)
11		Gabriel Obertan (58)
46		Theo Roberts
12		Callum Connolly
4		David Perkins
47		James Weir

Videos:

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 25, 2017)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-0	Derby County
Barnsley	1-1	Huddersfield Town
Brentford	4-2	Rotherham United
Brighton and Hove Albion	3-0	Reading
Cardiff City	2-2	Fulham
Leeds United	1-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Newcastle United	2-2	Bristol City
Preston North End	2-1	Queens Park Rangers
Wigan Athletic	0-0	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form
1	Newcastle United	32	22	3	7	62	25	11	1	4	35	15	11	2	3	27	10	37	69	WDWWDW
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	32	20	8	4	54	26	12	3	1	33	9	8	5	3	21	17	28	68	WLDWDW
3	Huddersfield Town	32	20	4	8	43	35	12	2	2	25	13	8	2	6	18	22	8	64	WWWWWW
4	Reading	33	18	6	9	47	42	11	4	2	26	13	7	2	7	21	29	5	60	WWDDWL
5	Leeds United	33	18	4	11	45	34	11	2	4	23	12	7	2	7	22	22	11	58	WWLLWD
6	Sheffield Wednesday	33	17	7	9	42	32	11	1	4	24	14	6	6	5	18	18	10	58	DWWWWL
7	Fulham	32	14	10	8	54	37	7	5	4	31	22	7	5	4	23	15	17	52	LWLWWW
8	Norwich City	33	15	6	12	58	47	11	2	3	36	15	4	4	9	22	32	11	51	WWDWDL
9	Barnsley	33	14	7	12	51	47	6	5	6	27	28	8	2	6	24	19	4	49	WLDDWL
10	Preston North End	33	13	10	10	44	40	8	4	5	27	20	5	6	5	17	20	4	49	DLDWWD
11	Derby County	32	13	9	10	36	29	7	6	4	21	14	6	3	6	15	15	7	48	WWLDLD
12	Cardiff City	33	13	6	14	45	47	8	2	7	22	19	5	4	7	23	28	-2	45	LWLWWW
13	Birmingham City	34	11	10	13	36	49	7	4	6	21	23	4	6	7	15	26	-13	43	LWLLLW
14	Ipswich Town	33	10	11	12	34	41	6	7	4	22	20	4	4	8	12	21	-7	41	DLDWDD
15	Brentford	32	11	7	14	46	46	6	5	4	25	16	5	2	10	21	30	0	40	LWDLLW
16	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	7	15	36	46	5	4	8	17	25	6	3	7	19	21	-10	40	LDLLWW
17	Aston Villa	32	8	12	12	30	38	6	7	2	22	16	2	5	10	8	22	-8	36	DLLLLL
18	Nottingham Forest	33	10	6	17	46	58	8	3	5	27	22	2	3	12	19	36	-12	36	LWWLLL
19	Burton Albion	34	9	9	16	34	47	7	3	7	18	17	2	6	9	16	30	-13	36	LWLWDD
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	8	15	39	44	4	3	9	19	26	5	5	6	20	18	-5	35	LWLLLL
21	Bristol City	32	9	5	18	42	48	7	2	7	20	20	2	3	11	22	28	-6	32	LDWDLL
22	Wigan Athletic	33	7	9	17	30	40	3	5	8	12	18	4	4	9	18	22	-10	30	LDLWDL
23	Blackburn Rovers	32	7	9	16	37	50	5	5	6	22	24	2	4	10	15	26	-13	30	DLWDLD
24	Rotherham United	33	4	5	24	30	73	4	4	8	20	25	0	1	16	10	48	-43	17	LLLDLL

Table after:

	CHAMPIONSHIP								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Result(s)
1	1	Brighton and Hove Albion	33	21	8	4	57	26	13	3	1	36	9	8	5	3	21	17	31	71	LDWDWW	3-0
1	2	Newcastle United	33	22	4	7	64	27	11	2	4	37	17	11	2	3	27	10	37	70	DWWDWD	2-2
	3	Huddersfield Town	33	20	5	8	44	36	12	2	2	25	13	8	3	6	19	23	8	65	WWWWWD	1-1
1	4	Leeds United	34	19	4	11	46	34	12	2	4	24	12	7	2	7	22	22	12	61	WLLWDW	1-0
1	5	Reading	34	18	6	10	47	45	11	4	2	26	13	7	2	8	21	32	2	60	WDDWLL	0-3
	6	Sheffield Wednesday	34	17	7	10	42	33	11	1	4	24	14	6	6	6	18	19	9	58	WWWWLL	0-1
	7	Fulham	33	14	11	8	56	39	7	5	4	31	22	7	6	4	25	17	17	53	WLWWWD	2-2
2	8	Preston North End	34	14	10	10	46	41	9	4	5	29	21	5	6	5	17	20	5	52	LDWWDW	2-1
1	9	Norwich City	33	15	6	12	58	47	11	2	3	36	15	4	4	9	22	32	11	51	WWDWDL
1	10	Barnsley	34	14	8	12	52	48	6	6	6	28	29	8	2	6	24	19	4	50	LDDWLD	1-1
	11	Derby County	33	13	9	11	36	30	7	6	4	21	14	6	3	7	15	16	6	48	WLDLDL	0-1
	12	Cardiff City	34	13	7	14	47	49	8	3	7	24	21	5	4	7	23	28	-2	46	WLWWWD	2-2
2	13	Brentford	33	12	7	14	50	48	7	5	4	29	18	5	2	10	21	30	2	43	WDLLWW	4-2
1	14	Birmingham City	34	11	10	13	36	49	7	4	6	21	23	4	6	7	15	26	-13	43	LWLLLW
1	15	Ipswich Town	33	10	11	12	34	41	6	7	4	22	20	4	4	8	12	21	-7	41	DLDWDD
	16	Queens Park Rangers	34	11	7	16	37	48	5	4	8	17	25	6	3	8	20	23	-11	40	DLLWWL	1-2
	17	Aston Villa	33	9	12	12	31	38	7	7	2	23	16	2	5	10	8	22	-7	39	LLLLLW	1-0
	18	Nottingham Forest	34	10	7	17	46	58	8	3	5	27	22	2	4	12	19	36	-12	37	WWLLLD	0-0
	19	Burton Albion	34	9	9	16	34	47	7	3	7	18	17	2	6	9	16	30	-13	36	LWLWDD
	20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	9	8	15	39	44	4	3	9	19	26	5	5	6	20	18	-5	35	LWLLLL
	21	Bristol City	33	9	6	18	44	50	7	2	7	20	20	2	4	11	24	30	-6	33	DWDLLD	2-2
	22	Wigan Athletic	34	7	10	17	30	40	3	6	8	12	18	4	4	9	18	22	-10	31	DLWDLD	0-0
	23	Blackburn Rovers	32	7	9	16	37	50	5	5	6	22	24	2	4	10	15	26	-13	30	DLWDLD
	24	Rotherham United	34	4	5	25	32	77	4	4	8	20	25	0	1	17	12	52	-45	17	LLDLLL	2-4