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Wigan Athletic vs Luton Town
18 Feb 2026, 19:45 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Jamie O'ConnorLeague One 2025/2026 · 7 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Wigan AthleticMin
Luton TownWill Aimson
Yellowcard
Foul
23′Raphael Borges Rodrigues
Yellowcard
Foul
27′- 35′
J. Richards
Yellowcard
Foul
Owen Moxon
Yellowcard
Foul
37′- ⇄
Joseph Hungbo
Substitution
Off: Raphael Borges Rodrigues
44′ - ⇄
Dara Costelloe
Substitution
Off: Christian Saydee
59′ - ⇄
Matthew Smith
Substitution
Off: Jensen Weir
59′ - 61′⇄
Shayden Morris
Substitution
Off: J. Richards
- 63′
Nigel Cello Lonwijk
Yellowcard
Foul
- ⚽
Joe Taylor 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Dara Costelloe
Right foot shot
73′ - ⇄
Harrison Bettoni
Substitution
Off: Joe Taylor
79′ - ⇄
Steven Sessegnon
Substitution
Off: Owen Moxon
80′ - 82′⇄
Nahki Wells
Substitution
Off: Ali Al-Hamadi
- 83′⇄
Davy van den Berg
Substitution
Off: Teden Mengi
- 83′⇄
Gideon Kodua
Substitution
Off: Isaiah Jones
Steven Sessegnon
Yellowcard
Time wasting
89′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.81 | |
| 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7.12 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.48 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 7.87 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 7.27 | |
| 59 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.86 | |
| 80 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 6.79 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.79 | |
| 79 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.59 | |
| 59 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.83 | |
| 31 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 6.56 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.15 | |
| 31 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7.04 | |
| 46 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7.02 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.41 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Wigan Athletic
Latest: Reading · 1–2
Match stats
10 Feb 2026, 19:45 · Home vs Reading · 2025/2026
Luton Town
Latest: Cardiff City · 1–3
Match stats
14 Feb 2026, 15:00 · Away vs Cardiff City · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Wigan Athletic’s ground: 3 previous meetings, 1 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Wigan Athletic’s home games with Luton Town’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Wigan Athletic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Luton Town
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Wigan Athletic
Luton Town
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Wigan Athletic
Luton Town
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Wigan Athletic
Luton Town
Previous meetings
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