On the 11th of March, in this week 36 match, Wigan Athletic and Burnley will play a match in Burnley in a clash of the Championship. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Burnley recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Blackpool. Neither Blackpool nor Burnley could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 6 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Burnley looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while 24th placed Wigan Athletic is fresh off their 0-1 loss against West Bromwich Albion. D. Dike scored the first goal for West Bromwich Albion in the 27th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wigan Athletic couldn’t manage to score, and West Bromwich Albion took the shutout win. Wigan Athletic looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Aug 27th, Wigan Athletic hosted Burnley in their last match together. Burnley took the match by a score of 5 to 1. Jay Rodriguez scored the first goal for Burnley in the 17th minute, then Josh Brownhill added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Vitinho.
Wigan Athletic’s most prolific scorer has been Ashley Fletcher. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Burnley’s most prolific scorer has been Ashley Barnes. The Austrian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.