Low-Block Fortress
Wigan
Wigan handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 41.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Shots blocked
- 5
- Saves
- 3
- Conceded
- 0
League One · Matchday 6
Sheffield Wednesday
0 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Wigan
League One
Matchday 6Sheffield Wednesday0–0Wigan
0.61
Expected goals
1.49
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: SW 0.61, WIG 1.49.
Match report
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Wigan
Sheffield Wednesday and Wigan played out a goalless League One draw at Hillsborough.
Expected goals finished Sheffield Wednesday 0.61, Wigan 1.49. Wigan created the better of it and will feel a point was a poor return. Sheffield Wednesday held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Wigan graded out for low-block fortress — 41.0% possession and 5 shots blocked. Wigan graded out for counter-punch — 41.0% possession and 1.49 expected goals.
Ricardo Santos came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Sheffield Wednesday from 1 key pass and 2 tackles.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
59%Possession41%
12Shots13
0.61xG1.49
What the numbers say
3 readsCounter-Punch
Wigan
Wigan were happy without the ball and still created more — 1.49 xG from 41.0% possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Expected goals
- 1.49
- Opponent xG
- 0.61
Passive Possession
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 59.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.61
- On target
- 3
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.12
Timeline
🟨50'
Reggie Walsh
Foul
Liam Cooper
Foul
🟨53'
L. Palmer ↑ Y. Valery ↓
🔄62'
D. Keillor-Dunn ↑ C. Slattery ↓
🔄62'
A. Al Hamadi ↑ M. Burstow ↓
🔄62'
🔄70'
D. Costelloe ↑ R. Walsh ↓
🔄70'
S. Hogan ↑ S. Perkins ↓
G. Otegbayo ↑ R. Santos ↓
🔄74'
H. Gray ↑ J. Lowe ↓
🔄78'
🔄84'
C. Barrett ↑ F. Murray ↓
🔄87'
A. Harris ↑ C. Gray ↓
Harry Gray
Argument
🟨90'
🟨90+2'
Connor Barrett
🟨90+3'
Dara Costelloe
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueHillsborough, Sheffield
RefereeS. Stockbridge
CompetitionLeague One
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished