2021–22 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Wigan Athletic's 90th year in their history and second consecutive season in League One. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 April 2022.

Wigan Athletic

2021–22 season
Chairman	Talal Al Hammad
Manager	Leam Richardson
Stadium	DW Stadium
League One	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Fourth round (Lost 0–2 to Stoke City)
EFL Cup	Third round (Lost 0–2 to Sunderland)
EFL Trophy	Semi-finals (Lost 6–7 on penalties to Sutton United)
Top goalscorer	League: Will Keane (26) All: Will Keane (27)
Highest home attendance	20,136
Lowest home attendance	8,098
Average home league attendance	10,223
Home colours Away colours
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Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	GK		Ben Amos	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[1]
1 July 2021	CM		Jordan Cousins	Stoke City	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2021	RW		Gwion Edwards	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[3]
1 July 2021	DM		Tom Naylor	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2021	CM		Max Power	Sunderland	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2021	CB		Jack Whatmough	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[6]
7 July 2021	CF		Charlie Wyke	Sunderland	Free transfer	[7]
9 July 2021	CF		Stephen Humphrys	Rochdale	Undisclosed	[8]
16 July 2021	CM		Dean Pinnington	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer
4 August 2021	LW		Jordan Jones	Rangers	Undisclosed	[9]
17 August 2021	LM		James McClean	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[10]
31 August 2021	LB		Joe Bennett	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[11]
31 August 2021	CB		Jason Kerr	St Johnstone	Undisclosed	[12]
8 September 2021	CF		Divin Baningime	Free Agent	—	[13]
13 January 2022	CF		Josh Magennis	Hull City	Undisclosed	[14]
16 January 2022	DM		Graeme Shinnie	Derby County	Undisclosed	[15]
25 January 2022	CB		Curtis Tilt	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	[16]
31 January 2022	AM		Jamie McGrath	St Mirren	Undisclosed	[17]
1 February 2022	CM		Joe Adams	Eastleigh	Undisclosed	[18]
2 February 2022	CB		Timi Sobowale	Real Monarchs SLC	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
9 August 2021	CB		Kelland Watts	Newcastle United	End of season	[19]
27 August 2021	CM		Tom Bayliss	Preston North End	End of season	[20]
31 August 2021	CB		Curtis Tilt	Rotherham United	14 January 2022[a]	[22]
31 January 2022	DM		Glen Rea	Luton Town	17 March 2022	[23]

1. On 14 January, Tilt was recalled by parent club Rotherham.^[21]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
20 August 2021	GK		Owen Mooney	Newcastle Town	1 January 2022	[24]
25 October 2021	RB		Kieran Lloyd	AFC Fylde	22 November 2021
31 January 2022	LW		Jordan Jones	St Mirren	End of season	[25]
18 March 2022	GK		Sam Tickle	Nantwich Town	14 April 2022
18 March 2022	CM		Harry McGee	FC United Of Manchester	1 May 2022

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
4 June 2021	CM		Lee Evans	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[26]
4 June 2021	CB		Jack Sanders	Kilmarnock	Free transfer	[27]
10 June 2021	CM		Chris Merrie	Tranmere Rovers	Undisclosed	[28]
11 June 2021	ST		Kyle Joseph	Swansea City	Undisclosed	[29]
16 June 2021	GK		Owen Evans	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer	[30]
22 June 2021	AM		Zach Clough	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[31][32]
23 June 2021	RB		Corey Whelan	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[31][33]
24 June 2021	GK		Bobby Jones	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	[34]
7 July 2021	RB		Joe Winstanley	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed	[35]
8 July 2021	AM		Sean McGurk	Leeds United	Undisclosed	[36]
27 July 2021	DM		Alex Perry	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[37]
6 August 2021	AM		Dan Gardner	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[38]
7 August 2021	AM		MacKenzie O'Neill	Prescot Cables	Free transfer
6 September 2021	LW		Joe Dodoo	Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer	[31][39]
24 November 2021	LW		Viv Solomon-Otabor	St Johnstone	Free transfer	[31][40]

Pre-season friendlies

Wigan Athletic announced friendlies against Oldham Athletic,^[41] AFC Fylde,^[42] Bootle,^[43] Stoke City^[44] and Preston North End^[45] as part of their pre-season preparations.

Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic

17 July 2021 Friendly	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
15:00 BST	Hope 30'	Report	Edwards 5' Lang 14'	Stadium: Boundary Park

AFC Fylde v Wigan Athletic

20 July 2021 Friendly	AFC Fylde	0–1	Wigan Athletic	Fylde
19:30 BST		Report	Humphrys 49'	Stadium: Mill Farm Sports Village

Bootle v Wigan Athletic

23 July 2021 Friendly	Bootle	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Bootle
19:00 BST		Report	Aasgaard 20' Naylor 43' Lang 54'	Stadium: Berry Street Garage Stadium

Wigan Athletic v Stoke City

27 July 2021 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Stoke City	Wigan
19:30 BST	Lang 35' Humphrys 80'	Report	Ince 42'	Stadium: DW Stadium

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

30 July 2021 Friendly	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Preston North End	Wigan
19:30 BST	Keane 26' Humphrys 54' Lang 69'	Report	Darikwa 48' (o.g.) Rodwell-Grant 87'	Stadium: DW Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
EFL League One	7 August 2021	30 April 2022	Matchday 1	43	26	10	7	76	40	+36	060.47
FA Cup	6 November	5 February 2022	First round	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	060.00
EFL Cup	10 August 2021	21 September 2021	Third round	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	31 August 2021	8 March 2022	Group Stage	7	3	3	1	11	4	+7	042.86
Total				58	32	16	10	95	53	+42	055.17

Last updated: 18 April 2022
Source: Competitions

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	27	11	8	82	44	+38	92	Promotion to EFL Championship
2	Rotherham United (P)	46	27	9	10	70	33	+37	90
3	Milton Keynes Dons	46	26	11	9	78	44	+34	89	Qualification for League One play-offs
4	Sheffield Wednesday	46	24	13	9	78	50	+28	85
5	Sunderland (O, P)	46	24	12	10	79	53	+26	84
6	Wycombe Wanderers	46	23	14	9	75	51	+24	83
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	23	11	12	68	48	+20	80
8	Oxford United	46	22	10	14	82	59	+23	76

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points based on yellow and red cards received excluding the last four games of the season (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences; 9) If the tie affects the automatic promotion or relegation places, a play-off game or games would be held between the two tied teams^[46]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	27	11	8	82	44	+38	92	13	5	5	36	22	+14	14	6	3	46	22	+24

Last updated: 26 April 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W
Position	21	12	14	9	4	2	1	1	2	1	3	4	3	3	2	1	4	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League One

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League One

The league fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.^[47]

Sunderland v Wigan Athletic

7 August 2021 1	Sunderland	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Sunderland
15:00 BST	McGeady 17' (pen.) Stewart 53' Winchester  57'	Report	Edwards 15'  50' Power  38' Darikwa  87' Wyke  90+6'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 31,549 Referee: Robert Madley

Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United

14 August 2021 2	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Robinson  25' Wyke  45+1' Lang  75' Massey  87' Keane 90+5'	Report	Harding  54'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,217 Referee: Robert Lewis

Wigan Athletic v Wycombe Wanderers

17 August 2021 3	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Wigan
19:45 BST	Lang 47' Wyke  55' Cousins  66' Amos  81'	Report	Pendlebury  53' Obita  87' Stewart 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,671 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Charlton Athletic v Wigan Athletic

21 August 2021 4	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Charlton
15:00 BST		Report	Darikwa 88' McClean 90+5'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,839 Referee: Craig Hicks

Wigan Athletic v Portsmouth

28 August 2021 5	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Portsmouth	Wigan
15:00 BST	Lang 78' Whatmough  90+2'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,571 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

Wigan Athletic v Doncaster Rovers

11 September 2021 7	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Wigan
15:00 BST	Whatmough  11' Keane 24', 52' McClean  25' Wyke  73' Power  75'	Report	Rowe 22' Dodoo  25' Smith  31' Olowu  48'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,975 Referee: Tom Nield

Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic

18 September 2021 8	Accrington Stanley	1–4	Wigan Athletic	Accrington
15:00 BST	Nottingham 52',  86' Sykes  63'	Report	Whatmough 6' Keane 18' Power  40' Lang  41' Wyke 58', 90+4'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,517 Referee: Andy Haines

Wigan Athletic v Cheltenham Town

25 September 2021 9	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Cheltenham Town	Wigan
15:00 BST	Lang 8',  65' Cousins  25' Wyke 46' Keane  68'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,867 Referee: Josh Smith

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

28 September 2021 10	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Wigan
19:45 BST	Whatmough  15' Power  52' Wyke 82' (pen.)	Report	Power 23' (o.g.) Paterson  39', 60' Dunkley  87' Peacock-Farrell  90+2'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,884 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Gillingham v Wigan Athletic

2 October 2021 11	Gillingham	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Dempsey  36'	Report	Naylor  14' Power 64' Keane 82' Massey  86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Neil Hair

Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

16 October 2021 13	Bolton Wanderers	0–4	Wigan Athletic	Bolton
15:00 BST	Johnston  27' Santos  64' Thomason  87'	Report	Keane 6' McClean 50', 81' Lang  56', 65' Cousins  48' Pearce  77' Massey  84'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Wigan Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons

19 October 2021 14	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Wigan
19:45 BST	Wyke 20' Bayliss  58'	Report	Kioso 30' Darikwa 37' (o.g.) Harvie  66' O'Riley  73' Kasumu  85'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Darren Droysdale

AFC Wimbledon v Wigan Athletic

23 October 2021 15	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Wimbledon
15:00 BST		Report	Kalambayi 50' (o.g.) Watts  30' McClean  40' 54' Derikwa  61'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 7,979 Referee: Ollie Yates

Wigan Athletic v Lincoln City

26 October 2021[a] 12	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Lincoln City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Darikwa  18' Watts  25' Lang  30' Massey 90+5'	Report	Nlundulu 14' Robson  30' Eyoma 57' McGrandles  90+3'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,787 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Wigan Athletic v Burton Albion

30 October 2021 16	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Burton Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST	McClean 9' Darikwa  36' Bayliss  39' Tilt 51'		Smith  15'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,020 Referee: Carl Brook

Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic

2 November 2021[b] 6	Fleetwood Town	2–3	Wigan Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Andrew 8',  37' Morton 52' (pen.) Batty  84' Morris  87'	Report	Darikwa  35' Lang 62',  79' Keane 68' Tilt 72'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,246 Referee: Ross Joyce

Cambridge United v Wigan Athletic

23 November 2021 19	Cambridge United	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Ironside 44' May 53' Knibbs  86' Weir  89'		Keane 84' Lang 87'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Declan Bourne

Plymouth Argyle v Wigan Athletic

27 November 2021 20	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Mayor 43' Camara  73'		Keane 35' Naylor  86' Lang 90'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 15,329 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

8 December 2021 21	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Darikwa 2' Aasgaard 90+2' Humphrys  90+6'	Report	Bowman 39' Daniels  89' Cosgrove  90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,098 Referee: David Rock

Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town

11 December 2021 22	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Lang 22',  77' Darikwa  90+2'	Report	Chaplin  30' Norwood 77' Edmundson  83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,296 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Oxford United v Wigan Athletic

18 December 2021 23	Oxford United	2–3	Wigan Athletic	Oxford
15:00 GMT	Williams 33' Taylor  36', 59' McGuane  90+1'		Keane 8' Darikwa  30' Power 32',  36' Naylor  42' Whatmough  72' McClean 86',  90'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 8,354 Referee: James Bell

Doncaster Rovers v Wigan Athletic

15 January 2022 28	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Hasani  45+4' Bogle 60' Galbraith  70' Dodoo  84'	Report	Power 11' Keane 54' Amos  85'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 7,169 Referee: Alan Young

Morecambe v Wigan Athletic

18 January 2022[c] 17	Morecambe	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Stockton 7' McLaughlin  90'	Report	Keane 45+1' Watts  70' Humphrys 73'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 5,359 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Wigan Athletic v Gillingham

22 January 2022 29	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Gillingham	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Keane 8',77' Humphrys 21' Darikwa  90'	Report	McKenzie  30' Reeves 53' O'Keefe 70'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,359 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Cheltenham Town v Wigan Athletic

29 January 2022 30	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Cheltenham
15:00 GMT	Williams  38'  90+2'	Report	Shinnie  45+2' McClean  89'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 4,405 Referee: Paul Howard

Wigan Athletic v Oxford United

1 February 2022[d] 18	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Oxford United	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Lang 36',  65' Shinnie  49'	Report	Taylor 23' Moore  34' Kane  45+2' Brannagan  65' McNally  69'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,958 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

8 February 2022 32	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Bannan  21' 53' (pen.) Paterson  76'	Report	Power  76'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 20,210 Referee: Tim Robinson

Wigan Athletic v Charlton Athletic

12 February 2022 33	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Darikwa  24' Keane 26' (pen.) Humphrys 74'	Report	Clare  4' Lee 7' Dobson  55' Kanu  90'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,657 Referee: Tom Nield

Wigan Athletic v Crewe Alexandra

15 February 2022 24	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Crewe Alexandra	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Naylor  16' Lang 57' McClean 82' Watts  88'	Report	Murphy  47'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,509 Referee: Tom Reeves

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

18 February 2022 34	Rotherham United	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
19:45 GMT	Ihiekwe  73' Rathbone 75' Wiles  90+1'	Report	Humphrys 28' McClean  52' Lang  68' Rea  90+4' Massey  90+6'	Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium Attendance: 10,588 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Wycombe Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

22 February 2022 35	Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	Wigan Athletic	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Kaikai 22'	Report	Tilt  57' Naylor 70' Lang 78' (82)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Wigan Athletic v Sunderland

26 February 2022 36	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Sunderland	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Power  38' Magennis  45+1' Tilt  84' Naylor  85'	Report	Wright 2' Matete  8' Stewart 38' (pen.),  82', 87' (pen.) Gooch  45+2' Embleton  71' Pritchard  77' Cirkin  90+6'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 20,136 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Wigan Athletic v Fleetwood Town

1 March 2022[e] 25	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Fleetwood Town	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Shinnie  14' Keane 37' (pen.) McClean 42',  90+7' Darikwa  66' Power  81'	Report	Garner  90+7'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,627 Referee: Martin Coy

Wigan Athletic v AFC Wimbledon

5 March 2022 37	Wigan Athletic	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Keane 21' Edwards  54' Naylor  77'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,780 Referee: Oliver Langford

Milton Keynes Dons v Wigan Athletic

12 March 2022 38	Milton Keynes Dons	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	McEachran  58' Kasumu  75' Darling 88'	Report	Massey  31' Lang  39' Tom Naylor 58' Tilt  90+1'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 11,193 Referee: Robert Madley

Crewe Alexandra v Wigan Athletic

15 March 2022[f] 24	Crewe Alexandra	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Porter  89'	Report	Magennis 43' Keane 53' Bennett  62' Darikwa  63'	Stadium: Alexandra Park Attendance: 5,310 Referee: Ben Toner

Wigan Athletic v Morecambe

19 March 2022 39	Wigan Athletic	4–1	Morecambe	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Magennis 19' Kerr 44' Keane 67' Humphrys 68'		Connolly 49' (pen.) Stockton  75'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,072 Referee: James Oldham

Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers

2 April 2022 41	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Wigan
12:30 BST	McClean 7',  16'		Santos  66' Bodvarsson 83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,279 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Wigan Athletic v Accrington Stanley

5 April 2022[g] 26	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Accrington Stanley	Wigan
19:45 BST	Bennett  33', 38' Magennis 42' Keane 58' Naylor  77'	Report	Nottingham  36' Rich-Baghuelou  53'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,139 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Lincoln City v Wigan Athletic

9 April 2022 42	Lincoln City	1–3	Wigan Athletic	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Scully 14' Cullen  38'		Lang 8', 72' Keane 21' Naylor  38' Watts  54' Kerr  56' Darikwa  82'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 9,498 Referee: Scott Oldham

Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic

12 April 2022[h] 40	Burton Albion	0–0	Wigan Athletic	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Mancienne  35' Niasse  59' Kokolo  79'	Report	Watts  17' Power  79' Kerr  82'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Andy Haines

Wigan Athletic v Cambridge United

15 April 2022 43	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Cambridge United	Wigan
17:15 BST	Lang  26' Power  29' Naylor 78'	Report	Knibbs 33' Smith 43' Williams  57' Digby  90+4' Mitov  90+6'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,576 Referee: Ross Joyce

Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic

18 April 2022 44	Ipswich Town	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Morsy  40', 73' Woolfenden  42' Chaplin 61' Burns  71' Bakinson  90+6'	Report	Watts  26' Keane 45', 86' Lang  60'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 21,329 Referee: Will Finnie

Wigan Athletic v Plymouth Argyle

23 April 2022 45	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Wigan
15:00 BST	Bennett  62' Whatmough 74' Pearce  79' Keane  80'	Report	Houghton  58' Jephcott 63'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,130 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Portsmouth v Wigan Athletic

26 April 2022 27	Portsmouth	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Milton
19:45 BST[i]	Hirst 62', 64' Curtis  64' O'Brien 87'	Report	Lang 38' Darikwa  42' Keane 45+3' Amos  63'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,637 Referee: Craig Hicks

Shrewsbury Town v Wigan Athletic

30 April 2022 46	Shrewsbury Town	0–3	Wigan Athletic	Shrewsbury
12:30 BST	Vela  61' Leahy  90+3'	Report	Vela 43' (o.g.) Keane 50' (pen.), 65'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 8,369 Referee: Steve Martin

1. original match on 9 October postponed due to international callups
2. original match on 4 September postponed, due to international callups
3. original match on 13 November Postponed, due to international callups
4. original match on 20 November postponed, due to Covid-19
5. original match on 29 December Postponed, due to numerous COVID-19 cases amongst the Fleetwood squad.
6. original match on 26 December postponed, due to numerous COVID-19 cases amongst the Wigan squad
7. original match on 1 January postponed, due to international callups
8. original match on 26 March postponed, due to international callups
9. original match on 8 January postponed, due to Wigan participating in the FA Cup 3rd Round

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Wigan were drawn at home to Solihull Moors in the first round.^[48] away to Colchester United in the second round.^[49] at Home to Blackburn Rovers in the third round.^[50] and away to Stoke City in the Fourth round.^[51]

Wigan Athletic v Solihull Moors

6 November 2021 First round	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Solihull Moors	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Darikwa  52' Kerr  88'	Report	Williams  74'	Stadium: DW Stadium

Solihull Moors v Wigan Athletic

16 November 2021 First round replay	Solihull Moors	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Wigan Athletic	Solihull, West Midlands
19:45 GMT	Rooney 48' (pen.)  68' Harry Boyes  60' Maynard  74' Storer  90+5'	Report	Kerr 66' Lang  60', 104' Pearce  90+5' Sze  111'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 3,703 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Colchester United v Wigan Athletic

5 December 2021 Second round	Colchester United	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Colchester, Essex
12:30 GMT	Jasper  6' Dobra  42' Sears 45+1'	Report	Lang 24', 75' Cousins  62' Edwards  81'	Stadium: Jobserve Community Stadium Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Carl Brook

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

8 January 2022 Third round	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Power 61',  86' McClean  73' Whatmough 75' Aasgaard 90+4'		van Hecke  21' Dolan  33' Khadra 49' Buckley  64' Butterworth  72' Ayala 89'	Stadium: DW Stadium Referee: Tim Robinson

Stoke City v Wigan Athletic

5 February 2022 Fourth round	Stoke City	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Stoke on Trent
15:00 GMT	Maja 14' Thompson  53' Wilmot  60' Brown 62'		Kerr  45' Edwards  69'  74'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 12,641 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

The Latics were drawn away to Hull City in the first round^[52][53] Bolton Wanderers at home in the second round^[54] and Sunderland again at home in the third round.^[55]

Hull City v Wigan Athletic

10 August 2021 First round	Hull City	1–1 (7–8 p)	Wigan Athletic	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Lewis-Potter 55'	Report	Humphrys 50'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 4,139 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Eaves Scott Wood Emmanuel Smith Jarvis Fleming Bernard		Keane Aasgaard Jo. Jones Massey Naylor Ja. Jones Robinson Cousins

Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers

24 August 2021 Second round	Wigan Athletic	0–0 (5–4 p)	Bolton Wanderers	Wigan
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,660 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Penalties
	Power Aasgaard Jo. Jones Naylor Humphrys Ja. Jones		Doyle Sarcevic Lee Afolayan Sheehan Delfouneso

Wigan Athletic v Sunderland

21 September 2021 Third round	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Sunderland	Wigan
19:45 BST	Edwards  56'	Report	Broadhead 26' O'Nien  45+1', 54' Evans  81' Embleton  82'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 6,511 Referee: Leigh Doughty

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Wigan were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s.^[56] The group stage fixtures were announced on July 15.^[57][58] In the knock-out stages, they were drawn away to Oldham Athletic in the third round^[59] at home to Arsenal U21 in the quarter-final.^[60] and at home to Sutton United in the Semi Final.^[61]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Crewe Alexandra	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Wigan Athletic	3	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	0	1	0	2	1	6	−5	2

Source: EFL.com

Wigan Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

31 August 2021 Group game 1	Wigan Athletic	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Wigan
19:00 BST	Bayliss  34' Humphrys  90+1'	Report	Campbell  73'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Marc Edwards
	Penalties
	Humphrys Massey Aasgaard Edwards		Carty Campbell Cundle Richards Kandola

Crewe Alexandra v Wigan Athletic

5 October 2021 Group game 2	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Crewe
19:00 BST	Finney 14' Griffiths  37' Smith 60' (o.g.) Mandron  90+2'	Report	Lloyd  43' Humphrys 52' Pearce  73' Kerr  89'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 925 Referee: Tom Reeves

Wigan Athletic v Shrewsbury Town

9 November 2021 Group game 3	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Wigan
19:00 BST	Long 9' Sze 54'  88'		Wilson  4' Leahy  84'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 1,121 Referee: Scott Oldham

Accrington Stanley v Wigan Athletic

30 November 2021 Second round	Accrington Stanley	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Wigan Athletic	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Pell 18' Sherring  51' Nottingham  63' Sykes  64'	Report	Humphrys 53' Bayliss  90+5'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Bobby Madley
	Penalties
	Savin Bishop Pell Sykes Hamilton		Jones Massey Bayliss Watts Kerr

Oldham Athletic v Wigan Athletic

4 January 2022 Third round	Oldham Athletic	0–6	Wigan Athletic	Oldham
19:00 GMT	Cissé  35'	Report	Naylor 28' Keane 34' Power 36' Massey 47' Edwards 64', 67'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Ross Joyce

Wigan Athletic v Arsenal U21

25 January 2022 Quarter-final	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Arsenal U21	Wigan
19:00 GMT	Sze  24' Carragher  64' Baningime 83'	Report	Patino  45'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 3,647 Referee: Ben Toner

Wigan Athletic v Sutton United

8 March 2022 Semi-final	Wigan Athletic	1–1 (6–7 p)	Sutton United	Wigan
GMT	McClean 39' Magennis  46' Shinnie  65'		Randall 29' Ajiboye  69'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 6,547 Referee: James Bell
	Penalties
	Power Shinnie Keane McClean Magennis Edwards McGrath Darikwa		Eastmond Beautyman Milsome Goodliffe Bennett Boldewijn Bouzanis John

Statistics

Appearances & Goals

As of 2 March 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jamie Jones	11	0	0+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Kelland Watts*	27	0	19+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Tom Pearce	19	0	6+3	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Tom Naylor	35	2	30+0	1	1+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	1
5	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	37	1	33+0	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Jordan Cousins	15	0	10+2	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	WAL	Gwion Edwards	34	3	7+15	1	4+1	0	2+0	0	5+0	2
8	MF	ENG	Max Power	40	5	31+0	3	5+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	1
9	FW	ENG	Charlie Wyke	17	5	15+0	5	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	FW	IRL	Will Keane	36	16	30+1	15	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	1
11	FW	ENG	Gavin Massey	38	2	8+18	1	3+1	0	2+1	0	5+0	1
12	GK	ENG	Ben Amos	35	0	33+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Jason Kerr	21	1	5+7	0	5+0	1	1+0	0	2+1	0
16	DF	ENG	Curtis Tilt	19	2	13+2	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	IRL	Jamie McGrath	2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW	ENG	Callum Lang	38	15	30+1	12	4+0	3	0+2	0	1+0	0
20	MF	ENG	Tom Bayliss*	13	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Joe Bennett	5	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	MF	IRL	James McClean	33	8	28+2	8	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF	IRL	Glen Rea*	3	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	ZIM	Tendayi Darikwa	40	2	32+1	2	3+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
28	FW	NIR	Josh Magennis	9	0	6+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF	NOR	Thelo Aasgaard	14	2	1+4	1	0+2	1	1+1	0	4+1	0
31	DF	ENG	James Carragher	4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	1
32	DF	Isle of Man	Adam Long	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
33	FW	ENG	Tom Costello	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	DF	SCO	Luke Robinson	10	0	1+0	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	2+4	0
35	DF	ENG	Kieran Lloyd	5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
36	MF	WAL	Scott Smith	8	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0	4+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Harry McHugh	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+2	0
39	FW	ENG	Stephen Humphrys	38	6	7+20	4	1+3	0	3+0	1	3+1	1
40	GK	ENG	Sam Tickle	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	MF	IRL	Babajide Adeeko	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
43	MF	ENG	Chris Sze	6	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	3+1	1
44	DF	ENG	Charlie Hughes	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	COD	Divin Baningime	3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+3	1
Players out on loan:
14	FW	NIR	Jordan Jones	17	0	3+6	0	0+3	0	2+1	0	1+1	0

Disciplinary record

As of 2 March 2022

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
1	27		RB	Tendayi Darikwa	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
2	8		CM	Max Power	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0
3	19		SS	Callum Lang	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
4	23		LW	James McClean	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1
5	4		DM	Tom Naylor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	2		CB	Kelland Watts	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	3		LB	Tom Pearce	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
	5		CB	Jack Whatmough	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	6		DM	Jordan Cousins	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	7		RM	Gwion Edwards	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	9		CF	Charlie Wyke	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	11		RW	Gavin Massey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	20		CM	Tom Bayliss	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0
14	15		CB	Jason Kerr	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
15	12		GK	Ben Amos	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16		CB	Curtis Tilt	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		DM	Graeme Shinnie	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	36		CM	Scott Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	39		CF	Stephen Humphrys	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	43		AM	Chris Sze	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
21	10		CF	Will Keane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		LW	Jordan Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		DM	Glen Rea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		CF	Josh Magennis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	31		CB	James Carragher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	34		LB	Luke Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	35		RB	Kieran Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					71	0	1	10	0	1	6	0	0	6	0	0	94	0	2

Notes