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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Luton Town · League One

Wigan Athletic beat Luton Town 1-0 in the League One. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Wigan Athletic and Luton Town met in the League One at The Brick Community Stadium in Wigan on Wednesday, 18 February 2026.

Goalscorers

Wigan Athletic: J. Taylor 73'. Luton Town did not score.

How the match went

Luton Town saw more of the ball, 55% of it. Wigan Athletic had 7 shots with 5 on target, Luton Town 13 with 2 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 7 to Wigan Athletic and 4 to Luton Town. Wigan Athletic conceded 8 fouls, Luton Town 14. The referee showed 6 yellow cards (4 for Wigan Athletic, 2 for Luton Town).

Line-ups

Wigan Athletic started in a 5-3-2: Sam Tickle, Raphael Rodrigues, Will Aimson, Jason Kerr, Morgan Fox, Fraser Murray, Jensen Weir, Owen Moxon, Callum Wright, Joe Taylor, Christian Saydee.

Luton Town started in a 4-4-2: Josh Keeley, Nigel Lonwijk, Teden Mengi, Mads Andersen, Kal Naismith, Jake Richards, Kasey Palmer, Jordan Clark, Isaiah Jones, Devante Cole, Ali Al-Hamadi.

More from this competition: League One fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town.
  2. 73'Goal! Wigan Athletic 1-0 Luton Town. J. Taylor (Wigan Athletic) scores, assisted by D. Costelloe.
  3. 90'Full-time. Wigan Athletic 1-0 Luton Town.
Full commentary (41 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Wigan Athletic vs Luton Town.
  2. 23'Yellow card for W. Aimson (Wigan Athletic) for foul.
  3. 27'Yellow card for R. Rodrigues (Wigan Athletic) for foul.
  4. 28'Attempt saved. K. Palmer (Luton Town), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.05.
  5. 30'Attempt blocked. A. Al-Hamadi (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.19.
  6. 34'Attempt saved. Weir (Wigan Athletic), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  7. 35'Yellow card for J. Richards (Luton Town) for foul.
  8. 37'Yellow card for O. Moxon (Wigan Athletic) for foul.
  9. 44'Substitution, Wigan Athletic: J. Hungbo comes on for R. Rodrigues.
  10. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  11. 45+2'Attempt blocked. I. Jones (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  12. 45'Half-time. Wigan Athletic 0-0 Luton Town.
  13. 46'The second half is under way.
  14. 54'Attempt blocked. J. Clark (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  15. 57'Attempt saved. M. Fox (Wigan Athletic), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.08.
  16. 59'Substitution, Wigan Athletic: M. Smith comes on for Weir.
  17. 59'Substitution, Wigan Athletic: D. Costelloe comes on for C. Saydee.
  18. 61'Substitution, Luton Town: S. Morris comes on for J. Richards.
  19. 63'Yellow card for N. Lonwijk (Luton Town) for foul.
  20. 64'Attempt saved. J. Taylor (Wigan Athletic), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
  21. 67'Attempt saved. J. Taylor (Wigan Athletic), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
  22. 69'Attempt missed. W. Aimson (Wigan Athletic), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  23. 71'Attempt missed. S. Morris (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  24. 73'Goal! Wigan Athletic 1-0 Luton Town. J. Taylor (Wigan Athletic) scores, assisted by D. Costelloe.
  25. 77'Attempt blocked. I. Jones (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  26. 79'Substitution, Wigan Athletic: H. Bettoni comes on for J. Taylor.
  27. 80'Substitution, Wigan Athletic: S. Sessegnon comes on for O. Moxon.
  28. 82'Substitution, Luton Town: N. Wells comes on for A. Al-Hamadi.
  29. 83'Substitution, Luton Town: D. v. d. Berg comes on for T. Mengi.
  30. 83'Substitution, Luton Town: G. Kodua comes on for I. Jones.
  31. 85'Attempt blocked. G. Kodua (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  32. 86'Attempt missed. J. Clark (Luton Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  33. 89'Yellow card for S. Sessegnon (Wigan Athletic) for time wasting.
  34. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  35. 90+1'Attempt missed. D. Costelloe (Wigan Athletic), right-footed shot. xG 0.51.
  36. 90+7'Attempt blocked. N. Lonwijk (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  37. 90+7'Attempt blocked. D. v. d. Berg (Luton Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  38. 90+7'Attempt blocked. K. Palmer (Luton Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  39. 90+7'Attempt saved. G. Kodua (Luton Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.33.
  40. 90+7'Attempt blocked. D. Cole (Luton Town), left-footed shot. xG 0.29.
  41. 90'Full-time. Wigan Athletic 1-0 Luton Town.
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