2021–22 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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.

First-team squad

As of 8 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Apps.	Goals	Year signed	Signed from	Transfer fee
Goalkeepers
1	Jamie Jones	GK	(1989-02-18)18 February 1989 (aged 32)	90	0	2017	Stevenage	Free
12	Ben Amos	GK	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 31)	16	0	2021	Charlton Athletic	Free
40	Sam Tickle	GK	(2002-03-31)31 March 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	2015	Academy	Trainee
50	Owen Mooney	GK	(2004-02-14)14 February 2004 (aged 17)	0	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
Defenders
2	Kelland Watts	CB	(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 25)	15	0	2021	Newcastle United	Loan
3	Tom Pearce	LB	(1998-04-12)12 April 1998 (aged 23)	44	1	2019	Leeds United	Undisclosed
5	Jack Whatmough	CB	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28)	15	1	2021	Portsmouth	Free
15	Jason Kerr	CB	(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 27)	3	0	2021	St Johnstone	Undisclosed
16	Curtis Tilt	CB	(1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 33)	40	4	2022	Rotherham United	Undisclosed
21	Joe Bennett	LB	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 31)	0	0	2021	Cardiff City	Free
27	Tendayi Darikwa	RB	(1991-12-13)13 December 1991 (aged 29)	42	0	2021	Nottingham Forest	Free
31	James Carragher	CB	(2002-11-11)11 November 2002 (aged 18)	2	0	2017	Academy	Trainee
32	Adam Long	CB	(2000-11-11)11 November 2000 (aged 20)	21	0	2017	St Georges	Free
34	Luke Robinson	LB	(2001-11-19)19 November 2001 (aged 19)	29	0	2017	Wrexham	Free
35	Kieran Lloyd	RB	(2002-10-13)13 October 2002 (aged 18)	4	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
44	Charlie Hughes	CB	(2003-10-16)16 October 2003 (aged 17)	0	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Midfielders
4	Tom Naylor	DM/CB/RB	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991 (age 33)	16	0	2021	Portsmouth	Free
6	Jordan Cousins	CM/LM/RM	(1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30)	13	0	2021	Stoke City	Free
7	Gwion Edwards	RW/LW	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	11	1	2021	Ipswich Town	Free
8	Max Power	CM/DM/RB	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993 (age 31)	158	12	2021	Sunderland	Free
14	Jordan Jones	LW/RW/AM	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994 (age 30)	10	0	2021	Rangers	Undisclosed
17	Jamie McGrath	AM/LW/RW	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 28)	2	0	2022	St. Mirren	Undisclosed
18	Graeme Shinnie	DM/LB/LM	(1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 33)	4	0	2022	Derby County	Undisclosed
20	Tom Bayliss	CM/DM/RM	(1999-04-06) 6 April 1999 (age 25)	6	0	2021	Preston North End	Loan
23	James McClean	LW/LM/LB	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35)	86	14	2021	Stoke City	Undisclosed
26	Glen Rea	DM/CB	(1994-09-03) 3 September 1994 (age 30)	1	0	2022	Luton Town	Loan
30	Thelo Aasgaard	AM/LW/RW	(2002-02-05)5 February 2002 (aged 19)	40	3	2016	Academy	Trainee
36	Scott Smith	CM	(2001-07-02)2 July 2001 (aged 19)	5	0	2013	Academy	Trainee
37	Harry McGee	CM	(2002-10-07)7 October 2002 (aged 18)	0	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
38	Harry McHugh	AM	(2002-10-14)14 October 2002 (aged 18)	3	1	2019	Academy	Trainee
41	Dean Pinnington	CM	(2002-11-17)17 November 2002 (aged 18)	0	0	2021	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free
42	Babajide Adeeko	CM	(2003-04-03)3 April 2003 (aged 18)	1	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
43	Chris Sze	AM	(2003-12-09)9 December 2003 (aged 17)	2	0	2020	Academy	Trainee
Forwards
9	Charlie Wyke	CF	(1992-12-06)6 December 1992 (aged 28)	14	5	2021	Sunderland	Free
10	Will Keane	CF	(1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 27)	54	18	2020	Ipswich Town	Free
11	Gavin Massey	RW/LW/SS	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 28)	136	12	2017	Leyton Orient	Free
19	Callum Lang	SS/LW/RW	(1995-05-08)8 May 1995 (aged 26)	44	13	2016	Academy	Trainee
28	Josh Magennis	CF	(1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 30)	4	0	2022	Hull City	Undisclosed
33	Tom Costello	CF	(2003-02-23)23 February 2003 (aged 18)	0	0	2019	Academy	Trainee
39	Stephen Humphrys	CF	(1997-09-15)15 September 1997 (aged 23)	17	1	2021	Rochdale	Undisclosed
45	Divin Baningime	CF/LW/RW	(2000-10-12)12 October 2000 (aged 20)	2	0	2017	Academy	Trainee

Statistics

Appearances & Goals

As of 2 March 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

Goals record

As of 2 March 2022

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	10	CF	Will Keane	16	0	0	1	16
2	19	SS	Callum Lang	12	3	0	0	15
3	23	LW	James McClean	8	0	0	0	8
4	39	CF	Stephen Humphrys	4	0	1	1	6
5	8	CM	Max Power	3	1	0	1	5
5	9	CF	Charlie Wyke	5	0	0	0	5
7	7	RW	Gwion Edwards	1	0	0	2	3
8	4	DM	Tom Naylor	1	0	0	1	2
	11	RW	Gavin Massey	1	0	0	1	2
	16	CB	Curtis Tilt	2	0	0	0	2
	27	RB	Tendayi Darikwa	2	0	0	0	2
	30	AM	Thelo Aasgaard	1	1	0	0	2
13	5	CB	Jack Whatmough	1	0	0	0	1
	15	CB	Jason Kerr	0	1	0	0	1
	31	CB	James Carragher	0	0	0	1	1
	43	AM	Chris Sze	0	0	0	1	1
	45	CF	Divin Baningime	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	1	0	0	2
Total				57	7	1	10	75

Disciplinary record

As of 2 March 2022

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
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

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	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	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]

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

Loans out

Date from	Position	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	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.

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

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

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

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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	Promotion to EFL Championship
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: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League One

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: not given? Referee: Anthony Backhouse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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'	[2]	Kerr 45' Edwards 69' 74'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 12,641 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

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]

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

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

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

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	Advance to Round 2
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notes

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

[49] riginal match on 9 October postponed due to international callups

[50] riginal match on 4 September postponed, due to international callups

[51] riginal match on 13 November Postponed, due to international callups

[52] riginal match on 20 November postponed, due to Covid-19

[53] riginal match on 29 December Postponed, due to numerous COVID-19 cases amongst the Fleetwood squad.

[54] riginal match on 26 December postponed, due to numerous COVID-19 cases amongst the Wigan squad

[55] riginal match on 1 January postponed, due to international callups

[56] riginal match on 26 March postponed, due to international callups

[57] riginal match on 8 January postponed, due to Wigan participating in the FA Cup 3rd Round

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[2] "Jordan Cousins Joins Latics!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[3] "Gwion Edwards Agrees to Join Latics!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[4] "Tom Naylor Is A Tic!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

[5] "Max Power Returns!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[6] "Jack Whatmough Is A Tic!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[7] "Charlie Wyke Joins Latics!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[8] "Latics Sign Stephen Humphrys!". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[9] "Latics sign Jordan Jones from Rangers FC". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[10] "James McClean Returns To Wigan Athletic". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[11] "Latics Sign Defender Joe Bennett". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[12] "Latics Sign Defender Jason Kerr From St. Johnstone". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

[13] "Divin Baningime Returns To Latics On Short-Term Contract". Wigan Athletic FC. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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