Wigan Athletic 4-1 Morecambe – BBC Sport

Second-placed Wigan cranked up the pressure on League One leaders Rotherham with a thumping 4-1 victory over struggling Morecambe.

Josh Magennis scored his second goal in two matches to open the scoring after 19 minutes from Tendayi Darikwa’s cross.

Wigan had to wait until a minute before half-time to double their lead when Jason Kerr applied the finishing touch after James McClean’s corner was flicked on by Tom Naylor.

Dylan Connolly pulled one back for Morecambe four minutes after the restart from the penalty spot after Cole Stockton had seen a shot blocked by a Wigan hand.

But the home side remained in charge and secured the points with two goals in the space of two minutes at the three-quarter mark.

First, Will Keane bagged his 20th goal of the campaign by nodding home Naylor’s goalbound header.

Then, Stephen Humphrys lashed home a left-foot volley from the edge of the area.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

line ups

Wigan

formation 3-4-1-2

12amos

15Kerr5Whatmough16Tilt

27Darikwa8thpower4naylor23McClean

10keane

28magenta39Humphrys

• 12amos
• 15Kerr
• 5Whatmough
• 16Tilt
• 27Darikwa
• 8thpowerSubstituted forShinnieat 78′minutes
• 4naylor
• 23McClean
• 10keane
• 28magenta
• 39HumphrysSubstituted forEdwardsat 88′minutes

substitutes

• 1Jones
• 2watts
• 3Pearce
• 7Edwards
• 11Massey
• 18Shinnie
• 21bennett

Morecambe

formation 4-3-3

30Carson

21cooney4O’Connor5bedeau3leigh

10wild8thDiagouraga19McLoughlin

11connolly9Stockton24Gnahoua

• 30Carson
• 21cooney
• 4O’Connor
• 5bedeauSubstituted forGibsonat 88′minutes
• 3leigh
• 10wild
• 8thDiagouraga
• 19McLoughlinSubstituted forPhillipsat 74′minutes
• 11connolly
• 9StocktonBooked at 75mins
• 24GnahouaSubstituted forayungaat 88′minutes

substitutes

• 14Obika
• 16Mensah
• 17ayunga
• 18Phillips
• 22Gibson
• 27fans
• 41Smith

Referee: James Oldham

Attendance: 10,072

live text

1. Match ends, Wigan Athletic 4, Morecambe 1.

2. Second half ends, Wigan Athletic 4, Morecambe 1.

3. Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Gwion Edwards replaces Stephen Humphrys.

4. Substitution, Morecambe. Liam Gibson replaces Jacob Bedeau.

5. Substitution, Morecambe. Jonah Ayunga replaces Arthur Gnahoua.

6. Offside, Morecambe. Greg Leigh tries a through ball, but Dylan Connolly is caught offside.

7. Attempt saved. Josh Magennis (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the center of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Will Keane.

8. Attempt saved. Stephen Humphrys (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the center of the goal. Assisted by James McClean.

9. Attempt missed. Dylan Connolly (Morecambe) right footed shot from long range on the right is too high. Assisted by Adam Phillips.

10. Attempt missed. Will Keane (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the center of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Stephen Humphrys.

11. Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Graeme Shinnie replaces Max Power.

12. Foul by Will Keane (Wigan Athletic).

13. Greg Leigh (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

14. Cole Stockton (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card.

15. Jason Kerr (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

16. Foul by Aaron Wildig (Morecambe).

17. Substitution, Morecambe. Adam Phillips replaces Shane McLoughlin.

18. Attempt missed. Tendayi Darikwa (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.

19. Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Shane McLoughlin.

20. Josh Magennis (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.