Wigan Athletic vs Walsall. Sky Bet League One.
DW StadiumAttendance8,107.
Wigan 2-0 Walsall: Will Grigg double downs Saddlers
Saturday 30 September 2017 19:53, UK
A goal in either half from Will Grigg gave Wigan Athletic a comfortable 2-0 Sky Bet League One victory over Walsall.
The Latics were always on top of a rather scrappy encounter at the DW Stadium, and deserved the three points that cements their second spot in the table.
Grigg opened the scoring on the half-hour mark with a deadly finish after Nick Powell and Walsall goalkeeper Mark Gillespie had collided while going for Callum Elder's cross.
And Powell was also involved in the second goal that secured the points just eight minutes after the restart.
His sublime through ball released Grigg into open space, and the Northern Ireland international was in the act of pulling the trigger before being cleaned out by James Wilson.
Trending
- Big fight reaction: What next for Fury and Usyk after contentious points win?
- Usyk denies Fury in intense world championship rematch
- Highlights: Usyk overcomes Fury in epic heavyweight rematch
- Fury in disbelief as Usyk retains heavyweight titles
- Papers: Arsenal, Man City and Bayern in three-way battle for Olmo
- Littler survives scare to threaten nine-darter and win Worlds opener
- Fury's FURIOUS backstage reaction after defeat | 'I won by at least three rounds!'
- What time are Usyk and Fury in the ring?
- Arteta 'really worried' after hamstring injury leaves Saka on crutches
- 'I want my revenge!' Dubois storms ring to demand Usyk rematch
Grigg picked himself up and smashed home the spot-kick past Liam Roberts, who had replaced Gillespie at half-time.
Wigan could and should have added further goals in the last half-hour, with Powell seeing an effort hacked off the line.
Walsall almost pulled one back at the death, only for Jamie Jones to produce a fine save to deny Amadou Bakayoko.
