25 mins – Wigan cannot get anything going at all offensively. The Latics, to be fair to them, have a very young and inexperienced team on show tonight. It’ll be a good learning curve for them.
29 mins – Caldwell tries to get something going for Wigan, but he woefully over-hits his pass for Redmond and the ball skips off the wet turf and out for a throw.
31 mins – Wigan are a bit of a mess at the back. The goal kick is taken short and when Robinson passes back to Welsby, he is closed down by Sears. The goalkeeper’s hurried clearance hits Robinson and falls to McCarthy, but his first-time shot is cleared off the line by Caldwell. From the resulting corner, the ball drops to Kovac, who hits a left-foot volley which hits a defender and bounces into the arms of Welsby.
