Wigan Athletic 2 Northampton Town 3

Wigan Athletic came agonisingly close to coming back from the dead on Halloween as Northampton edged a five-goal thriller by the odd goal.
By Paul Kendrick
Published 31st Oct 2020, 17:01 BST
Updated 2nd Nov 2020, 17:47 BST
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Latics made a nightmare start to the game, falling two goals down inside 20 minutes.

First ex-Latics Academy midfielder Ryan Watson got the final touch to beat Jamie Jones, before Sam Hoskins charged through the middle of the defence to fire home.

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Latics pulled one back on 63 minutes when Tom Pearce was tripped inside the Northampton box, and Joe Garner sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot.

But a mistake from Chris Merrie allowed the visitors to regain their two-goal advantage, Caleb Chukwuemeka making no mistake from 12 yards.

Latics kept at it, though, and Tom James headed home powerfully from a Pearce cross with 15 minutes to go.

And Latics thought they'd got back on level terms on 85 minutes, when Scotland Under-19 striker Kyle Joseph - off the bench for his league debut - fired against a post.

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