Wigan back on track with big win over Preston

Wigan Ath 5 Preston NE 0

Lee McCulloch opened the scoring in the first half before an Alan Mahon goal, a double from Nathan Ellington and a Jason Roberts penalty completed a second-half romp and sealed the Latics’ biggest win of the season.

Wigan are now a point clear of Ipswich at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship after their first win in five matches.

“I think more has been made of the bad spell than there has actually been because we got off to such a fantastic start,” Jewell said.

“We hadn’t won in four games but we were unbeaten in two and after 22 games we’ve got 44 points and two points a game is championship form.”

WIGAN: Filan, Eaden, Breckin, Jackson, Baines, Teale, Bullard (Wright 76), Mahon (Flynn 82), McCulloch, Roberts, Ellington (Graham 84).

PRESTON: Gould, Mawene (Lewis 60), Lucketti, Davis, Alexander, Sedgwick, O’Neil, Etuhu, Broomes, Cresswell, Agyemang.

Ref: M Atkinson (W Yorkshire).