Wigan end losing run with hard-fought League One victory at Exeter

Wigan ended a run of four-successive defeats in League One with a hard fought 2-0 win at Exeter.

It is now five-straight defeats for Exeter, who made a slow start to the game and paid the price for that as the Latics opened the scoring after eight minutes.

Pierce Sweeney came out second best in an aerial duel and the ball fell kindly for Stephen Humphreys, who advanced down the left and picked out Martial Godo. He side-footed the ball past Vili Sinisalo and into the net from 10 yards.

The home side regrouped and had plenty of possession, but they rarely looked like scoring.

Wigan were happy to sit in and soak up the pressure and look to hit Exeteroin the counter attack and rarely looked like scoring themselves.

The hosts had more urgency after the break and the closest they came to an equaliser was in stoppage time when substitute Yanic Wildschut struck the base of the post from a narrow angle.

Wigan then wrapped things up right at the death when Jordan Jones advanced from deep and beat two men before his shot unfortunately deflected off Will Aimson and squeezed in at the near post.