Charlton were without injured Chuks Aneke and Conor Washington at Wigan while Scott Fraser was struck down by Covid. Akin Famewo did not feature due to loan limits but Kanu was on the bench.
Clare took one for the team as Wigan broke. In following play Wigan won a corner but the ball went over the bar.
Matthews put in a great cross, after a good initial ball by Burstow, and Lee scored for Charlton on seven minutes, his first goal since October.
Wigan won a second corner. The ball went straight across the six yard box but went out for a goal kick.
Gilbey got the ball off the crossbar, after a lovely turn by Leko sent it forward to Lee. Charlton were holding the ball up well. They started to play with some confidence in attacking areas.
Purrington challenged Magennis and they both went down in a heap. Wigan claimed a penalty with some justice, but a goal kick was awarded.
Clare was judged to have taken out Lang who got in the area easily and a penalty was awarded on 25 minutes from which Wigan equalised through Keane. Curbs thought that Matthews should have made a challenge before the ball got anywhere near the box.
Purrington did well to win Charlton a corner, but Lee's effort was unproductive. A penalty appeal for a foul on Gilbey was waved away.
Wigan won a corner taken by Max Power. The referee spotted a foul on Inniss as he headed away.
Leko put in a shot in time added on but it went over the bar. It had been a non-stop first half.
Curbs said it was a terrific goal we scored. Brown said it was superb in terms of the build up and the delivery.
HT: 1-1
The blustery wind continued. The referee had a word with Sean Clare after he fouled Magennis.
Inniss had to clear away a ball across the goal. After Charlton went forward, Wigan broke well and Dobson got a yellow card after a foul. Max Power took the free kick but Lee did well to get it away.
Wigan made another penalty appeal. After a flat second half, it was the first piece of movement.
Wigan were able to win a corner after Charlton were slow to react. Wigan made it 2-1 through Humphries after 74 minutes. Curbs noted that two Wigan players got away from our players.
Castillo and Kanu came on with Burstow and Matthews going off.
Wigan advanced but Magennis couldn't get a touch.
Five minutes were added on. MacGillivray had to make a good save from Humphries.
In the second half Charlton struggled to create anything while Wigan had a little bit more quality when it mattered.
Curbs said that not many clubs could cope with three centre forwards missing. Steve Brown agreed that we were light up front. Curbs said it looked as if we were going to concede from a set play in every game.
Curbs said there was a lot of thinking to be done, we had a lot of players coming to the end of their contracts. There were a lot of loans. Steve Brown said that you couldn't do anything until the manager knew he was here next year.
Johnnie Jackson said: 'I thought we played better today [than at Bolton]. They're probably going to get promoted, we were more than a match for a good part of the game, certainly in the first half. From the corner we lost the first contact and the second contact. We're getting done with soft goals. Brilliant for Kanu that we got involved, but it shows where you are when you have to get a kid on.' Jacko thought it was unlikely that Fraser would be back for Oxford. He wasn't able to say anything certain about Aneke and Washington. Jacko said he hoped to finish the season as strong as possible. 'I want to be that so we are in a great place in the summer, I haven't had a pre-season with these lads. There's great glimpses of what we can be, how I want to progress, that requires time, pre-season, recruitment. For players who are out of contract every game becomes vital for them, I have my own ideas of how I want to take it forward, it's up to the players to show they want to be part of it.'
Charlton are now 14th.
Louis Mendez says that Charlton have only themselves to blame for their defeat: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/four-takeaways-from-charltons-defeat-at-wigan-another-loss-for-which-they-only-have-themselves-to-blame/
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