Oxford United 0-7 Wigan Athletic

Will Grigg hit a hat-trick as League One leaders Wigan racked up a club-record win on their first visit to the Kassam Stadium.

Grigg opened the scoring and Nick Powell and Gavin Massey put the Latics 3-0 up inside 30 minutes.

The striker grabbed his second in the 52th minute before completing his treble two minutes later, with substitute Max Power completing Oxford's heaviest home defeat with a late double.

Northern Ireland international Grigg started the rout with a cool side-foot finish in the 11th minute before the unmarked Nick Powell doubled their lead with a powerful downward header from Lee Evans' corner seven minutes later.

Oxford keeper Simon Eastwood saved at the feet of Michael Jacobs then tipped a Grigg header over the crossbar but could not stop Gavin Massey from extending their advantage when he drilled in a low shot from 12 yards.

Evans struck the bar for Wigan just before half-time, while Jack Payne went close with a header with the U's first meaningful effort which drew ironic cheers from home fans.

Grigg completed his hat-trick with two quickfire goals after the interval and substitute Power joined the scoresheet with strikes in the 62nd and 77th minute to maintain their four-point lead at the top of the League One table.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Oxford Utd

• 1Eastwood
• 3Tiendalli
• 30MousinhoBooked at 55mins
• 4Williamson
• 21Ferreira da Silva
• 14RuffelsSubstituted forLedsonat 62'minutes
• 19Fernández CodinaBooked at 38minsSubstituted forRothwellat 45'minutes
• 17Henry
• 10PayneSubstituted forObikaat 45'minutes
• 27Mowatt
• 9Thomas

Substitutes

• 6Martin
• 8Ledson
• 13Shearer
• 18Rothwell
• 20Obika
• 35Carroll
• 39van Kessel

Wigan

• 1Walton
• 2Byrne
• 22Dunkley
• 33Burn
• 26James
• 5Morsy
• 8Evans
• 11Massey
• 25PowellSubstituted forPowerat 56'minutes
• 17JacobsSubstituted forRobertsat 79'minutes
• 9GriggSubstituted forToneyat 65'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Elder
• 6Power
• 10Toney
• 14Bruce
• 18Roberts
• 27Colclough
• 31Sarkic

Referee:

Robert Lewis

Attendance:

7,957

Match Stats

Home TeamOxford UtdAway TeamWigan

Possession

Home42%

Away58%

Shots

Home3

Away17

Shots on Target

Home0

Away8

Corners

Home3

Away9

Fouls

Home10

Away6

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 7.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+3'

Second Half ends, Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 7.

Posted at 90'+2'

Ivan Toney (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Mike Williamson (Oxford United).

Posted at 86'

Gary Roberts (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Joe Rothwell (Oxford United).

Posted at 85'

Foul by Ivan Toney (Wigan Athletic).

Posted at 85'

Ricardinho (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 84'

Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 81'

Attempt missed. Ivan Toney (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Gary Roberts replaces Michael Jacobs.

Posted at 79'

Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Ryan Ledson (Oxford United).

Goal!

Posted at 77'

Goal! Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 7. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Morsy.

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. James Henry (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Nathan Byrne (Wigan Athletic).

Posted at 69'

Alex Mowatt (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Gavin Massey (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 67'

Lee Evans (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Ryan Ledson (Oxford United).

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. James Henry (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 65'

Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Ivan Toney replaces William Grigg.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Reece James (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.

Goal!

Posted at 62'

Goal! Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 6. Max Power (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gavin Massey.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Oxford United. Ryan Ledson replaces Josh Ruffels.

Posted at 61'

Lee Evans (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Ricardinho (Oxford United).

Posted at 60'

Corner, Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Simon Eastwood.

Substitution

Posted at 56'

Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Max Power replaces Nick Powell.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic).

Posted at 55'

Wes Thomas (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Booking

Posted at 55'

John Mousinho (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card.

Goal!

Posted at 54'

Goal! Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 5. William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gavin Massey.

Goal!

Posted at 52'

Goal! Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 4. William Grigg (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nick Powell.

Posted at 49'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Nathan Byrne.

Posted at 46'

Corner, Oxford United. Conceded by Dan Burn.

Second Half

Posted at

Second Half begins Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 3.

Substitution

Posted at 45'

Substitution, Oxford United. Joe Rothwell replaces Xemi.

Substitution

Posted at 45'

Substitution, Oxford United. Jonathan Obika replaces Jack Payne.

Half Time

Posted at 45'+3'

First Half ends, Oxford United 0, Wigan Athletic 3.

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