League One side, Wigan Athletic defeated Coventry in a slim 1-0 margin but was enough to give the team the three points they required to sit atop the table.
The match played on Saturday gives Wigan Athletic a four point edge over second placed Burton Albion.
Wigan Athletic have garnered 80 points in total from 41 matches in the third tier in the English football league system. Will Grigg scored the only goal of the encounter to ensure Wigan remain winners in five straight matches. The win also extended their unbeaten run to 20 matches.
Wigan Athletic won three straight matches late last month against Bradford City, Swindon Town and Rochdale. This month, the top team has defeated Shrewsbury Town 5-1 before this victory against Coventry City.
The goal scored makes Will Grigg’s 23rd of the season, and his 15th in the last 16 games. This makes the player the first Latics striker since Nathan Ellington 11 years ago to score 20 league goals.
Former Wigan striker Marc-Antoine Fortune came off the bench for Coventry in the last 30 minutes and sparked a surge in the attack in a bid to salvage a point but all efforts were wide off the mark. The trend just continues for him marking his unhappy two-year stint.
The goal from Grigg changed the game as Conventry City sat back and always wanted a break from a counter run. The Lactics also struggled to get more goals to seal the game off till the first half ended.
The second half started with Grigg and McAleny almost adding to the tally. Grigg has gotten a brace in the last 5-1 victory where he scored two goals in the second half. He kept trying but just couldn’t add more until the half ended.
