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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":96,"_path":97},"Wigan Punish Leigh Errors to Go Second","wigan-ruthless-run-leigh-battle-borough","football","Football: Match Report","Marcus Wright","Wigan's ten-game winning streak hits Leigh where it hurts, bouncing them to second on the back of ruthless finishing.","2026-07-31 22:02:32","1 min read","https:\u002F\u002Fichef.bbci.co.uk\u002Face\u002Fstandard\u002F976\u002Fcpsprodpb\u002Fc85b\u002Flive\u002F975270d0-8d18-11f1-8287-31677c3980aa.jpg",[93,94,95],"EFL","League One","Lower League","## Wigan Punish Leigh Errors to Climb to Second\n\nWigan beat Leigh in the Battle of the Borough to extend their winning run to **ten matches** across all competitions and move into **second place** in the Championship table.\n\nLeigh started with intent and created pressure in the opening stages. Wigan weathered it without conceding, then took control when Leigh's individual errors handed them openings. The visitors' misplaced passes and lapses in concentration fed Wigan counter-attacking opportunities they finished clinically. The gap between the sides in open play was not as wide as the final scoreline, but Wigan's ability to turn Leigh's mistakes into goals was the decisive factor.\n\nTen straight wins gives Wigan genuine momentum in the automatic promotion race. The pattern across this run has been consistent: press opponents into errors, convert those errors into chances. 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