Man of the match Stephen Humphrys scored his ninth goal of the season

• In foggy conditions and in front of the BBC cameras Wigan Athletic defeated York City 1-0 at the York Community Stadium to progress into the third round of the FA Cup.
• Latics had chances to go ahead in the first half with Stephen Humphrys and Callum Lang going close.
• York kept Latics at bay until the the 61st minute when man of the match Humphrys broke the deadlock. He latched onto a long ball before producing a cool finish by rounding goalkeeper David Stockdale and slotting home.
• The hosts best chance to equalise came in added time when Lendell John-Lewis headed wide from a good position.
• Latics now go into the third round draw which will be shown live on ITV at 1.15pm on Sunday.

Manager Shaun Maloney named an unchanged starting XI from the midweek victory against Fleetwood Town.

Latics made an hesitant start to the game and it was not until the 20th minute that they tested the York goalkeeper. Lang setting up Martial Godo but the Fulham loanee shot straight at Stockdale.

Eight minutes later Latics had a good chance to take the lead after great work by Humphrys. Latics top scorer created space in midfield and drove forward purposefully into the York box before firing at goal but Stockdale did well to save low down. 

Humphrys had another opportunity a minute later but this time his strike was well blocked by a York defender.

Lang then had an opportunity when he broke beyond the York defence and was one-on-one with Stockdale but the former Brighton and Wycombe goalkeeper did well to thwart him.

Latics had had the best opportunities in the first half but they had lacked the killer touch against the Minstermen.

0-0 at half time.

In the second half York continued to get men behind the ball and frustrate Latics.

Humphrys fired over the crossbar from a short free-kick on 54 minutes and Lang fired over the crossbar on 57 minutes after good work by Scott Smith.

But Latics did break the deadlock on 61 minutes when Humphrys latched onto a long ball before producing a cool finish by rounding Stockdale and slotting home.

Latics continued to look the most likely to score as York rarely threatened. Godo had a shot from distance on 67 minutes and Stockdale was lucky not to be red carded when he denied Lang by handling  outside his area on 69 minutes.

York had a rare chance on 77 minutes following a corner when Olly Dyson had an effort that was narrowly wide of the target.

Tom Pearce had to be replaced on 85 minutes after badly twisting his knee in a challenge. Harry McHugh came on to slot into the left back role. 

Sam Tickle then produced the best save of the game tipping a strike from substitute Maz Kouhyar onto the crossbar and over on 86 minutes.

It was end to end stuff now and Humphrys had a shot blocked on 87 minutes and substitute Callum McManaman should’ve scored when he ran free into the box but Stockdale saved in the bottom right corner on 88 minutes.

Sean Clare then broke free down the right hand side with only one defender back, but his pass failed to find Lang free in the centre of the box on 91 minutes.

John-Lewis then had a great chance to equalise on 92 minutes but his header was high and wide.

Liam Shaw and Josh Mageniss replaced Humphrys and Lang on 93 minutes as Maloney looked to run down the clock.

In the 99th minute McManaman had another great chance as he ran clear of the defence and was one-on-one with Stockdale but he fired over from close range.

The game ended after 112 minutes and Latics deservedly progressed into the third round.

Overview

Latics will be pleased to have overcome a potential banana skin at National League side York City. The margin of victory could easily have been much greater if Latics had been more clinical in front of goal. They certainly had enough chances to have put the game to bed much earlier.

York defended in depth in the first half and Latics found it hard to break them down. At least in the second half they moved the ball quicker and got more players forward.

Towards the end of the game they could have been pegged back if York had converted their late chances.

Man of the match Humphrys was the difference on the night creating several good chances for himself and coolly scoring the winner. 

Nine goals for the re-invigorated striker, but there is still a feeling that he is capable of much more. Maloney must keeping pushing him to score more, but for now he deserves all the plaudits.

Post match comments

Speaking afterwards, Maloney spoke of his happiness that his side overcame the test and booked their place in the next round of the competition. 

“I am very happy that we’re in that Third Round draw,” he said. 

“I was reasonably happy with the performance – definitely in the second half. The last few minutes got a bit nervy but I’m really happy. 

“The only criticism is that we could’ve been more clinical and I have to also give credit to York as they had a fair few chances as well.

“Once we started to control the game, I thought we played well. I am really happy with the players.

“After the first 20 minutes, I started to like the game. The biggest thing was to get through to the next round and we’re looking forward to that draw.”