By Peter Loosley

WIGAN ATH 0

PRESTON NE 0

STAR MAN

ANDREW HUGHES Preston

Leam Richardson felt his Wigan Athletic looked every inch a Championship side as they held Preston on their return to football’s second tier.
Last season’s League One winners gave as good as they got at the DW Stadium, but couldn’t force home their numerical advantage in the last ten minutes.
North End substitute Ched Evans was sent off for a two-footed lunge on a grounded Curtis Tilt, but Wigan skipper Tendayi Darikwa saw a late shot deflected just over.
“I certainly don’t think the sending-off helped us i...