WIGAN. Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic draw 1-1. J. Bacuna scored the first goal (4′) for Birmingham City. A. Fletcher made it even (60′). Wigan Athletic was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (72%)
Scott Hogan didn’t score a decisive penalty (66′). That would have allowed Birmingham City to win the match.
Scott Hogan didn’t score 1 penalty (66′) for Birmingham City.
The match was played at the The DW Stadium stadium in Wigan on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Steve Martin who was helped by Ian Cooper and Lee Venamore. The 4th official was Scott Oldham. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 41.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 72 Ball Possession 28
Shots
- 7 Total 13
- 3 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 4
- 103 Attack 85
- 55 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 2 Corners 1
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Wigan Athletic was in firm control of the ball 72% while Birmingham City was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Wigan Athletic had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Wigan Athletic to win the match.
Wigan Athletic shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Birmingham City shot 13 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards (Danel Sinani and James McClean). Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards (J. Bacuna and A. Chang).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Wigan Athletic will have 32 points like Blackpool to sit in the 23rd place. Talking about the opposition, Birmingham City will have 39 points like Queens Park Rangers to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Championship, Wigan Athletic will host Rotherham United on the 6th of May with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Wigan Athletic (3 draws).
Birmingham City will host Sheffield United on the 6th of May with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Birmingham City (4 draws).
Wigan Athletic – Formation
Wigan Athletic
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Wigan Athletic started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Shaun Maloney decided to play with the following team: Ben Amos , Charlie Hughes , Jack Whatmough , Omar Rekik , Ryan Nyambe , Max Power , Christ Junior Tiehi , James McClean , Danel Sinani , Ashley Fletcher and Thelo Aasgaard .
The home team had on the bench: Tom Pearce , Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Naylor, Jamie Jones, Will Keane , Josh Magennis and Steven Caulker.
Substitutions
Wigan Athletic made 3 changes: C. Tiéhi for Will Keane (46′), O. Rekik for Tom Pearce (58′) and Danel Sinani for Josh Magennis (85′).
Best player: Max Power
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Wigan Athletic was Max Power.
His rating is with 88 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Birmingham City – Formation
Birmingham City
Birmingham City started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
John Eustace played with: John Ruddy , Kevin Long , Harlee Dean , Auston Trusty , Maxime Colin , Tahith Chong , Alfie Chang , Jordan Graham , Juninho Bacuna , Scott Hogan and Lukas Jutkiewicz .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mbule Longelo Emmanuel, Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge, George Hall, Reda Khadra , Marc Roberts, Hannibal Mejbri and Jordan James.
Substitutions
Birmingham City made 3 changes: T. Chong for Hannibal Mejbri (69′), Scott Hogan for Reda Khadra (73′) and J. Graham for Marc Roberts (89′).
Best player: Juninho Bacuna
The player that probably impressed the most for Birmingham City was Juninho Bacuna.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Championship.
- Wigan Athletic – Birmingham City – 1-1
- Watford – Preston North End – 0-0
- Sunderland – Stoke City – 1-5
- Rotherham United – Queens Park Rangers – 3-1
- Millwall – Norwich City – 2-3
- Middlesbrough – Reading – 5-0
- Luton Town – Swansea City – 1-0
- Huddersfield Town – Coventry City – 0-4
- Cardiff City – Bristol City – 2-0
- Blackpool – Burnley – 0-0
- Blackburn Rovers – Sheffield United – 1-0
