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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 9 (setup 1, season 32)
Birmingham City
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Tomasz KUSZCZAK1Adam LARSEN Kwarasey
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Joe LEDLEY626Phil BARDSLEY
Chris BRUNT3Jason DAVIDSON
Michael CARRICK64Scott BROWN
Matthijs DE LIGT5Adrian MARIAPPA
Reece BURKE66Ben TURNER
Ahmed MUSA77Joey BARTON
Andy KING8Mark GONZÁLEZ
Nils PETERSEN9Pierre Achille WEBÒ Kuamo
Emmanuel Agyemang BADU7106David MEYLER
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING6117Stevie MAY
Manager
Jason PUNCHEON12Ryan FREDERICKS
Glenn WHELAN13Scott CARSON
Victor ANICHEBE14Steven TAYLOR
Max LOWE15Reiss GREENIDGE
Carlton MORRIS716Chris LONG

Birmingham City 2 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 32,471, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Richard BEEBY 6½)
59 Petersen, 71 PetersenScorers73 González
55 Carrick <=> MorrisSubstitutions60 May <=> Long
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners2
3Fouls24
2Offsides2
4Shots on5
15Shots off10
19Total shots15
1Shots saved3
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Chris BRUNT
8KING's shot beat the Wigan Athletic 'keeper but rebounded off the Wigan Athletic woodwork.
9MUSA beat DAVIDSON and drove the ball to PETERSEN who fired his effort wide.
19MARIAPPA brought the ball round BADU and stroked a weak shot over.
23BARTON rushed an easy chance.
41A fine ball from BROWN on the right fell to WEBÒ who sliced his shot over the bar.
45BADU ran onto a delightful ball from MUSA but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
45+1PETERSEN rifled a simple chance past the far post.
 
46A strike from WEBÒ held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
54BRUNT beat two Wigan Athletic players and slammed an effort inches wide.
55CHOUPO-MOTING whacked a right foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
58A mix up in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled KING to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
59GOAL!! On the left wing BADU collected a defender's clearance and hit it through the penalty area for PETERSEN to crack it into the roof of the net. (1-0 Birmingham City)
64BARTON nodded the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
67The Birmingham City 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce shot from Wigan Athletic's GONZÁLEZ.
68A cross from MUSA left BRUNT in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
71GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the 'keeper, MUSA was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to PETERSEN to drill home. (2-0 Birmingham City)
73GOAL!! Wigan Athletic's GONZÁLEZ beat two defenders before firing just inside the Birmingham City 'keeper's near post. (2-1 Birmingham City)
75A penalty box scramble resulted in PETERSEN cracking a low shot wide.
79MEYLER shot wide.
82The hapless LARSEN was all agog as a backpass from MEYLER dropped just over.
90+1A free-kick from BARTON raced wide.
90+3An inswinging corner was headed into the arms of KUSZCZAK by GONZÁLEZ.