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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 32 (setup 1, season 32)
Wigan Athletic
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Pablo CARRIZO1Tomasz KUSZCZAK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Adrian MARIAPPA2Joe LEDLEY
Jason DAVIDSON637Chris BRUNT
Scott BROWN848Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Ben TURNER857Dario MARESIC
Steven TAYLOR666Reece BURKE
Isaac COFIE77Moses Daddy SIMON
Abdul Majeed WARIS8Jason PUNCHEON
Chris LONG9Nils PETERSEN
David MEYLER710Victor ANICHEBE
Stevie MAY6116Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Manager
Ryan FREDERICKS12Max LOWE
Scott CARSON13Connal TRUEMAN
Reiss GREENIDGE614Glenn WHELAN
Roberto CANELLA Suárez15Collin QUANER
Reece JAMES16Ryan KENT

Wigan Athletic 2 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 20,881, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Thomas TROUPKOS 7½)
40 Waris, 71 MayScorers22 Puncheon
72 Davidson <=> GreenidgeSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
1Corners4
6Fouls13
3Offsides2
9Shots on8
2Shots off5
11Total shots13
7Shots saved6
43%Possession57%
Man of the match: Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
5An outswinging corner was nodded into the arms of CARRIZO by BRUNT.
12A right foot shot from DAVIDSON was stopped by KUSZCZAK.
15The 'keeper saved a glorious shot from PETERSEN.
17A penalty box meleé resulted in WARIS cracking a low shot wide.
18A lovely pass from MAY, was shot goalbound by WARIS only for KUSZCZAK to block.
19CARRIZO was able to palm clear a wicked effort.
22GOAL!! A neat one-two left PUNCHEON clear and he made no mistake by expertly flicking the ball past the oncoming Wigan Athletic 'keeper. (1-0 Birmingham City)
26TAYLOR headed over the bar.
27The Birmingham City 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from LONG.
31ANICHEBE beat TAYLOR and drove the ball to BADU who fumbled his effort wide.
39CHOUPO-MOTING fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
40GOAL!! A long clearance by the Wigan Athletic 'keeper beat the Birmingham City defence and WARIS blasted the ball past the advancing Birmingham City 'keeper. (1-1)
41PUNCHEON worked the ball to BADU, PETERSEN collected his cross and headed the ball within easy reach of CARRIZO.
 
49PETERSEN poked a simple chance past the near post.
51BRUNT whacked a right foot shot over from thirty yards out.
52A delightful save prevented BURKE from scoring a lovely goal.
57CHOUPO-MOTING was put clear by BURKE and he nutmegged the 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
65A shot from WARIS was smothered by KUSZCZAK.
66CHOUPO-MOTING made space on the right and dragged the ball to PUNCHEON who fired the ball over.
68A shot from TURNER held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
71GOAL!! A deep cross by LONG was met by MAY who galloped in to score. (2-1 Wigan Athletic)
79A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming CARRIZO.
80MEYLER's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Birmingham City woodwork.
84A perfect shot from LONG was dealt with by a fine stop from the 'keeper.