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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 38 (setup 5, season 17)
Millwall
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Viktor NORING1Igor AKINFEEV
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
4
Overall form:
Home form:
Andrew DAVIES2Nathan BYRNE
Joe MARTIN3Holger BADSTUBER
Josh McEACHRAN48Luka MODRIC
Bongani KHUMALO5Reece BURKE
Shaun HUTCHINSON66Curtis NELSON
Valter BIRSA77Eduardo Antonio SALVIO
Hal ROBSON-KANU78DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza
Victor ANICHEBE69Mario GOMEZ
Tommy OAR10Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN
DIEGO MAURÍCIO Machado de Brito6117Jürgen LOCADIA
Manager
David WORRALL12Nick POWELL
Ben THOMPSON13Cristopher Benjamín TOSELLI Ríos
Bruno PILATOS147Alex GILBEY
15Kaiyne WOOLERY
Kris TWARDEK16Byron LAWRENCE

Millwall 0 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 19,959, Stadium: The Den, Referee: Russell BOOTH 6½)
Scorers57 Douglas Costa
Substitutions64 Gomez <=> Gilbey
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners7
5Fouls3
0Offsides1
2Shots on7
6Shots off11
8Total shots18
1Shots saved6
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Luka MODRIC
3GOMEZ floated the ball to DOUGLAS COSTA who forced it just beyond the far post.
4DIEGO MAURÍCIO drove a deadly shot inches wide from long range.
7A corner was collected by BADSTUBER who touched an effort just beyond the near post.
9A thirty yard drive from BYRNE caused the Millwall 'keeper no problem.
11LOCADIA beat BIRSA and placed the ball to DOUGLAS COSTA who fumbled his shot wide.
18The bemused Millwall 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from DAVIES dropped just wide.
20A great effort from GOMEZ scraped the outside of the post.
27DOUGLAS COSTA scuffed an easy chance.
30MODRIC dribbled past BIRSA and rifled a weak shot past the post.
30DOUGLAS COSTA made space on the right and pulled the ball to BURKE who fired the ball wide.
36ANICHEBE beat two Wigan Athletic players and blasted a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
43GOMEZ's shot was well held by NORING.
45A good ball from DIEGO MAURÍCIO on the right fell to BIRSA who scuffed his effort inches over.
45+2GOMEZ ran onto a wonderful ball from GAITÁN but toe-poked his effort wide of the lefthand post.
 
46GOMEZ dummied MCEACHRAN but lashed the ball into the arms of NORING.
50BADSTUBER rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
57GOAL!! A long clearance by the Wigan Athletic 'keeper beat the Millwall defence and DOUGLAS COSTA stroked the ball beyond the advancing Millwall 'keeper. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
58Uncertainty in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled ANICHEBE to blast the ball over.
69The 'keeper parried a clever strike from GILBEY.
78BADSTUBER headed just wide.
80A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
82OAR shot over.
83A refined pass from OAR, was slammed goalbound by MARTIN only for AKINFEEV to palm clear.
85A penalty box meleé resulted in ANICHEBE driving a low shot over.
90An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of AKINFEEV by MARTIN.
90+2The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from GILBEY.