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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 5 (setup 6, season 21)
Millwall
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Simon MIGNOLET71Joe BURSIK
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Gonzalo Alejandro JARA Reyes2Tendayi DARIKWA
Noah CHESMAIN736Lloyd KELLY
Sergio CANALES Madrazo64Kieran DOWELL
Shaun HUTCHINSON5Kal NAISMITH
Krystian BIELIK766Cédric KIPRÉ
Juninho BACUNA67Graeme SHINNIE
Stephan EL SHAARAWY88Tahith CHONG
George Alexandru PUSCAS97ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Jérémy MENEZ106Joël PIROE
ADRIÁN Lopez Alvarez116Joe GELHARDT
Manager
Aden FLINT12Curtis TILT
Bartosz BIALKOWSKI136Jamal LOWE
Mahlon ROMEO14Josh MAGENNIS
Jirí SKALÁK715Joe WILLIAMS
Sid NELSON16Thelo AASGAARD

Millwall 2 Wigan Athletic 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 20,145, Stadium: The Den, Referee: Kevin FRIEND 5½, TV: live)
14 El Shaarawy, 63 PuscasScorers56 Chong
46 Canales <=> SkalákSubstitutions84 Roberto Firmino <=> Lowe
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners6
12Fouls6
5Offsides12
12Shots on5
5Shots off8
17Total shots13
8Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: Stephan EL SHAARAWY
3PUSCAS's shot beat the Wigan Athletic 'keeper but rebounded off the Wigan Athletic woodwork.
12A shot from CHESMAIN held little difficulty for BURSIK.
14GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to EL SHAARAWY who flicked the ball into the net. (1-0 Millwall)
17JARA shot over.
23A shot from ADRIÁN was smothered by the 'keeper.
24GELHARDT ran onto a great ball from CHONG but toe-poked his shot wide.
25ROBERTO FIRMINO rasped the ball through a ruck of players but MIGNOLET was a match for it as he dived to his right.
30Uncertainty in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled HUTCHINSON to blast the ball just beyond the far post.
35ROBERTO FIRMINO hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
41SHINNIE beat HUTCHINSON and hit the ball to CHONG who blasted his shot wide.
 
48BACUNA floated the ball to PUSCAS who forced it just beyond the far post.
51CHESMAIN raced past NAISMITH but blasted the ball into the arms of BURSIK.
51PIROE scuffed an easy chance.
56GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with CHONG rocketing the ball into the net. (1-1)
60A looping effort from ADRIÁN was tipped over by BURSIK.
62A poor shot from KIPRÉ bounced agonisingly wide.
63GOAL!! A quick-witted PUSCAS pounced on a loose ball on the left and made no mistake. (2-1 Millwall)
67A thirty yard shot from MENEZ caused BURSIK little difficulty.
68A cross from PIROE left ROBERTO FIRMINO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
73ROBERTO FIRMINO's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
85A neatly crafted cross from GELHARDT, was knocked goalbound by CHONG only for the Millwall 'keeper to claw away.
86PUSCAS was put clear by SKALÁK and he dummied the 'keeper but drilled his shot inches over.