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Commentary
KETO was able to palm clear a weak shot from VASSILEV.
KIPRÉ booked for dangerous play.
An inswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the Birmingham City 'keeper by WILLIAMS.
FREY beat CHONG and drove the ball to BUREY who fumbled his shot wide.
11¹Uncertainty in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled FREY to volley an effort wide.
16¹JAMES was put clear by VASSILEV and he pulled away from the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
17¹WILLIAMS stepped inside VASSILEV but knocked the ball into the arms of OKOYE.
25¹A free-kick from JAMES floated wide.
30¹GOAL!! The Birmingham City 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from AZPILICUETA and WILLIAMS was able to squeeze the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
36¹VASSILEV's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
41¹GOAL!! A patient Birmingham City side were rewarded with a lovely shot from ARMSTRONG. (1-1)
43¹A penalty box scramble resulted in ROBERTO FIRMINO cracking a low shot wide.
A header by CHONG at the near post was easily collected by OKOYE.
10²PIROE flicked a deadly shot just beyond the far post from thirty yards out.
19²A great effort from ROBERTO FIRMINO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
23²The Wigan Athletic 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce shot from Birmingham City's FREY.
28²A twenty yard shot from CHONG caused the Birmingham City 'keeper little difficulty.
29²GOAL!! An imaginative JAMES played a great ball down the middle to VASSILEV who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-1 Birmingham City)
32²A right foot effort from PIROE was stopped by the 'keeper.
33²ZAKARIA receives a yellow card for a late tackle.
35²A pin-point pass bobbled toward VASSILEV and his deadly shot flew narrowly wide.
36²WILLIAMS headed wide.

 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 6
Home league form: XWLX
Overall league form: WXXWWLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Hugo KETO1Maduka OKOYE
Tendayi DARIKWA2Cesar AZPILICUETA(c)
Lloyd KELLY3Emmanuel LONGELO
George EARTHY4Denis ZAKARIA
Cédric KIPRÉ5Luke McNALLY
Kal NAISMITH6Nico GORDON
Graeme SHINNIE7Tyler BUREY
Tahith CHONG8Indiana VASSILEV
(c,p)ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa9Michael FREY(p)
(f)Joe WILLIAMS10Jordan JAMES(f)
Joël PIROE11Sinclair ARMSTRONG
Manager
Joe GELHARDT  12  Ivan SUNJIC
Joe BURSIK  13  Pierluigi GOLLINI
Joe BENNETT  14  Lukas JUTKIEWICZ
James CARRAGHER  15  Marcel OAKLEY
Curtis TILT  16  Josh McEACHRAN
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWOWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Wigan Athletic 1 Birmingham City 2
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 24,919, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Hilmar Weilandt 7½)

Williams 30¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Armstrong 41¹, Vassilev 29²
  
  
Kipré 2¹Zakaria 33²
12
43
11
95
56
1411
83
51%49%
Man of the match: Lloyd Kelly