Match summary
Before kickoff, Birmingham City (2nd, 50 pts) were 23 points ahead of Wigan Athletic (16th, 27 pts). Birmingham City had gone 10 matches unbeaten before this one.
Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham CityResult, Lineups & H2H
- May18'
- May30'
- Willumsson61'
The DW Stadium, Wigan
Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City in numbers
FormLast 5 games, all competitions · latest on the right
Wigan Athletic2W 1D 2L
Wigan AthleticBirmingham City
7Pointsof 1511
8Goals scored6
7Goals conceded1
2Clean sheets4
5Scored in a row1
0Unbeaten in a row10
1Without a win2
1Conceded in a row1
Head to head17 meetings · Dec 2009 – Aug 2024
- Wigan Athletic wins
- 7
- Draws
- 5
- Birmingham City wins
- 5
2.24goals per meeting
47%both teams scored
41%3+ goals
35%won by the host
Last 5 meetingsWigan Athletic 3W 1D 1L · 2.4 goals per game
Meetings
- League OneBirmingham City2-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic1-1Birmingham City
- ChampionshipBirmingham City0-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipBirmingham City2-3Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic1-0Birmingham City
Show all 17 meetings
- ChampionshipBirmingham City1-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic0-3Birmingham City
- ChampionshipBirmingham City0-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic1-1Birmingham City
- ChampionshipBirmingham City3-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic4-0Birmingham City
- ChampionshipBirmingham City0-1Wigan Athletic
- ChampionshipWigan Athletic0-0Birmingham City
- Premier LeagueWigan Athletic2-1Birmingham City
- Premier LeagueBirmingham City0-0Wigan Athletic
- Premier LeagueBirmingham City1-0Wigan Athletic
- Premier LeagueWigan Athletic2-3Birmingham City
League table before kickoffRebuilt from 276 earlier results
Wigan AthleticBirmingham City
#16Position#2
27Points22 v 22 games50
+1Goal difference+21
0.95Scored per gameleague avg 1.291.73
0.91Conceded per game0.77
#11Form table position#3
Match Timeline
Man of the Match
Wigan AthleticBirmingham City
- 90+5'Substitution · Birmingham City · Ayumu Yokoyama · InOut: Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 90+5'Substitution · Birmingham City · Lukas Jutkiewicz · InOut: W. Willumsson
- 90+1'Yellow Card · Birmingham City · Ethan Laird
- Substitution · Wigan Athletic · Callum McManaman · InOut: Dale Taylor80'
- Substitution · Wigan Athletic · Joe Hugill · InOut: Dale Taylor80'
- Yellow Card · Wigan Athletic · Jason Kerr79'
- Substitution · Wigan Athletic · Kai Payne · InOut: Will Aimson77'
- 73'Substitution · Birmingham City · Scott Wright · InOut: Tomoki Iwata
- 72'Substitution · Birmingham City · Lyndon Dykes · InOut: Alfie May
- Substitution · Wigan Athletic · Joseph Hungbo · InOut: Michael Olakigbe67'
- Substitution · Wigan Athletic · Luke Robinson · InOut: Steven Sessegnon67'
- 61'Goal · Birmingham City · W. Willumsson0-3
- 59'Substitution · Birmingham City · Marc Leonard · InOut: Luke Harris
- 44'Yellow Card · Birmingham City · Luke Harris
- Yellow Card · Wigan Athletic · Toby Sibbick42'
- 30'Goal · Birmingham City · Alfie May0-2
- 18'Goal · Birmingham City · Alfie May0-1
- 12'Yellow Card · Birmingham City · Tomoki Iwata
Match Statistics
Match stats
Wigan AthleticBirmingham City
45%Ball Possession55%
15Shots Total7
4Shots On Target5
4Corners2
12Fouls18
2Yellow Cards3
3Offsides1
2Saves4
420Passes526
27Throw-ins18
1Goal Kicks7
79Attacks119
49Dangerous Attacks38
6Goal Attempts6
5Shots Off Target1
6Shots Inside Box5
10Shots Outside Box2
0Goals3
8Shots Blocked1
5Substitutions5
12Tackles25
338Accurate Passes425
0Red Cards0
86Ball Safe91
81%Pass Accuracy80%
Team Lineups
Lineups
4-2-3-1 · 4-2-3-1
Manager: S. Maloney
Starting XI
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JW
Jensen Weir6.8
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SS
Scott Smith6.0
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JS
Jonny Smith6.7
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DT
Dale Taylor6.8
Substitutes
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TW
Tom Watson-
KP
Kai Payne6.5
Player Stats
| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 23' | 0 | 0 | - | 6(33%) | - | 6/9 | |
| 6.9 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 46(76%) | 1 | 7/10 | |
| 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 29(72%) | - | 12/18 | |
Dale Taylor FW | 6.8 | 80' | 0 | 0 | - | 7(50%) | 1 | 4/10 |
Jensen Weir MF | 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 40(85%) | 3 | 7/14 |
| 6.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 73(92%) | 1 | 5/9 | |
| 6.7 | 67' | 0 | 0 | 0/3 | 13(93%) | - | 1/8 | |
Jonny Smith MF | 6.7 | 80' | 0 | 0 | 1/3 | 28(89%) | 1 | 1/2 |
| 6.7 | 67' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 38(85%) | 3 | 4/10 | |
| 6.5 | 77' | 0 | 0 | - | 46(85%) | - | 3/6 | |
Kai Payne MF | 6.5 | 13' | 0 | 0 | - | 10(90%) | 1 | 2/3 |
| 6.5 | 10' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 1/2 | |
| 6.3 | 10' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 2(100%) | - | 0/2 | |
| 6.3 | 23' | 0 | 0 | - | 16(87%) | 1 | 2/6 | |
Scott Smith MF | 6.0 | 90' | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 30(87%) | 1 | 4/14 |
| 5.8 | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | 32(38%) | - | 1/1 |
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