Match Report
Birmingham City, 1st with 111 points, sat 55 points above Wigan Athletic (15th, 56). On the form table Wigan Athletic stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 15th overall. Per game in the league, Wigan Athletic were scoring 0.87 and conceding 0.91, Birmingham City 1.83 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Birmingham City carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this.
17 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Wigan Athletic 7, draws 5, Birmingham City 5, at 2.24 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 35% of those meetings.
The match was played at The DW Stadium in Wigan (capacity 25,138). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Birmingham City led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Birmingham City: Alfie May (18'), Alfie May (30'), W. Willumsson (61')