Birmingham City 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Birmingham City 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Birmingham City defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2006. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jermaine Pennant opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Jermaine Pennant (20') and Mario Melchiot (33'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 19th on 13 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 5th on 34 points from 20. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Wigan Athletic's L-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaWigan Athletic
  • 19'Yellow card · Lee McCullochWigan Athletic
  • 20'Goal · Jermaine PennantBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Mario MelchiotBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyBirmingham City

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Mario Melchiot, Mustafa Izzet, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Stan Lazaridis, Emile Heskey, Jirí Jarosík, Damien Johnson

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Josip Skoko, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, David Wright