Brentford 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 15 September 2018
Result
Brentford 2-0 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Brentford 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Brentford defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Neal Maupay opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Brentford's goals came from Neal Maupay (24') and Neal Maupay (63'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Brentford received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Brentford were 6th on 11 points from 6 and Wigan Athletic 10th on 10 points from 6. Brentford went on to finish that season 11th with 64 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.
Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Walton of Wigan Athletic (8.5), ahead of Neal Maupay (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 34'Yellow card · Josh Windass
- 40'Yellow card · N. Powell
- 50'Yellow card · O. Watkins
- 58'Red card · Samy Morsy
- 59'Yellow card · Henrik Dalsgaard
- 63'Goal · Neal Maupay
- 89'Yellow card · Chey Dunkley
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniel Bentley, Henrik Dalsgaard, Ezri Konsa, Chris Mepham, Yoann Barbet, Josh McEachran, R. Sawyers, Saïd Benrahma, Lewis MacLeod, Ollie Watkins, Neal Maupay
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Antonee Robinson, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Callum Connolly, Nick Powell, Josh Windass, James Vaughan