Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Monday 17 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Monday 17 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Glenn Murray opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Glenn Murray (37') and S. March (65'). Wigan Athletic scored through N. Powell (85').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 1st on 89 points from 42 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 40 points from 42. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 93 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Dunk of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.3), ahead of Uwe Hünemeier (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Anthony KnockaertBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 65'Goal · S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · N. PowellWigan Athletic · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 3, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Uwe Hünemeier, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal, S. March, Glenn Murray, Tomer Hemed

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jakob Haugaard, Jamie Hanson, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Michael Jacobs, Max Power, Ryan Tunnicliffe, David Perkins, Gabriel Obertan