Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017
Result
Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 14 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Burton Albion were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 January 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Callum Connolly opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Burton Albion did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Callum Connolly (45+1') and Callum Connolly (64').
Discipline: Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Burton Albion were 19th on 26 points from 25 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 19 points from 25. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.
Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Connolly of Wigan Athletic (9.1), ahead of Stephen Warnock (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Burton Albion wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Marvin Sordell
- 45+1'Goal · Callum Connolly
- 57'Yellow card · J. Buxton
- 64'Goal · Callum Connolly
- 69'Yellow card · Jamie Ward
- 77'Yellow card · Callum Connolly
- 81'Yellow card · J. Flores
Head-to-head
Team news
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Jon McLaughlin, John Brayford, Kyle McFadzean, Ben Turner, Lucas Akins, Matt Palmer, Luke Murphy, Lloyd Dyer, Jamie Ward, Marvin Sordell, Chris O'Grady
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jakob Haugaard, Callum Connolly, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Michael Jacobs, Max Power, Sam Morsy, Y. Wildschut, Will Grigg