Wigan Athletic 2-0 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wigan Athletic 2-0 Birmingham City: match report
Wigan Athletic beat Birmingham City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ryan Taylor opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Ryan Taylor (15') and Ryan Taylor (55'). Birmingham City did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 16th on 31 points from 32 and Birmingham City 17th on 30 points from 32. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 14th with 40 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Birmingham City's W-L-D-L-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Ryan Taylor
- 37'Red card · Damien Johnson
- 55'Goal · Ryan Taylor
- 66'Yellow card · David Murphy
- 78'Yellow card · Radhi Jaïdi
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Josip Skoko, Emile Heskey, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Martin Taylor, David Murphy, Sebastian Larsson, Gary McSheffrey, Fabrice Muamba, Mikael Forssell, Mauro Zárate, Damien Johnson, Radhi Jaïdi