Birmingham City 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

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 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.