Birmingham City 3-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007

Result

Birmingham City 3-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Birmingham City 3-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Birmingham City defeated Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2007. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Marcus Bent opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou (26', penalty), Liam Ridgewell (67') and Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou (81'). Wigan Athletic scored through Marcus Bent (23') and Marcus Bent (59').

Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 14th on 8 points from 10 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 8 points from 10. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 19th with 35 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Birmingham City win, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Birmingham City's last five read L-L-L-D-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 23'Goal · Marcus BentWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 26'Penalty goal · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo ObouBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Marcus BentWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 67'Goal · Liam RidgewellBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 81'Goal · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo ObouBirmingham City · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Birmingham City 1, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)

Maik Taylor, Stephen Kelly, Rafael Schmitz, Liam Ridgewell, Franck Queudrue, Fabrice Muamba, Wilson Palacios, Cameron Jerome, Daniel De Ridder, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Mehdi Nafti

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Andreas Granqvist, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland