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.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 23'Goal · Marcus Bent
- 26'Penalty goal · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou
- 59'Goal · Marcus Bent
- 67'Goal · Liam Ridgewell
- 81'Goal · Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou
Head-to-head
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