Bristol City 2-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 April 2019

Result

Bristol City 2-2 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 6 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Bristol City 2-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Bristol City drew with Wigan Athletic 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 April 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Reece James opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Matty Taylor (65') and Kasey Palmer (68'). Wigan Athletic scored through Reece James (37') and Nathan Byrne (90+3').

Discipline: Bristol City received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 5th on 61 points from 38 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 40 points from 39. Bristol City went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Taylor of Bristol City (8.6), ahead of Reece James (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Adam WebsterBristol City
  • 37'Goal · Reece JamesWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Danny FoxWigan Athletic
  • 65'Goal · Matty TaylorBristol City · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Kasey PalmerBristol City · 2-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Nathan ByrneWigan Athletic · 2-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Bristol City 2, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Bristol City line-up (3-5-2)

Max O'Leary, Tomas Kalas, Bailey Wright, Adam Webster, Jack Hunt, Josh Brownhill, Marlon Pack, Sander Krabbendam, Jay Dasilva, M. Taylor, Famara Diédhiou

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)

Christian Walton, Cédric Kipré, Chey Dunkley, Danny Fox, Nathan Byrne, Reece James, Sam Morsy, Antonee Robinson, Josh Windass, Nick Powell, Joe Garner