Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 20 August 2019
Result
Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Tuesday 20 August 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Middlesbrough won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday 20 August 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Britt Assombalonga of Middlesbrough in the 23rd minute.
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 23rd on 1 point from 3 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 3 points from 3. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Wigan Athletic 13th with 59.
Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Shotton of Middlesbrough (7.8), ahead of Darren Randolph (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 5 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Nathan Byrne
- 21'Yellow card · Marcus Browne
- 23'Goal · Britt Assombalonga
- 45+2'Yellow card · Daniel Ayala
- 72'Yellow card · C. Kipré
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up (4-3-3)
Darren Randolph, Yuki Takahashi, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Howson, Marc Bola, Adam Clayton, Paddy McNair, Lewis Wing, Britt Assombalonga, Marcus Browne, Ashley Fletcher
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Txiki Acaz, Danny Fox, Cédric Kipré, Chey Dunkley, Nathan Byrne, Antonee Robinson, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Jamal Lowe, Gavin Massey, Kieffer Moore