West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
West Bromwich Albion beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jay Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 8th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Jay Rodríguez (8') and Jay Rodríguez (69'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 3rd on 42 points from 23 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 25 points from 23. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.
West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jay Rodríguez of West Bromwich Albion (8.7), ahead of Reece James (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 2 draws and 5 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
- 17'Yellow card · Callum Connolly
- 28'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 57'Yellow card · K. Gibbs
- 64'Yellow card · J. Livermore
- 69'Goal · Jay Rodríguez
Head-to-head
Team news
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Johnstone, Tosin Adarabioyo, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazy, Kieran Gibbs, Matt Phillips, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore, Jay Rodríguez, Dwight Gayle, Harvey Barnes
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Christian Walton, Reece James, Cédric Kipré, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Gavin Massey, Callum Connolly, Sam Morsy, Kal Naismith, Josh Windass, Joe Garner