Wigan Athletic 2-3 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Birmingham City
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Wigan Athletic 2-3 Birmingham City: match report
Wigan Athletic lost to Birmingham City 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Charles N'Zogbia (33') and Jordi Gómez (89'). Birmingham City scored through Sebastian Larsson (61'), Christian Benitez Betancourt (66') and Sebastian Larsson (72').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 14th on 17 points from 14 and Birmingham City 11th on 18 points from 14. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 2 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Birmingham City's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Hugo Rodallega
- 33'Goal · Charles N'Zogbia
- 61'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 66'Goal · Christian Benitez Betancourt
- 72'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 75'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas Suazo
- 89'Goal · Jordi Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Jason Scotland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Sebastian Larsson, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, James McFadden, Lee Bowyer, Barry Ferguson