Wigan Athletic 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 4 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

Wigan Athletic drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 4 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

J. Bacuna opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Ashley Fletcher (59'). Birmingham City scored through J. Bacuna (4').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 24th on 31 points from 33 and Birmingham City 19th on 38 points from 34. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Birmingham City 17th with 53.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Birmingham City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Juninho Bacuna of Birmingham City (7.8), ahead of Jordan Graham (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · J. BacunaBirmingham City · 0-1
  • 13'Yellow card · Danel SinaniWigan Athletic
  • 30'Yellow card · J. BacunaBirmingham City
  • 43'Yellow card · A. ChangBirmingham City
  • 59'Goal · Ashley FletcherWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 66'Missed penalty · Scott HoganBirmingham City
  • 66'Yellow card · James McCleanWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 6, draws 2, Birmingham City 2.

Team news

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

Ben Amos, Charlie Hughes, Jack Whatmough, Omar Rekik, Ryan Nyambe, Max Power, Christ Tiéhi, James McClean, Danel Sinani, Ashley Fletcher, Thelo Aasgaard

Birmingham City line-up (3-4-1-2)

John Ruddy, Kevin Long, Harlee Dean, Auston Trusty, Maxime Colin, Tahith Chong, Alfie Chang, Jordan Graham, Juninho Bacuna, Scott Hogan, Lukas Jutkiewicz