Wigan Athletic 2-1 Brentford: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Brentford

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Wigan Athletic · Brentford · Championship predictions

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Brentford: match report

Wigan Athletic beat Brentford 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Samy Morsy opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Samy Morsy (28') and an own goal by Harlee Dean (32'). Brentford scored through Jota Peleteiro (86').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Brentford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 22 points from 26 and Brentford 16th on 33 points from 26. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Brentford 10th with 64.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brentford in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shaun MacDonald of Wigan Athletic (8.0), ahead of David Perkins (7.7).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 32'Own goal · Harlee DeanWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · S. MacDonaldWigan Athletic
  • 86'Goal · Jota PeleteiroBrentford · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 2, Brentford 1.

Team news

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

Jakob Haugaard, Callum Connolly, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Max Power, Sam Morsy, David Perkins, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg

Brentford line-up (3-5-1-1)

Daniel Bentley, John Egan, Harlee Dean, Andreas Bjelland, Maxime Colin, Josh McEachran, Ryan Woods, Nico Yennaris, Tom Field, R. Sawyers, Lasse Vibe