Wigan Athletic 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Championship · Saturday 22 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wigan Athletic · Brighton & Hove Albion · Championship predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 22 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Dale Stephens of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 68th minute.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 11 points from 13 and Brighton & Hove Albion 3rd on 25 points from 13. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 2nd with 93.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Steve Sidwell of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.3), ahead of Jiri Skalak (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Dale StephensBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Max PowerWigan Athletic
  • 90'Yellow card · Dale StephensBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90'Yellow card · Dale StephensBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Adam Le FondreWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

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

Ádám Bogdán, Reece Burke, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Michael Jacobs, Max Power, David Perkins, Nick Powell, Will Grigg

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)

David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Connor Goldson, Shane Duffy, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Oliver Norwood, Steve Sidwell, Jiri Skalak, Glenn Murray, Sam Baldock