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Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City
4 Jan 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2024/2025
Referee
Lee SwabeyLeague One 2024/2025 · 16 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Wigan AthleticMin
Birmingham City- 12′
Tomoki Iwata
Yellowcard
Foul
- 18′⚽
Alfie May 0-1
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 30′⚽
Alfie May 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Ethan Laird
Right foot shot
Toby Sibbick
Yellowcard
Foul
42′- 44′
Luke Harris
Yellowcard
Foul
- 59′⇄
Marc Leonard
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Luke Harris
- 61′⚽
Willum Thór Willumsson 0-3
Goal · Left foot shot
With: Ethan Laird
Left foot shot
- ⇄
Joseph Hungbo
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Michael Olakigbe
67′ - ⇄
Luke Robinson
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Steven Sessegnon
67′ - 72′⇄
Lyndon Dykes
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Alfie May
- 73′⇄
Scott Wright
Substitution · Substitution because of injury
Off: Tomoki Iwata
- ⇄
Kai Payne
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Will Aimson
77′ Jason Kerr
Yellowcard
Foul
79′- ⇄
Callum McManaman
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Dale Taylor
80′ - ⇄
Joe Hugill
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Jonny Smith
80′ - 90+1′
Ethan Laird
Yellowcard
Time wasting
- 90+5′⇄
Ayumu Yokoyama
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Taylor Gardner-Hickman
- 90+5′⇄
Lukas Jutkiewicz
Substitution · Tactical sub
Off: Willum Thór Willumsson
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.90 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.75 | |
| 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.50 | |
| 67 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.65 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 6.76 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 6.03 | |
| 80 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 6.66 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6.80 | |
| 67 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 6.67 | |
| 80 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.78 | |
| 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.45 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.49 | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.22 | |
| 23 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.28 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 6.34 |
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Before this match
Recent form
Select W, D or L to see that match’s stats. Pink outline = 2024/2025.
Wigan Athletic
Latest: Shrewsbury Town · 2–2
Match stats
21 Dec 2024, 15:00 · Home vs Shrewsbury Town · 2024/2025
Birmingham City
Latest: Stockport County · 1–1
Match stats
1 Jan 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Stockport County · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Wigan Athletic’s ground: 10 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Wigan Athletic’s home games with Birmingham City’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2024/2025. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Wigan Athletic
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Birmingham City
Goals
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Wigan Athletic
Birmingham City
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Wigan Athletic
Birmingham City
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Wigan Athletic
Birmingham City
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.