FULL TIME
Highlights and goals: Wigan 1-1 Birmingham in EFL Championship
🕛End to Match
Wigan 1-1 Birmingham
🔁89'
Birmingham change: Graham out, Roberts in
🚩88'
Corner kick for Wigan
🔁85'
Wigan substitution: Sinani out, Magennis in.
🚩81'
Corner kick for Birmingham
⌚️80'
Graham's deflected shot
🔁73'
Birmingham changes: Hogan and Chong out, Khadra and Mejbri in.
⌚️70'
Keane's deflected shot
❌66'
Missed penalty for Birmingham
🟨65'
Yellow card for McClean
⌚️64'
Penalty for Birmingham
⚽️59'
GOOOOL for Wigan, Fletcher scores the equalizer.
🔁58'
Wigan substitution: Rekik out, Pearce in.
🔁46'
Wigan substitution: Tiehi out, Keane in.
🕐THE SECOND HALF STARTS
The second half is underway at DW Stadium.
🕛Half Time
Wigan 0-1 Birmingham
🟨43'
Yellow card for Chang
🚩35'
Corner kick for Wigan
🟨29'
Yellow card for Bacuna
⌚️28'
Dangerous foul for Birmingham.
⌚️16'
Power's deflected shot
🟨12'
Yellow card for Sinani
⌚️11'
Offside by Wigan
⌚️9'
Sinani's deflected shot
⚽️4'
GOAL for Birmingham, Bacuna scores the first.
🕐THE GAME KICKS OFF
The match is underway at DW Stadium.
John Eustace: "The attitude of the guys has been fantastic this week"
"The attitude of the guys has been fantastic this week. It's been good to get back to work on the turf and get a couple of them back from injuries. It's been a big plus."
"The goals we've conceded lately have been very soft. We've been working a lot on defense this week and collectively the group has been fantastic, and individually a great job has been done as well."
"Krystian [Bielik] is still a couple of weeks away. We miss him a lot, but Alfie [Chang] came in last week and was terrific. Trusty [Auston] will be a doubt for the weekend. He had a calf strain, so we missed him a lot last week."
Shaun Maloney: "We have to eradicate the moments that cost us the last game"
"The way they play - they have similarities to Preston North End - and we have to get back to our best defensively and show what we have in possession."
"We have to respect every team, and we will do that regardless of where we are in the standings. We can never disrespect anyone, and Birmingham City are a good team.
"They are able to combine, play very fast and create a lot of danger with their strikers. They have the ability to play high up, so we have to defend like we did in the first four games, and try to cause them problems."
"We have highlighted Birmingham's main strengths, and we will try to stop them. We will talk in detail about that, but at the same time also how we can hurt them."
Starting Lineup- Birmingham
Today's XI! 📋
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Starting Lineup- Wigan
📋 Here is your team news for this afternoon's game against Birmingham City…
🔹 Three changes from the side that faced Preston North End last weekend
🔹 Omar Rekik, Danel Sinani and Thelo Aasgaard come into the starting line up!#wafc🔵⚪️ #BELIEVE — Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) March 4, 2023
Start of coverage
We are kicking off our coverage of the Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City matchday 35 of the EFL Championship 2022-23.
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Key Player - Birmingham
Scott Hogan is Birmingham's striker, he has 29 appearances as a starter in the season, with 2525 minutes on the pitch. So far this season, he has 10 goals and 1 assist.
Key player - Wigan
James McClean is one of Wigan's most consistent players, he has 35 appearances on the season, has 2 goals and 6 assists this term.
Head-to-head: Wigan vs. Birmingham
This Saturday's match will be the 27th meeting between these two teams, the balance stands as follows: 10 wins for Wigan against 7 for Birmingham, in addition to 9 draws.
Wigan have won three of their last three matches against Birmingham, including this season's 0-1 away win.
Birmingham wants to escape from the ghost of relegation
Their distance from the red zone, although somewhat comfortable, does not allow them to breathe a sigh, Birmingham want to keep their place in the Championship, for that a victory against a team located in the last place would allow them to take a great distance as far as the relegation issue is concerned.
Wigan seeks to get out of the basement
The local Wigan completes a risky season, has remained in the lower zone and occupies the last place of the championship with 31 points. However, they are 5 points away from salvation, so, a victory against Birmingham would be a good boost to get ahead in the salvation issue.
Championship on fire
Both Birmingham and Wigan have spent the vast majority of the season embroiled in the relegation battle to League One, today Wigan find themselves in the red zone, and Birmingham although they have pulled away a little, cannot afford a slip, because they would fall to the bottom of the table.
The Stadium
The DW Stadium is the home of Wigan Athletic and the Wigan Warriors of Rugby 13. The stadium was opened in August 1999 and has a capacity of 25,200 spectators.
Welcome
Welcome to the blog commentary of the match Wigan vs Birmingham, corresponding to the 35th round of the EFL Championship. The match will take place at the DW Stadium, at 9:00 am.