English League Championship

FT Monday, April 17, 2017
Wigan Athletic LLLWW 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion LWWWW 2
1st2ndT
WGA011
BHA112
American Express Stadium · 29,940 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
1
46.7
Possession
53.3
7
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
372
Accurate Passes
404
443
Passes
485
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
8
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
90
15
Accurate Long Balls
55
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
11
10
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
20
37
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-4-2

  1. 13David StockdaleG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 4Uwe HünemeierCD-R
  4. 3Gaëtan BongLB
  5. 2BrunoRB
  6. 7Biram KiyalCM-L
  7. 6Dale StephensCM-R
  8. 20Solly MarchLM
  9. 11Anthony KnockaertRM
  10. 10Tomer HemedCF-L
  11. 17Glenn MurrayCF-R

WGA · 4-1-4-1

  1. 28Jakob HaugaardG
  2. 33Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 3Jake BuxtonCD-R
  4. 16Shaun MacDonaldDM
  5. 23Stephen WarnockLB
  6. 26Jamie HansonRB
  7. 19Ryan TunnicliffeCM-L
  8. 6Max PowerCM-R
  9. 4David PerkinsLM
  10. 17Michael JacobsRM
  11. 11Gabriel ObertanF

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Wigan Athletic 0. Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tomer Hemed.
  2. 51' Anthony Knockaert (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  3. 61' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Ryan Colclough replaces Ryan Tunnicliffe.
  4. 61' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Nick Powell replaces Gabriel Obertan.
  5. 65' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Wigan Athletic 0. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 73' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Oliver Norwood replaces Beram Kayal.
  7. 73' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jamie Murphy replaces Solly March.
  8. 73' Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Sam Morsy replaces Shaun MacDonald.
  9. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Chuba Akpom replaces Tomer Hemed.
  10. 85' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Wigan Athletic 1. Nick Powell (Wigan Athletic) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Hanson with a cross.

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