West Brom vs Wigan Athletic

West Brom will host Wigan Athletic tonight (March 7). The match is scheduled to kick off at 8pm and is one off three Championship games taking place today. Read ...

Josh Magennis made his comeback from the bench in Wigan’s 1-1 draw with Birmingham City at the weekend and could force his way into the starting line-up this evening. Josh Griffiths is expected to remain in between the sticks for West Brom, with Alex Palmer remaining sidelined until after the international break. However, the Red Button isn’t available on mobile devices and you will instead need a NOW Smart Stick or Box, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation/XBOX or an Apple TV. The Red Button channels are available on the TV but not Sky Go and you will have to instead install the Sky Sports app on your phone or tablet. Wigan have won only one of their last 15 matches in all competitions and haven’t won on the road since October. Carlos Corberan’s side have won only one of their last five matches but have most recently fallen to a 2-0 defeat against Hull City.

Albion got their play-off hunt back on track by maintaining their stunning Hawthorns form with a routine win over lowly Wigan.

But the hosts lost some control after the hour and Wigan sensed some joy. Amos was just about equal to the magnificent piece of skill. Rather than clearing the net, though, it fell back into play and on to the American's forehead for 1-0. Keeper Ben Amos' parry into the sky was weak and dropped on to the crossbar. The visitors were stunted just prior to kick-off in losing powerful defender Jack Whatmough, which prompted a late change and the introduction of Ryan Nyambe. It was not a pretty or particularly memorable evening but, crucially, the Baggies responded to yet more disappointment on the road.

West Bromwich Albion's Daryl Dike celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Sky Bet Championship match at The Hawthorns (Image: Bradley ...

A real handful in his own personal duel with Rekik, who was booked for his treatment of the American. A little lax in possession early on, but Albrighton began to pull strings as he gets up to speed with playing regularly on the left. Also delivered from the left when winning the free kick himself and a block prevented Albion from scoring. Aasgaard on the left came on and posed a fresh threat in the second half. Confident, with a number of passes out to the flanks. Quickly moved on from his bad miss early on to play off Dike and help generate the passage for his goal. Receiving the ball with his back to goal from Albrighton, he turned the ball into the path of Molumby, who despite facing a narrow angle tested Ben Amos with a fierce shot. They worked the ball over to the left and substitute Tom Pearce cracked a shot at goal, but it was expertly tipped over by Griffiths. Darnell Furlong picked out Jed Wallace down the right with a lovely floated ball and the winger's cross, intended for Townsend on the other side of the penalty area, was flicked away from danger in the nick of time. Minutes earlier, Swift had had the chance to kill the game when he flashed his own effort against the bar. It was a goal in which the passage of play involved a bit of fortune, but Dike made his own luck. Albion were slow to get going in the final third, despite seeing plenty of the ball, while Wigan - as Blackpool, and Rotherham, have done this season - were quite happy to maintain a shape when out of possession and challenge their hosts to break them down.

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between West Brom and Wigan at The Hawthorns as Daryl Dikes goal boosted the play-off ...

They had a positive impact on the team." The striker needs to be in the key position, at the key moment - and he was there. "I was really disappointed with the first half. Townsend went close when his low drive was tipped away by Amos at full stretch then the dangerous Wallace twice threatened, smacking a shot against the post then sidefooting wide from Swift's through-ball. Amos was relieved to turn it onto the post before collecting. Dike started and finished it, nodding home from a yard out after he held up play from Wallace's pass then released Molumby for a cross that Amos palmed onto the crossbar.

Shaun Maloney insisted Wigan Athletic's 1-0 defeat at West Brom - which saw them return to the foot of the Championship table - was a game of two halves.

"I have two thoughts, really, on the game," he said. "We showed a lot more intent with how we wanted to attack, and I thought the players were excellent in the second half. "The second half was completely different, we were a lot more aggressive in terms of how we wanted to play.

Wigan Athletic slipped back to the bottom of the Championship table after going down 1-0 at West Brom – a scoreline that flattered the visitors hugely.

Fletcher crossed for Magennis to head just over the top, before Fletcher this time tried his luck from the edge of the box, only for Nathaniel Chalobah to make a timely block. It was almost 2-0 when a free-kick from the right went all the way across the Latics six-yard box, and Dara O'Shea headed over from six yards. [West Brom](/topic/west-brom) started well and created a massive chance to go ahead, only for Jayson Molumby to stab the ball wide of the mark from six yards.