Half-time: Brentford 1 Wigan 0

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Alex Pritchard’s free-kick put Brentford within sight of the Championship play-offs.

The Tottenham loanee’s 26th-minute shot from just outside the box took a deflection off the wall and spun past the dive of Wigan keeper Lee Nicholls.

With Derby losing at home to Reading at the break, Brentford sit in the top six with 45 minutes of the season remaining.

A timid Brentford initially looked overawed by what they might be able to achieve and Pritchard’s goal came from their first serious effort on target.

Wigan, already relegated, looked relaxed in contrast and Marc-Antoine Fortune blasted an early shot at Bees keeper David Button.

At the other end, Pritchard saw a tame effort comfortably gathered by Nicholls, while Button likewise easily fielded Gaetan Bong’s low shot.

Either side of his goal, the excellent Pritchard was also denied by sliding blocks from Wigan defender Jason Pearce, while just before the break Andre Gray narrowly failed to apply a touch at the far post to Pritchard’s teasing delivery.

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