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Wigan Athletic

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  1. Wigan claim crucial win

    Wigan claim crucial win

    Wigan Athletic moved out of the Premier League relegation zone thanks to a determined performance against in-form West Ham United that saw them claim a 1-0 win. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wigan Athletic
    • West Ham
    • 90+4 Stay logged on. Next up it's the Liverpool v Sunderland game.
    • 90+4 Wigan's sixth win of the season, and the fourth under Steve Bruce, takes them up out of the relegation zone to 15th, above Sunderland, Reading and Birmingham.
    • 90+4 There's the final whistle.
    • 90+3 Neill is arguing with the referee again... he's got to watch himself. And he's booked.
    • 90+2 Neill finds Ashton through on goal... but he's offside.
    • 90+1 We're into stoppage time now... It looks like Wigan will be out of the relegation zone very soon.
    • 90' Valencia can get a good cross in from the right here... but he takes too many touches, gets forced wide by McCartney, and when he does whip the ball in, it's far too deep for anybody. What a waste.
    • 89' Wigan substitution: Antoine Sibierski replaces King.
    • 87' Valencia plays through Bent... he stays onside... easy chance for Wigan's top scorer... BUT HE BLAZES THE BALL OVER THE BAR. RUBBISH!
    • 83' Wigan substitution: Taylor is replaced by Jason Koumas.
    • 82' He doesn't need to. Ferdinand deals with the danger this time.
    • 82' Upson to the rescue twice as he nods away corners. Can he do it a third time?
    • 80' Bowyer is booked for a foul on Taylor.
    • 79' Valencia gets lucky with a bounce to totally out-fox Upson and Bowyer... GREEN MAKES A GREAT SAVE AND IT GOES OUT FOR A CORNER.
    • 76' Neill plays in a huge long ball up from the back... Ljungberg with a cushioned header on the edge of the box to Bellamy.. BELLAMY MUST SCORE... BUT HE PUTS HIS POWERFUL DRIVE WIDE. He's looking rusty.
    • 74' West Ham substitution: Lee Bowyer replaces Noble, who is having ice strapped to his thigh. A dead leg perhaps?
    • 73' ...only as far as Valencia. Valencia with a powerful drive on the volley from 25 yards out... IT OFF THE RIGHT POST... AND THE LEFT... AND SOMEHOW THE BALL STAYS OUT!!! Amazing...
    • 71' It's whipped in... back-heeled by King.... GREEN BLOCKS IT ON THE LINE... he didn't know anything about it and Ferdinand clears.
    • 71' Corner to Wigan. Ferdinand heads it out for another one.
    • 68' Bellamy gets his first touch, but is caught offside.
    • 68' West Ham substitution: Bellamy replaces Cole.
    • 67' O-Oh. Here comes trouble. Craig Bellamy is getting ready to come on.
    • 65' Cole and Ashton combine for West Ham... Cole shoots miles over though. It is West Ham's best chance of the game though.
    • 62' Valencia gets free on the right. He has King unmarked in the middle... all he needs is a good cross.... oh dear. My Granny could have done better than that.
    • 57' Wigan substitution: Marcus Bent replaces Heskey.
    • 55' Wigan rip the West Ham defence apart... Taylor slots it to Brown in the box.. BROWN WITH A SHOT... WONDERFUL SAVE FROM ROB GREEN WITH HIS LEGS!!!
    • 54' Valencia wriggles past McCartney and crosses into the box.. MARLON KING HEADS IT BACK ACROSS GOAL... but Upson hacks the ball away.
    • 50' Solano whips in a free-kick... but Kirkland claims it well, rising highest in the box.
    • 50' George McCartney gets a nasty kick in the face by Valencia. There was nothing malicious there. The Honduran just didn't see him coming.
    • 49' Anton Ferdinand heads Palacios' through-ball to safety on the edge of the box. He needed to do that or Heskey would have been in on goal.
    • 48' West Ham substitution: Nolberto Solano replaces Etherington. I guess that injury from the Palacios tackle has got to him.
    • 47' The ball is headed down to Ashton in the box. He has his back to goal and is unable to get a turn and shot due to brilliant pressure from Boyce.
    • 46' The second half gets underway...
    • 45+2 Referee Martin Atkinson blows for half-time.
    • 45+2 That's his first goal since April.
    • 45+2 GOAL!!!! WIGAN TAKE THE LEAD OUT OF NOTHING. Taylor floats the ball in from a free-kick from 30 yards out and Kevin Kilbane ghosts into the far post, evades Ljungberg's tackle and heads the ball up and over Green.
    • 45+1' Free-kick to Wigan. Taylor floats it into the box... but Green leaps highest and takes it well. Maybe that will inspire him.
    • 44' Two minutes of stoppage time to be played. Do we really need the agony?
    • 42' Melchiot tries a speculative shot from the edge of the box, but it's well over Green's bar.
    • 41' Another free-kick for Wigan, and this time Taylor will swing it in from the right side. BRILLIANT DELIVERY TOWARDS BOYCE... but the defender is offside at the far post.
    • 38' Is his snubbing by Fabio Capello taking it's toll on him?
    • 38' Wigan put a cross into the box... GREEN FLAPS AT IT AGAIN... EMILE HESKEY JUST NEEDS TO GET A TOE ON IT... Green collects the ball on the floor at the second attempt.
    • 36' TAYLOR HITS IT.... but it misses the left-hand frame of the goal by about a yard. Good effort from 25 yards out. It was curling inwards.
    • 36' Free-kick to Wigan in a dangerous area. It was Upson who brought down Brown. And he's booked for it.
    • 32' This is dire stuff. Absolutely terrible. And to think, West Ham beat Liverpool in midweek.
    • 29' There's a bit of bother between Lucas Neill and Michael Brown, but both get away without a booking. Brown came in late with a tackle.
    • 25' In all the comotion, Etherington has come back onto the pitch.
    • 25' The corner comes in... ROB GREEN'S MISSED THE BALL.. BOYCE SHOOTS LOW... but it's deflected off about five West Ham men who are packing the goalmouth.
    • 24' Brown puts in a dangerous cross for Wigan... SCHARNER STEAMS IN... but Matthew Upson heads the ball out for a corner.
    • 22' Etherington's left the pitch with the physio. He may need to be replaced here.
    • 20' Etherington looks hurt here. Palacios won the ball, but followed through on him and got him square on the knee.
    • 20' Cross comes in from Ljungberg on the right... Cole gets up to head it across the box.... ETHERINGTON MUST HAVE A CHANCE TO SCORE HERE.... BUT WILSON PALACIOS MAKES A FORCEFUL SLIDING TACKLE TO CLEAR THE BALL.
    • 18' Noble's corner is headed to safety by Michael Brown.
    • 17' Brilliant play from Etherington on the left... he's skinned Valencia and Melchiot and gets a wonderful cross in.... which Ljungberg is unable to connect with at the far post. Boyce puts it out for a corner.
    • 12' Ryan Taylor is booked for a foul on Ljungberg on the halfway line. It was a late one from behind. He deserved that.
    • 11' The pitch here at the JJB is in a terrible state, and the Superleague, which will see Wigan Warriors Rugby League side use it every other week, starts this weekend. It will only get worse.
    • 10' It is played into the box... Carlton Cole gets up to head the ball back to Hayden Mullins.... but Scharner gets in and removes the danger.
    • 9' Ljungberg is shoved off the ball by Michael Brown on the halfway line and that will be a West Ham free-kick.
    • 8' Luis Antonio Valencia gets forward on the Wigan right and wins a throw in. But the West Ham defence deal with it easily.
    • 5' The corner comes to nothing as Emmerson Boyce heads the ball clear.
    • 5' DEAN ASHTON GRABS AT A NEAR-POST SHOT FROM FREDDIE LJUNGBERG'S CROSS... BUT CHRIS KIRKLAND DOES WELL TO PALM IT AWAY FOR A CORNER.
    • 2' West Ham have a chance to score immediatley... there's a mix-up in the Wigan area and Matthew Etherington might get a shooting chance...not quite. He's crowded out by a combination of Paul Scharner and Mario Melchiot.
    • 1' We're off...
    • 14:50 Two changes for West Ham too. Dean Ashton and Matthew Etherington come in for Luis Boa Morte and Lee Bowyer. Craig Bellamy has recoverd from a long-term injury and is fit enough for the bench. Another returnee, Nolberto Solano, is also there.
    • 14:40 Steve Bruce, who can lift his side out of the relegation zone with victory, makes two changes from the side that lost to Middlesbrough in midweek. Emmerson Boyce and Ryan Taylor replace wayward defender Titus Bramble and top scorer Marcus Bent, with new signing Marlon King moving from the wing to partner Emile Heskey upfront.
    • 14:00 Welcome to the JJB Stadium for LIVE coverage of Wigan Athletic v West Ham United in the Premier League right here on eurosport.yahoo.com. We'll be live from 15:00 UK time.

  • Summary

    • 73' ...only as far as Valencia. Valencia with a powerful drive on the volley from 25 yards out... IT OFF THE RIGHT POST... AND THE LEFT... AND SOMEHOW THE BALL STAYS OUT!!! Amazing...
    • 45+2 GOAL!!!! WIGAN TAKE THE LEAD OUT OF NOTHING. Taylor floats the ball in from a free-kick from 30 yards out and Kevin Kilbane ghosts into the far post, evades Ljungberg's tackle and heads the ball up and over Green.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: M Atkinson

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    On the Field

    • Kirkland
    • Melchiot
    • Boyce
    • Scharner
    • Taylor Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
    • Valencia
    • Palacios
    • Brown
    • Kilbane Goal
    • King Substitution Out (89′)
    • Heskey Substitution Out (57′)

    Subs

    • Sibierski Substitution In (89′)
    • Bramble
    • Bent Substitution In (57′)
    • Koumas Substitution In (83′)
    • Pollitt

    Injured

    • Edman

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill Yellow Card
    • Ferdinand
    • Upson Yellow Card
    • McCartney
    • Ljungberg
    • Mullins
    • Noble Substitution Out (73′)
    • Etherington Substitution Out (48′)
    • Cole Substitution Out (68′)
    • Ashton

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Bowyer Substitution In (73′) Yellow Card
    • Solano Substitution In (48′)
    • Bellamy Substitution In (68′)
    • Spector

    Injured

    • Parker
    • Dyer
    • Quashie
    • Gabbidon
    • Zamora
    • Collins
    • Davenport

    Suspended

    None