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Sunderland

  • Leadbitter 39’

Wigan Athletic

  • Watson 10’
  • N'Zogbia 45’

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  1. Wigan win at Sunderland

    Wigan win at Sunderland

    Wigan claimed three valuable points as first-half goals from Ben Watson and Charles N'Zogbia gave them a 2-1 victory at Sunderland. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Sunderland
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90 It's all over! Wigan hold out and claim all three points. Probably deserved in the end. Looked comfortable in the 2nd half and Sunderland offered little in creativity. Good win for the Lactics.
    • 89 Fourth official indicates 3 minutes of injury time to be played, as Valencia flashes an ambitious free kick from an awkward angle well wide.
    • 88 Sbragia urging his troops on but Wigan are playing keep ball by Sunderlands corner flag.
    • 85 It's one Egyptian for another as Wigan throw on Amir Zaki for the ineffective Mido.
    • 83 Swing and a miss! Ball drops to Edwards inside the box, goes for the volley and gets nothing but air. Oh dear...
    • 77 Sunderland going for it now. David Healy on, Ben-Haim off.
    • 72 Another Sunderland goal ruled out. Leadbitter, following a shot from the edge of the area, strayed the wrong side of the line.
    • 70 Free kick needlessly given away by Murphy in a good position for Wigan on the edge of the Black Cats box, and Watson nearly curls it inside the post. Fulop was at full stretch down low, and makes a good save.
    • 68 Long ball nearly breaks kindly for Whitehead as he charges into the box, but it just runs too long and Kirkland pounces on it.
    • 67 Scharner gets the sand wedge out and lofts a high 'effort' well over the bar from the edge of Sunderlands box.
    • 61 That's Malbranque's last involvment. Carlos Edwards is on in his place. Malbranque has been one of Sbragia's better performers today. Good shif from the noble Steed.
    • 60` Malbranque has the ball in the net, but it's ruled out for offside and rightly so.
    • 59` Sunderland change: Andy Reid off, Daryl Murphy on. Reid should of had a goal.
    • 56` BIG CHANCE for Wigan to give themselves breathing space. Scharner put on the left hand side of the area after Sunderland claim offside. One-on-one, shoots at good height, but still well stopped by Fulop.
    • 55` Very bitty at the moment. both sides struggling to put together any prolonged pressure.
    • 47` Brown booked for challenge on Malbranque
    • 46` We're off! Sunderland kicking left to right
    • 46` Teams are back on the pitch for the start of the second half. No changes as of yet...
    • 45` It's half time, and Sunderland trail 2-1 thanks to goals either side of their own from Ben Watson and Charles N'Zogbia. Grant Leadbitter got their goal in the middle. Wiagn maybe fortunate to be in front, but two good finishes are the difference at the break.
    • 45` GOAL!! No sooner have Sunderland got themselves level, Charles N'Zogbia has put The Lactics back in front! Ball is cleared out of Wigan's box, and N'zogbia picks the ball up on the half-way line, breaks away from his marker Collins and slots inside the near post. Great run! Calm finish.
    • 39` GOAL! Black Cats back in it! A hoof upfield from Fulop, and Jones flicks on. The ball eventually falls to Leadbitter who shoots straight down the throat of Kirkland who somehow lets it through.
    • 37` Again Cisse flashes wide. This time he drills a low effort just wide of the near post after being played through by Leadbitter. Difficult angle.
    • 34` The Wearsiders are pressing, but Kirkland looks to be in good form
    • 33` Just over half an hour gone and Wigan still lead thanks to Watson's strike.
    • 29` Cisse picks the ball up on the left, drives inside and hammers a low shot from 18-yards straight at Kirkland who gathers at the second attempt.
    • 27` Valencia picks the ball up in his own half, drives at the Sunderland back-line and gets all the way into the box before dragging his shot just wide. Good run.
    • 25` Shouts for a back pass from Wigan, as Danny Collins defends a long punt upfield from Kirkland and the ball seems to bounce off the defenders shin straight into the arms of Marton Fulop.
    • 20` Easy claim for Kirkland, catching Reid's lofty corner kick
    • 17 SUPERB double save from Kirkland as Sunderland rally! Malbranque strikes the first shot from 25-yards which the keeper palms into the path of And Reid, and springs back up to deny Reid with the follow-up.
    • 12` GOAL! Ben Watson scores his first goal for the club. Ball bouncing around on the edge of the area and Watson half-volleys a bobbling shot into the bottom corner. 1-0 Wigan against the run of play.
    • 7` Resulting corner wasted. Andy Reid clips a ball into the box after short corner, but Kirkland gobbles it up.
    • 6' Cisse finds some space on the edge of the box but blazes wildly high and wide!
    • 3' Some early Wigan pressure, and Wigan win a corner but it's well cleared.
    • 1' We're underway at the Stadium of Light and it's Sunderland to kick-off from right to left.
    • - Click here for photos of today's game. Match gallery
    • - WIGAN TEAM NEWS: Lee Cattermole is suspended after his sending off against West Ham. Antoine Sibierski will be kept out of the game with a hamstring problem.
    • - SUNDERLAND TEAM NEWS: Ricky Sbragia will have to do without Kieran Richardson, who is suspended. There is a serious doubt over the fitness of Anton Ferdinand, while Nyron Nosworthy is also sidelined.

  • Team Stats

    Sunderland Stats Wigan Athletic
    57% Possession 42%
    10 Shots 10
    3 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 0
    6 Corners 2
    11 Fouls 8
    4 Offsides 4
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 20
    301 Accurate passes 208
    30 Bad passes 42

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      12 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 0 1
      3 George McCartney 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 5 8
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 0 2
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 38 1 0
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 39 3 3
      18 Grant Leadbitter 1 2 1 1 3 1 0 32 3 4
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 17 1 1
      20 Andy Reid 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 8 0
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 13 4 1
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 2 1
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 1
      30 Paul McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3
      23 David Healy 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Calum Davenport 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Dwight Yorke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 26 2 1
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 2
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 1 0
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 2
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 5 6
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 31 1 5
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 14 6 0
      8 Ben Watson 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 37 8 4
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17 3 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Hugo Rodallega 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 60` Malbranque has the ball in the net, but it's ruled out for offside and rightly so.
    • 56` BIG CHANCE for Wigan to give themselves breathing space. Scharner put on the left hand side of the area after Sunderland claim offside. One-on-one, shoots at good height, but still well stopped by Fulop.
    • 39` GOAL! Black Cats back in it! A hoof upfield from Fulop, and Jones flicks on. The ball eventually falls to Leadbitter who shoots straight down the throat of Kirkland who somehow lets it through.
    • 17 SUPERB double save from Kirkland as Sunderland rally! Malbranque strikes the first shot from 25-yards which the keeper palms into the path of And Reid, and springs back up to deny Reid with the follow-up.
    • 12` GOAL! Ben Watson scores his first goal for the club. Ball bouncing around on the edge of the area and Watson half-volleys a bobbling shot into the bottom corner. 1-0 Wigan against the run of play.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Ricky Sbragia

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • M. Fulop
    • P. Bardsley
    • T. Ben Haim Substitution Out (77′)
    • D. Collins
    • G. McCartney
    • S. Malbranque Substitution Out (61′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • G. Leadbitter Goal
    • A. Reid Substitution Out (59′)
    • D. Cissé
    • K. Jones

    Subs

    • D. Yorke
    • D. Healy Substitution In77′
    • C. Davenport
    • C. Edwards Substitution In61′
    • C. Gordon
    • P. McShane
    • D. Murphy Substitution In59′

    Injured

    • N. Nosworthy

    Suspended

    • K. Richardson

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • T. Bramble
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Figueroa
    • P. Scharner
    • A. Valencia
    • B. Watson Goal
    • M. Brown Yellow Card
    • C. N'Zogbia Goal
    • .. Mido Substitution Out (85′)

    Subs

    • O. Kapo
    • J. Koumas
    • E. Edman
    • A. Zaki Substitution In85′
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder

    Injured

    • A. Sibierski

    Suspended

    None

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  1. Fulop is a comedy keeper - Sunderland need to give­ Gordon a run in the team.

    From mfranklin444, on Mon 16 Mar 12:51PM

  2. we hate midooooooooo....zaki zaki zaki

    From ahmed, on Sat 14 Mar 9:29PM

  3. sunderland could end up in a religation battle they­ should be winning games at home
    cissi and jones arnt­ doing the biz,but the rest of team arnt doing the biz­ niether

    From G, on Sat 14 Mar 8:30PM

  4. what load of F**king @#$% we are.... second best all­ over the park.... a comedy act back four. jones and­ cisse not looking even slightly interested.... were­ just lucky that the scum and smoggies are worse than us­ at the moment...

    From Andrew, on Sat 14 Mar 5:01PM

  5. good win for who THE LACTICS

    From gardiner.david, on Sat 14 Mar 5:00PM

  6. well i said 2-0 but will settle for 2-1 well done­ wigan.

    From AUDREY G, on Sat 14 Mar 4:57PM

  7. 3 more minutes come on zaki finish them off

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:54PM

  8. cisse and jones the comedy double up front

    From Juan, on Sat 14 Mar 4:53PM

  9. COME ON REFFFFFFFF :D

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:53PM

  10. well done wigan you have done newcastle utd proud
    by­ beating crappy sunderland at the stadium of @#$% ha ha­
    from a nufc fan

    From cbibby92, on Sat 14 Mar 4:50PM

  11. "FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY ZAKIIIII COMES ON AND HE WILL­ SCOREEEEEEEE"

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:47PM

  12. pppppppppppllllllllllllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz win­ sunderland i belive in you you can do it

    From petergilham, on Sat 14 Mar 4:47PM

  13. COME ON WIGAN UEFA CUP HEAR WE COME

    From simon.block10, on Sat 14 Mar 4:45PM

  14. Agree with you Aaron! It's been a problem with­ S'land for many, many years. Not only that but­ they've lost so many games in which they were in a­ winning position. I doubt we'll see much change­ though. They think it's all over before the whistle­ goes---they just switch off!!!!

    From Bob P, on Sat 14 Mar 4:43PM

  15. go on sunderland

    From petergilham, on Sat 14 Mar 4:40PM

  16. WIGAN PLZ DNT DRAW NO MORE U DREW ENOUGH GAMES­ PLZZZZZZZZZZ WINNNNNNNN ZAKI COME ON

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:38PM

  17. Come on Latics - Give us a win,so I can take the mick­ out of my Utd mates :)

    From grimbo8882006, on Sat 14 Mar 4:32PM

  18. TAKE MIDO OFF HE CNT PLAY 4 @#$% EVERY1 HATES UUUUUUUU­ GO ZAKIIIIIII

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:32PM

  19. PUT ZAKIIIIIIIIII ONNNNNNNN AND HURRY UP AND­ SCOREEEEEEEE

    From joseph, on Sat 14 Mar 4:31PM

  20. zaki rules the world mido rules the universe and­ ronaldo rules an ant

    From Mona, on Sat 14 Mar 4:28PM
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