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Saturday May 9, 2009 Finished The Hawthorns

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West Bromwich

  • Fortune 8’, 73’
  • Brunt 59’

Wigan Athletic

  • Rodallega 17’

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  1. West Brom stay alive with win

    West Brom stay alive with win

    West Bromwich Albion kept their slim surivival hopes alive with a 3-1 win against Wigan Athletic at the Hawthorns. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • West Bromwich
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+6 West Brom hold out against a barrage of late long ball football to record a victory that gives them an outside chance of beating the drop. Incredible.
    • 90+3 What a nervous end to the game. West Brom are keeping the ball well but this game is so open it is ridiculous.
    • 90 An incredible six minutes of added time.
    • 89' There's some nail biting going on around the Hawthorns. They believe they can stay up.
    • 88' Wigan go long in search of a goal but West Brom, incredibly, stay strong - Olsson with a couple of big headers.
    • 86 West Brom waste some precious time with another sub. Simpson for Menseguez.
    • 85' Cattermole demands a penalty, but gets a blank look from Peter Walton.
    • 83' The game has become incredibly fractured but West Brom should see this out.
    • 81' De Ridder for Zaki - that looks a bad one.
    • 78' Zaki may be making his briefest appearance of the season as he is down and looks to be in serious pain.
    • 75' Valero is in the book for a cynical foul.
    • 73' Valero finds Fortune on the edge of the box and his deflected strike beats Richard Kingston in the Wigan goal - nothing Kingston could do there. Good move, good goal.
    • 72' West Brom are now looking to sit back and hit Wigan on the break. Kapo goes close.
    • 69' Zaki for N'Zogbia.
    • 67' West Brom press Wigan hard and finally retrieve the ball, but soon lose it again!!
    • 63' West Brom are under pressure but Valero wins a free-kick to give them some much needed respite.
    • 60' Wigan and, in particular, Antonio Valencia immediately chase an equaliser
    • 59' GOAL! Only just, mind. Brunt fires the penalty straight at Kingston but has enough time to control the rebound and absolutely smash home and restore the home side's lead.
    • 58' Much maligned Titus Bramble gives away a penalty - Fortune winning it. Brunt is over it.
    • 57' Kiely intercepts an N'Zogbia cross - he's having a great game.
    • 55' Greening breaks from midfield and stings the palms of Kingston. Good chance.
    • 53' This game is incredibly open. Brunt stands one up to the far post but it's cleared.
    • 51' Keily turns Melchiot's close range effort away for a corner.
    • 49' West Brom continue to chase that elusive goal and Wigan are dropping deeper and deeper.
    • 48' Greening fires a ball across the box, before Kapo crosses for Cattermole to head high and wide.
    • 46 We're back underway at the Hawthorns.
    • 45+1 That's the last action of the half.
    • 45' Kiely, hero of the hour thus far, thwarts Valencia with a superb challenge on the penalty spot. Wigan work the ball again, but N'Zogbia crosses into no-mans-land.
    • 43' West Brom finish the half the stronger, they pour forward but Wigan break with N'Zogbia - it comes to little.
    • 41' Kingston saves smartly from Fortune at the near post.
    • 40' Zuiverloon has a shot blocked.
    • 39' Bramble clears for a throw and Zuiverloon launches a long throw in into the box, which Bramble repels. Valero goes down outside the box trying to pick up the loose ball but Peter Walton waves free-kick appeals away.
    • 37' Fortune claims a corner but gets nothing.
    • 35' We have another delay as Cattermole receives treatment.
    • 33' West Brom have a corner, but Martis heads over.
    • 31' After a blistering opening half an hour the pace of the game has slowed a little, which should suit the Baggies.
    • 28' Wigan seem to be winning the contrast of styles here. Their direct play giving West Brom's porous defence all kinds of problems. Rodallega skips past a couple of defenders but blazes over.
    • 24' Wigan are puting on the pressure now and Rodallega, following a quiet start to life in English football, looks a handful.
    • 22' The lino is down and needs medical attention.
    • 20' True to form, this game is very, very open. You can see why West Brom have conceded as many as they have.
    • 17' GOAL...Hugo Rodallega scores with a free-kick courtesy of a deflection. That's Rodallega's first in English football, but, in truth, the deflection off Chris Brunt proved pivotal. Unlucky Baggies.
    • 15' Olsson heads over from the resulting corner.
    • 13' Kingston saves from Menseguez, as West Brom begin to knock the ball around very nicely.
    • 10' Dean Kiely, in for the injured Scott Carson, makes a miraculous double save. Parrying Scharner's original shot into the path of Kapo, but unbelievably, he managed to get up and block Kapo's effort from a couple of yards out.
    • 9' The unlucky Chris Kirkland makes way for Richard Kingston.
    • 8 Fortune with a priceless GOAL for West Brom. Chris Kirkland could only parry Zuiverloon's thunderous strike into the path of Fortune, who makes no mistake from a couple of yards out.
    • 6' Valencia goes close for Wigan, who are having the better of it.
    • 5' Rodallega looks dangerous. His shot is blocked.
    • 2' A bright opening to the game sees either side exchange half chances. First, Jonathan Greening flashes a ball across Wigan's box, before Rodallega exchanges passes with N'Zogbia but tamely lifts the ball over the cross-bar.
    • 15:00 Referee Peter Walton gets us underway.
    • 14:45 Teams: West Brom: Kiely, Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Cech, Brunt, Dorrans, Greening, Borja Valero, Menseguez, Fortune. Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Figueroa, Valencia, Cattermole, Brown, N'Zogbia, Kapo, Rodallega.
    • 14:40 Hello and welcome to West Brom vs Wigan from the Hawthorns. This could be West Brom's final day as a Premier League Club. Nothing but a victory will do today for the Albion, and even if they do win a point for Hull against Stoke will see the Baggies relegated from the Premiership for a third time.

  • Team Stats

    West Bromwich Stats Wigan Athletic
    55% Possession 44%
    17 Shots 18
    9 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 4
    5 Corners 3
    8 Fouls 12
    2 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    32 Tackles 30
    257 Accurate passes 206
    39 Bad passes 35

  • 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
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 20 1 4
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 2 3
      24 Shelton Martis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 1
      4 Marek Cech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 6 1
      28 Borja Valero 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 28 4 6
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 23 4 2
      17 Graeme Dorrans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 3
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 35 10 4
      11 Chris Brunt 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 34 4 2
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 2 5 3 2 1 1 0 19 3 3
      29 Jay Simpson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Ryan Allsopp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Youssuf Mulumbu 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 0 3
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 19 0 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 1 2
      7 Paul Scharner 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 0 3
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18 7 5
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 9 4 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 20 4 2
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 19 7 7
      11 Michael Brown 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 5 3
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 23 1 4
      20 Hugo Rodallega 1 4 1 1 1 2 0 21 4 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      8 Ben Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 73' Valero finds Fortune on the edge of the box and his deflected strike beats Richard Kingston in the Wigan goal - nothing Kingston could do there. Good move, good goal.
    • 59' GOAL! Only just, mind. Brunt fires the penalty straight at Kingston but has enough time to control the rebound and absolutely smash home and restore the home side's lead.
    • 58' Much maligned Titus Bramble gives away a penalty - Fortune winning it. Brunt is over it.
    • 55' Greening breaks from midfield and stings the palms of Kingston. Good chance.
    • 51' Keily turns Melchiot's close range effort away for a corner.
    • 41' Kingston saves smartly from Fortune at the near post.
    • 17' GOAL...Hugo Rodallega scores with a free-kick courtesy of a deflection. That's Rodallega's first in English football, but, in truth, the deflection off Chris Brunt proved pivotal. Unlucky Baggies.
    • 13' Kingston saves from Menseguez, as West Brom begin to knock the ball around very nicely.
    • 10' Dean Kiely, in for the injured Scott Carson, makes a miraculous double save. Parrying Scharner's original shot into the path of Kapo, but unbelievably, he managed to get up and block Kapo's effort from a couple of yards out.
    • 8 Fortune with a priceless GOAL for West Brom. Chris Kirkland could only parry Zuiverloon's thunderous strike into the path of Fortune, who makes no mistake from a couple of yards out.
    • 14:40 Hello and welcome to West Brom vs Wigan from the Hawthorns. This could be West Brom's final day as a Premier League Club. Nothing but a victory will do today for the Albion, and even if they do win a point for Hull against Stoke will see the Baggies relegated from the Premiership for a third time.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Starting line-up

    • D. Kiely
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • S. Martis
    • J. Olsson
    • M. Cech Substitution Out (74′)
    • C. Brunt Goal
    • J. Greening Yellow Card
    • V. Borja Yellow Card
    • G. Dorrans Substitution Out (54′)
    • J. Menseguez Substitution Out (86′)
    • M. Fortune Goals×2

    Subs

    • F. Teixeira
    • R. Bednar
    • D. Kim
    • Y. Mulumbu Substitution In54′
    • R. Donk Substitution In74′
    • J. Simpson Substitution In86′
    • R. Allsopp

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • J. Morrison
    • I. Miller
    • A. Meite
    • L. Barnett

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland Substitution Out (9′)
    • M. Melchiot
    • P. Scharner
    • T. Bramble
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia
    • M. Brown
    • L. Cattermole
    • C. N'Zogbia Substitution Out (69′)
    • O. Kapo
    • H. Rodallega Goal

    Subs

    • J. Koumas
    • E. Edman
    • B. Watson
    • E. Boyce
    • A. Zaki Substitution In69′ Substitution Out82′
    • D. De Ridder Substitution In82′
    • R. Kingson Substitution In9′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. re comment 20...we are not brummies any more than you­ are martians c'mon stuff the( what are­ theycalled?? manchester or liverpool or thereabouts ­ some dull place in the bumpipe of nowhere

    From john, on Sat 9 May 4:44PM

  2. im a liverpool fan but would like to see the baggies­ stay up

    From Martin W, on Sat 9 May 4:40PM

  3. ooommmggg
    hull losing and out of the game. west brom­ home and dry. 31 points for all the bottom 3? hull on­ 34. west brom with the momentum. if we can beat the­ pool. somehow. we can stay up. fuucking hell.

    From Angus, on Sat 9 May 4:40PM

  4. Kingston is the 3rd choice keeper..

    From slugstein, on Sat 9 May 4:39PM

  5. That whole relegation and survival fight is getting­ interesting...

    From Jorge Barake, on Sat 9 May 4:36PM

  6. who is kingston ???

    From bjay, on Sat 9 May 4:36PM

  7. great for west brom, i hope they stay up!! lfc fan

    From tinywirral, on Sat 9 May 4:33PM

  8. Here we go again.....boing boing, Up the baggies

    From Steve, on Sat 9 May 4:32PM

  9. cmon u baggies

    From MARK L, on Sat 9 May 4:30PM

  10. where in wigan? a.h23

    From tinywirral, on Sat 9 May 4:29PM
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    come on hugo give us another send these brumies down

    From , on Sat 9 May 4:27PM

  12. Hull are losing - will some bugger tell the baggies

    From Silver Badger, on Sat 9 May 3:52PM

  13. come on you baggie boys

    From lady_buyer0, on Sat 9 May 3:42PM

  14. Rodallega looks a handful?? Against the baggies defence­ my granny would be a handful ha ha

    COME ON YOU BAGGIES­ - think of the six points you'll get next season­ off the dingles

    From Silver Badger, on Sat 9 May 3:33PM

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  16. come on wigan i live in wigan dont ask where loooooool

    From alicehyde23, on Sat 9 May 3:27PM

  17. why was kirkland taken off?

    From subscribe_today1, on Sat 9 May 3:27PM

  18. cmon rodallega first of many my boy wigan 3-1

    From AUDREY G, on Sat 9 May 3:25PM

  19. I need my £900 winnings, please don't win today­ West Brom!!

    From Ouyfiuyfiyfiu, on Sat 9 May 3:23PM

  20. i mean too early

    From Julio, on Sat 9 May 3:18PM
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