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  1. Stoke battle for point at Wigan

    Stoke battle for point at Wigan

    Stoke City stood firm to win a hard-earned point in a 0-0 draw against Premier League strugglers Wigan Athletic. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wigan Athletic
    • Stoke City
    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more to come later on, so stay with us!
    • 90'+2 There it is! All over at the JJB Stadium! And it ends goalless, despite Wigan's best efforts after the break!
    • 89' Oooh! Melchiot heads goalwards!
    • 88' Koumas again lets fly! Deflected behind for a corner! Is there time for some late drama in Wigan?
    • 87' Sorensen to Stoke's rescue again! This time he denies Koumas a fierce drive from 25 yards out!
    • 85' Here's another change... Whelan for Olofinjana...
    • 84' Cresswell wastes little time in grabbing the attention of the referee and is booked within seconds of having come on for pulling down Melchiot.
    • 83' Stoke make a change... off goes Amdy Faye and on comes Richard Cresswell.
    • 77' Fuller teases Cattermole as Stoke break again... he takes it down to the corner flag and eventually wins a corner!
    • 76' Great double save from Sorensen to keep the scores level! First he denies Camara and then he saves from Palacios!
    • 75' Koumas blazes over from the edge of the box! He claims a deflection and he wins a corner!
    • 73' Titus Bramble has his name taken for colliding with Fuller as Stoke threatened to break... again the referee waits for the player to pick himself up off the ground before booking him.
    • 72' Abdoulaye Faye is unhappy with something here... it's his own team-mate Kitson who has upset him with a poor pass...
    • 69' Finally, Wigan are beginning to look threatening... but the Stoke defence are coping with the pressure so far.
    • 68' Zaki again meets a cross into the box with his head! But again he can't direct it on target and the ball flies over the bar!
    • 66' Zaki! Oh dear! That rather sums up the whole afternoon! The unmarked Egyptian meets a corner with his head, only to see the ball ping miles over the bar! Best chance of the game so far.
    • 65' Fuller shows real strength and pace to get past his man on the right wing but his cross is poor and Stoke don't manage to create a chance.
    • 63' Fuller's not happy about that decision... and the referee has to have a word with him a few moments later, just to calm him down.
    • 62' Yellow card for Fuller after an aerial challenge with Melchiot... he's hurt himself in the process and referee Mike Riley waits for him to get up off the deck before brandishing the card.
    • 61' Wigan have stepped it up a gear in the last few minutes... Valencia's heavily involved before Koumas wins another corner on the other side of the pitch.
    • 60' Much better from both teams! There may be goals in this one after all!
    • 59' Moments later the ball falls to Palacios at the far post! He fites goalwards, but Sorensen is there to make the save!
    • 58' Camara! Oooh! The striker nearly makes an immediate impact with a glancing header that goes just wide of the far post!
    • 57' And that proves to be the big man's last contribution of the day as Steve Bruce pulls him off... Henri Camara comes on to replace him.
    • 56' Heskey! Oooh! Just wide with a header from Valencia's cross!
    • 55' Oooh! Shawcross register's Stoke's first effort on goal with a firm header! But Kirkland is behind it to make the save! A yard either way and he would have been in trouble then!
    • 53' Super challenge from Diao to win the ball... he sets Fuller free... but the striker runs into trouble and nothing comes of the move.
    • 49' That's not a bad ball into the Stoke box... Heskey's sniffing around! But Higginbotham is there to clear!
    • 48' Indeed he does... and he's replaced by Dave Kitson...
    • 47' Sidibe's going to have to come off here... he clashes with Boyce and has a real problem...
    • 46' Here we go again! Second half underway in Wigan!
    • 45'+2 There goes the half time whistle to signal the end of a goalless and virtually chance-less opening 45 minutes at the JJB...
    • 45'+1 Zaki unleashes a shot from 25 yards out! It bounces just before reaching Sorensen, but he's not too troubled by it and he makes the save look easy.
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 44' Fuller hares off after a long ball through... but Kirkland is off his line quickly to snub out any danger.
    • 42' The Mali international seems to have injured himself in that collision... concerned looks from the Stoke bench as he hobbles off the pitch for more treatment.
    • 41' Great challenge from Bramble to shut the door on Sidibe as the Stoke striker looked to get on the end of a through pass...
    • 40' Melchiot tries to do his best impression of Rory Delap... but he's flagged for a foul throw... his foot's over the line, according to the ref.
    • 39' Wigan's home record is dire so far this season - just four points from five games - and they're doing little here to suggest they've deserved anything other than that.
    • 36' Not a great happening at the moment at the JJB... both sides are cancelling each other out.
    • 33' Delap wings it in... Faye flicks it on... but there's no one there... Higginbotham's cross back in is overhit and goes out for a goal kick.
    • 32' Fuller wins a throw in a dangerous position... across comes that man Delap to take it...
    • 31' Melchiot delivers a decent ball into the box looking for the head of Heskey... it's too high for him though and the ball runs all the way through.
    • 30' Valencia lets fly from distance and brings a save out of Sorensen! It's easy for the Stoke keeper in the end, but that's the first shot on target all game...
    • 27' Oooh! What a ball in from Higginbotham! The full back gets past Melchiot before delivering a super cross towards Sidibe! But the Stoke striker is all over Figueroa and the whistle goes for a foul... decent enought stop from Kirkland in any event.
    • 25' Say it quietly, but Stoke seem to be 'roughing up' Wigan at the moment. That Diao challenge on Cattermole was well worthy of a booking.
    • 24' Koumas steps up... and plants the ball firmly into the stands high above Sorensen's goal... awful.
    • 23' Oh dear, that's a terrible challenge by Diao... and Wigan will have a free-kick on the edge of the Stoke area...
    • 21' Faye plays a dangerous ball at the back... Heskey's on to it in a flash! But the England man can't keep it in play and he takes a knock in the process.
    • 19' Ricardo Fuller's got a problem with his boots... so he heads off to the touchline where a new pair is waiting for him.
    • 17' A Koumas free kick causes a few problems in the Stoke box... Palacios is there... but the vistitors manage to clear their lines in the end.
    • 13' Prodigious throw from Delap once again... Kirkland manages to get a fist to it under pressure from the Stoke attackers... they're going to cause problems all afternoon long...
    • 12' Neat passing move from Stoke now... they carve open the Wigan defence on the right hand side but Sidibe can't make anything of the cross into the box.
    • 10' Good job Arsene Wenger's not watching... he'd be having kittens at that challenge by Shawcross.
    • 9' Shawcross takes a wild swipe at Heskey when the England man was going nowhere... yellow card for the youngster!
    • 8' Zaki tees up Koumas to deliver a good ball into the box... but the Wales international's cross is poor and hits the first man!
    • 6' Zaki takes a tumble after an aerial challenge with Diao... there's a clash of heads and the trainer runs on to the Egyptian's aid...
    • 5' Palacios now for Wigan! He marauds forward, plays a one-two with Heskey and fires goalwards! Dragged wide, but good intent from the hosts!
    • 4' Stoke are in yellow shirts with red socks and shorts today... Wigan in their traditional blue and white kit.
    • 3' Straight down to the other end and Stoke win an early throw in a dangerous position! Delap wings it in in typical fashion... nothing comes of it this time though.
    • 2' Wigan on the front foot straight away with Jason Koumas on the left wing... but his cross is too close to Sorensen and the Stoke keeper claims without any problems.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the JJB Stadium!
    • - And today's referee is Mike Riley (Yorkshire).
    • - Stoke: Sorensen, Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Shawcross, Higginbotham, Diao, Olofinjana, Amdy Faye, Delap, Fuller, Sidibe. Subs: Simonsen, Cort, Whelan, Cresswell, Kitson, Tonge, Wilkinson
    • - The teams are in and it's pretty much as expected for both sides... Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Palacios, Cattermole, Koumas, Heskey, Zaki. Subs: Pollitt, Kingson, Scharner, Kilbane, Brown, Camara, De Ridder
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's Premier League clash between Wigan and Stoke!

  • Team Stats

    Wigan Athletic Stats Stoke City
    64% Possession 35%
    25 Shots 2
    7 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 4
    6 Corners 3
    12 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    25 Tackles 18
    320 Accurate passes 127
    69 Bad passes 30

  • 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
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 2 3
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33 19 2
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 42 2 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 30 5 2
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 40 12 2
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 53 9 7
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 33 1 3
      10 Jason Koumas 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 23 7 2
      9 Emile Heskey 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 7 1
      13 Amr Zaki 0 4 1 3 3 1 0 13 3 1
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Richard Kingson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 1
      3 Danny Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 7 1
      2 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 3
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 1
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 1
      18 Salif Diao 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 20 7 3
      24 Rory Delap 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 3 3
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 8 2 0
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 1 0
      5 Leon Cort 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Andy Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 3
      23 Michael Tonge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... plenty more to come later on, so stay with us!
    • 89' Oooh! Melchiot heads goalwards!
    • 88' Koumas again lets fly! Deflected behind for a corner! Is there time for some late drama in Wigan?
    • 87' Sorensen to Stoke's rescue again! This time he denies Koumas a fierce drive from 25 yards out!
    • 76' Great double save from Sorensen to keep the scores level! First he denies Camara and then he saves from Palacios!
    • 68' Zaki again meets a cross into the box with his head! But again he can't direct it on target and the ball flies over the bar!
    • 66' Zaki! Oh dear! That rather sums up the whole afternoon! The unmarked Egyptian meets a corner with his head, only to see the ball ping miles over the bar! Best chance of the game so far.
    • 59' Moments later the ball falls to Palacios at the far post! He fites goalwards, but Sorensen is there to make the save!
    • 58' Camara! Oooh! The striker nearly makes an immediate impact with a glancing header that goes just wide of the far post!
    • 56' Heskey! Oooh! Just wide with a header from Valencia's cross!
    • 55' Oooh! Shawcross register's Stoke's first effort on goal with a firm header! But Kirkland is behind it to make the save! A yard either way and he would have been in trouble then!
    • 45'+1 Zaki unleashes a shot from 25 yards out! It bounces just before reaching Sorensen, but he's not too troubled by it and he makes the save look easy.
    • 30' Valencia lets fly from distance and brings a save out of Sorensen! It's easy for the Stoke keeper in the end, but that's the first shot on target all game...

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • T. Bramble Yellow Card
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia
    • L. Cattermole
    • W. Palacios
    • J. Koumas
    • A. Zaki
    • E. Heskey Substitution Out (57′)

    Subs

    • K. Kilbane
    • M. Brown
    • P. Scharner
    • H. Camara Substitution In57′
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder
    • R. Kingson

    Injured

    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen
    • A. Griffin
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • R. Shawcross Yellow Card
    • D. Higginbotham
    • S. Diao
    • A. Faye Substitution Out (83′)
    • S. Olofinjana Substitution Out (85′)
    • R. Delap
    • M. Sidibe Substitution Out (47′)
    • R. Fuller Yellow Card

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • R. Cresswell Substitution In83′
    • M. Tonge
    • D. Kitson Substitution In47′
    • G. Whelan Substitution In85′
    • A. Wilkinson
    • L. Cort

    Injured

    • A. Davies
    • L. Lawrence

    Suspended

    None

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