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  1. West Ham pip Wigan at JJB

    West Ham pip Wigan at JJB

    West Ham won a heated encounter 1-0 over Wigan at the JJB Stadium as both sides were reduced to 10 men. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wigan Athletic
    • West Ham
    • 90+7' The game ends 1-0 to West Ham. It was a fight from beginning to last, sometimes literally, with Cattermole the main villain for almost breaking Parker in two - and goalscorer Cole also at fault for collecting two yellow cards.
    • 90+5' West Ham man Lopez breaks into the box... he is tackled at the last!! Wigan still in it, but will have to cob the ball forward quickly...
    • 90+2' Savio kicks the ball away and is booked. There is six minutes of time added on in total...
    • 90+1' Mario Melchiot strikes for goal... it hits Upson on the arm!! What does Attwell think... no penalty!!
    • 90' Wigan throwing everything at West Ham as we enter injury-time... but the Hammers hold firm on the edge of their box.
    • 89' West Ham change: Walter Lopez on for Parker, who is booed to the bench by the home fans.
    • 87' Savio with a reverse pass for Noble in the box... he could finish it here... great block by Kirkland!!
    • 84' Rodallega throws himself into an overhead kick which is a few yards wide of the far post. Unlucky.
    • 82' Valencia sees a shot saved; a minute later his cross is just too deep for Rodallega, and the ball drops tamely into the keeper's waiting arms. Wigan pressing for an equaliser but without success thus far.
    • 78' West Ham change: Jonathan Spector on for Collison. Wigan change: Bramble replaced by Ben Watson.
    • 77' Collison collapses near the touchline after controlling the ball. The stretcher comes on - he looks in bad shape.
    • 76' West Ham change: Savio Nsereko on for Di Michele.
    • 73' Ilunga comes forward, passing to the feet of Noble in the box... he steps over the ball and Di Michele coming up behind bangs a first-time shot high and wide!!
    • 69' Parker lets fly from distance and Kirkland cannot hold it, but claims at the second attempt.
    • 67' Di Michele attacks the by-line and whips a low cross to the near post where Noble arrives and shoots just wide!!
    • 64' Double Wigan change: Hugo Rodallega and Paul Scharner on for Brown and Zaki.
    • 63' Corner for Wigan. Mido cushions a header for Titus Bramble; his volley is miles over the bar.
    • 59' The crowd are booing the decision to send off their man, but it was not a case of Attwell evening things up.
    • 57' N'Zogbia fires over Green's crossbar from 25 yards. The space opened up for him there...
    • 57' Parker is in trouble on the floor, but gets up when the stretcher comes on. He limps off to receive further treatment.
    • 52' CATTERMOLE SENT OFF!! He went in on Parker with a disgraceful two-footed tackle and deserves his punishment!!
    • 52' Maynor Figueroa streaks forward and plays a one-two... he is just onside... and fires into the side netting!! A great move by the Wigan man.
    • 51' Zaki found with a crossfield ball and looks to send in a cross... it is not accurate enough.
    • 50' Neill catches Cattermole with a studs-up challenge and is booked. The Wigan midfielder is unhappy with that tackle.
    • 46' The second half underway.
    • 45+2' The half-time whistle signals the break. The West Ham fans are not happy - but Cole should not have leapt in with his long legs so high. It was not malicious, but it was worth a yellow card.
    • 45' Charles N'Zogbia with a corner for Wigan. Mido heads it wide from six yards out.
    • 43' Wigan midfielder Cattermole shows some great footwork to roll the ball away from a defender before firing a foot wide of the post.
    • 40' Mido hits the post!! Antonio Valencia beats Ilunga on the right and crosses to the near post, where the big man heads against the woodwork.
    • 39' Brown the latest to be shown a yellow card before the match has even started up again! Parker is lucky to get away without a second booking - he lost his head.
    • 37' COLE IS SENT OFF!! Attwell, who has lost control of this game, shows him a second yellow for almost karate-kicking Boyce in the head as he leapt to meet an aerial ball. The decision - which is fair enough - sparks a fight.
    • 35' Booking for Parker after a studs-up challenge on Michael Brown near halfway with the ball in the air.
    • 34' COLE OPENS THE SCORING FOR WEST HAM!! A fantastic move from the away side: Parker plays the ball in low to the feet of Di Michele, who executes a one-two with Noble having spun off his marker and feeds Cole - and he finishes superbly, bending a shot inside the far post.
    • 30' Cattermole shoots a few yards wide from outside the penalty area.
    • 29' Cole with a poor tackle on Brown to also earn a booking: 2-0 in the caution stakes to West Ham, 0-0 in goal terms.
    • 28' Cattermole takes the ball past Ilunga with a lovely drag and skins someone else before easing past Noble... who sticks out a leg to knock him down. Yellow card.
    • 25' Clever work by Mark Noble allows Ilunga the space to bring the ball into the opposition half and dink a ball over the top for Di Michele... it is too far ahead of him and Kirkland claims.
    • 24' Cole has a problem and takes off his boot after leaving the pitch. It serves him right for wearing sparkly white ones, the big jessie. He laces up another one.
    • 22' Herita Ilunga powers forward from left-back and passes inside to Di Michele, the main threat from deep for Gianfranco Zola's West Ham side; he is muscled out this time though.
    • 20' Fairly scrappy in the middle of the park, with West Ham producing the better touches.
    • 16' West Ham shoot straight up the other end after Green catches the corner, Jack Collison playing in Cole from halfway; he rounds Chris Kirkland but runs out of pitch with Emmerson Boyce tracking back to shield.
    • 15' It is low from Mido and right in the bottom corner with power; Green claws it out then knocks it behind for a corner while on the ground and under pressure.
    • 14' Neill literally shoves over Zaki as they fight for the ball. Just pushes him over with both hands. Another set-piece outside the box...
    • 11' It is floated and accurate; Robert Green tips it over in the top corner.
    • 11' Wigan have a free-kick less than 30 yards out... Amr Zaki stands over it while Attwell adjusts first the wall then the ball. I wonder if he's seen the home fans sporting fezs - what is the plural of fez? - in the stands.
    • 9' Lee Cattermole chops down Lucas Neill, leading to protests from the West Ham players. No card is shown by Stuart Attwell.
    • 7' The Happy Hammers with a good bit of the ball in the opening minutes. Di Michele pulls a shot from 20 yards wide after Matthew Upson began a move which involved his England team-mate Cole.
    • 5' David Di Michele brings the ball into the Wigan half and slips a pass to Carlton Cole on the left... the big striker loses control and the chance. That is not like him.
    • 2' West Ham, wearing their first-choice colours of claret and sky blue, defend a corner. Radoslav Kovac is the man to knock it away.
    • 1' The match begins, Wigan in blue and white stripes kicking from left to right.
    • - Winger Antonio Valencia and striker Mido both return to Wigan's squad, while midfielder Ben Watson is available again after a one-match suspension. West Ham have been rocked by the news that midfielder Valon Behrami will miss the rest of the season.
    • - The teams are in: Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, Figueroa, Valencia, Brown, Cattermole, N'Zogbia, Mido, Zaki. Subs: Pollitt, Edman, Sibierski, Rodallega, Kapo, Watson, Scharner. West Ham: Green, Neill, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Collison, Noble, Parker, Kovac, Di Michele, Cole. Subs: Lopez, Nsereko, Spector, Lastuvka, Sears, Payne, Stanislas. Referee: Stuart Attwell (Warwickshire).
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Premier League match between Wigan and West Ham from the JJB Stadium. The action gets underway at 19:45, so join us then!!

  • Team Stats

    Wigan Athletic Stats West Ham
    51% Possession 48%
    18 Shots 7
    5 Shots on target 3
    1 Saves 1
    8 Corners 1
    11 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 5
    2 Yellow cards 4
    1 Red cards 1
    18 Tackles 34
    301 Accurate passes 278
    59 Bad passes 26

  • 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 13 3 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 36 3 2
      19 Titus Bramble 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 29 8 2
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 46 1 2
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 35 15 3
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 1 3
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 26 2 2
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 19 1 1
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 13 0
      13 Amr Zaki 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 14 4 1
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 18 2 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 2 2
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Hugo Rodallega 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Ben Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 0
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Antoine Sibierski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
      15 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 1 1
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 0 3
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 4 4
      30 James Tomkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 4
      14 Radoslav Kovac 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 46 1 6
      31 Jack Collison 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 26 0 3
      8 Scott Parker 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 47 6 4
      16 Mark Noble 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 27 9 4
      12 Carlton Cole 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 4 2 1
      32 David Di Michele 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 21 0 2
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Walter Lopez 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
      35 Holmar Orn Eyjolffson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Savio Nsereko 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 0
      46 Junior Stanislas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1

  • Summary

    • 90+1' Mario Melchiot strikes for goal... it hits Upson on the arm!! What does Attwell think... no penalty!!
    • 87' Savio with a reverse pass for Noble in the box... he could finish it here... great block by Kirkland!!
    • 67' Di Michele attacks the by-line and whips a low cross to the near post where Noble arrives and shoots just wide!!
    • 52' CATTERMOLE SENT OFF!! He went in on Parker with a disgraceful two-footed tackle and deserves his punishment!!
    • 52' Maynor Figueroa streaks forward and plays a one-two... he is just onside... and fires into the side netting!! A great move by the Wigan man.
    • 40' Mido hits the post!! Antonio Valencia beats Ilunga on the right and crosses to the near post, where the big man heads against the woodwork.
    • 37' COLE IS SENT OFF!! Attwell, who has lost control of this game, shows him a second yellow for almost karate-kicking Boyce in the head as he leapt to meet an aerial ball. The decision - which is fair enough - sparks a fight.
    • 34' COLE OPENS THE SCORING FOR WEST HAM!! A fantastic move from the away side: Parker plays the ball in low to the feet of Di Michele, who executes a one-two with Noble having spun off his marker and feeds Cole - and he finishes superbly, bending a shot inside the far post.
    • 15' It is low from Mido and right in the bottom corner with power; Green claws it out then knocks it behind for a corner while on the ground and under pressure.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of the Premier League match between Wigan and West Ham from the JJB Stadium. The action gets underway at 19:45, so join us then!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Stuart Attwell

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • T. Bramble Substitution Out (78′)
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia Yellow Card
    • L. Cattermole Red Card
    • M. Brown Yellow Card Substitution Out (64′)
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • .. Mido
    • A. Zaki Substitution Out (64′)

    Subs

    • A. Sibierski
    • O. Kapo
    • P. Scharner Substitution In64′
    • E. Edman
    • B. Watson Substitution In78′
    • M. Pollitt
    • H. Rodallega Substitution In64′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • L. Neill Yellow Card
    • M. Upson
    • J. Tomkins
    • H. Ilunga
    • R. Kovac
    • M. Noble Red Card
    • S. Parker Yellow Card Substitution Out (89′)
    • J. Collison Substitution Out (78′)
    • D. Di Michele Substitution Out (76′)
    • C. Cole Goal Red Card

    Subs

    • S. Nsereko Substitution In76′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • K. Dyer
    • L. Boa Morte
    • D. Gabbidon
    • J. Collins
    • D. Ashton
    • V. Behrami

    Suspended

    None

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  1. cole played the ball thats the game football the refs a­ moron who thinks its about him he spoiled the game west­ ham got a well deserved win.

    From peteryoules, on Thu 5 Mar 4:56PM

  2. Up The Hammers...... Will the injuries hamper the run?­ Bring on the Baggies..

    From johnselmes, on Thu 5 Mar 3:05PM

  3. west ham should have finnished the game with 8 men, if­ michael brown got a yellow for parker losing the plot­ then why didnt parker? and if cattermole got a red for­ his utterly disgusting challenge on parker, then lucas­ neill should have seen red for what can only be­ decribed as attempted murder on cattermole. i havent­ seen a tackle as bad as that since the good old days on­ vinnie jones and dennis wise! cattermole must have­ bones of steel, as his leg should have snapped!

    From a.titterington, on Thu 5 Mar 1:09PM

  4. the ref woz disgrace ,should not be prem ref .west ham­ deserved win , wigan just dirty up the irons .tazzman­ e. mids irons

    From PATRICK, on Thu 5 Mar 9:10AM

  5. Im a big west ham fan from romania...forrrever blowin­ bubblesssss

    From Sad A, on Thu 5 Mar 12:18AM

  6. i belive camara much beter than rodlega and when you­ trade balcuce was not good to cover aftere him zanobia­ need time the only thing that player need to understand­ there postion very well and cover that before they­ attak for example deffender and cener forward has to do­ there jop verry well

    From HamdyMido, on Wed 4 Mar 11:40PM

  7. i am sorry need help God and we have to pry for them­ refree wasnot experiance and not right for using cards­ today

    From HamdyMido, on Wed 4 Mar 11:02PM

  8. congaratulation hummer and hardluck for wigan i am sure­ wigan come back very stronge next match they very good­ player special mido and zaki and valinca and very good­ team
    they need only help from good for finishing

    From HamdyMido, on Wed 4 Mar 10:46PM

  9. up the irons, thats two in a row now

    From n.hill93, on Wed 4 Mar 10:06PM

  10. Come on U Irons!! Another great result. Hammers in­ Europe??

    From gwyn.gething, on Wed 4 Mar 9:54PM

  11. hey jones!,whos blowing bubbles out their rear ends­ now!! come on u irons

    From jason, on Wed 4 Mar 9:50PM

  12. dirty northen btards!!

    From jason, on Wed 4 Mar 9:48PM

  13. fair play trophy who cares point make prizes whu­ forever

    From reynolds676, on Wed 4 Mar 9:47PM

  14. west ham played well today we desevered the win come on­ you hammers

    From rkr438, on Wed 4 Mar 9:46PM

  15. stive bruce through his best playmaker and hisky in­ transfare window and now pay price

    From HamdyMido, on Wed 4 Mar 9:44PM

  16. d.brown! no sportsman!! up the hammers..dirty northen­ b.stards

    From jason, on Wed 4 Mar 9:43PM

  17. theres only 1 scotty parker!!!

    From c.perks_1, on Wed 4 Mar 9:37PM

  18. THERE WONT BE ANY PLAYERS LEFT IN ONE BIT EVEN IF WE­ MADE EUROPE

    From reynolds676, on Wed 4 Mar 9:31PM

  19. Probaby the most incompetent ref in the premiership.

    From rogers757, on Wed 4 Mar 9:31PM
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    come on u latics turn the game around and have the­ hammers blowing bubbles out there rear ends

    From jones4uh, on Wed 4 Mar 9:30PM
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