Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009
Result
Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2009. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Ben Watson opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Grant Leadbitter (41'). Wigan Athletic scored through Ben Watson (12') and Charles N'Zogbia (45+1').
Discipline: Sunderland received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 32 points from 28 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 35 points from 28. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 1 draw and 3 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Ben Watson
- 41'Goal · Grant Leadbitter
- 45+1'Goal · Charles N'Zogbia
- 47'Yellow card · Michael Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, George McCartney, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Kenwyne Jones
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Chris Kirkland, Ben Watson, Mido, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez