Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2011

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Sunderland lost to Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sebastian Larsson opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Sebastian Larsson (8'). Wigan Athletic scored through Jordi Gómez (44', penalty) and Franco Di Santo (90+2').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 11 points from 12 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 6 points from 12. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 5 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-L-D-W-L and Wigan Athletic's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Sebastian LarssonSunderland · 1-0
  • 44'Penalty goal · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · John O'SheaSunderland
  • 71'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSunderland
  • 74'Yellow card · Jack ColbackSunderland
  • 84'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic
  • 90+2'Goal · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 5.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Keiren Westwood, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Conor Sammon, G. Caldwell, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez