Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012
Result
Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Sunderland won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Steven Fletcher of Sunderland in the 51st minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 4 points from 4 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 4 points from 5. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read D-D-D-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 36'Yellow card · James McArthur
- 47'Red card · Jordi Gómez
- 51'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 58'Yellow card · James McCarthy
- 64'Yellow card · Steven Fletcher
- 73'Yellow card · James McClean
- 77'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
- 83'Yellow card · Franco Di Santo
- 89'Yellow card · Maynor Figueroa
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Iván Ramis, James McCarthy, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Arouna Koné, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez