Wigan Athletic 1-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2005
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Sunderland: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 August 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Jason Roberts of Wigan Athletic in the 2nd minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 0 points from 2 and Sunderland 20th on 0 points from 3. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.
Key events
- 2'Penalty goal · Jason Roberts
- 21'Yellow card · Gary Breen
- 39'Yellow card · Lee McCulloch
- 40'Yellow card · Pascal Chimbonda
- 78'Yellow card · Stephane Henchoz
- 89'Yellow card · Julio Arca
- 90'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Ryan Taylor, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh
Sunderland line-up
Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Stephen Elliott, Anthony Le Tallec, Kelvin Davis, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller, Alan Stubbs