Wigan Athletic 3-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2007

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic 3-0 Sunderland: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Emile Heskey (19'), Denny Landzaat (62') and A. Sibierski (69'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 11th on 3 points from 2 and Sunderland 5th on 4 points from 2. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 14th with 40 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Danny CollinsSunderland
  • 62'Goal · Denny LandzaatWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 65'Yellow card · Dickson EtuhuSunderland
  • 69'Goal · A. SibierskiWigan Athletic · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 0, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

Andreas Granqvist, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Greg Halford, Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane, Kieran Richardson, Dickson Etuhu, Ross Wallace, Anthony Stokes, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra, Dwight Yorke