Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland

Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Sunderland 1-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Craig Gardner opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Hugo Rodallega (62'). Sunderland scored through Craig Gardner (45+3'), James McClean (55'), Stéphane Sessègnon (73') and D. Vaughan (80').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 15 points from 19 and Sunderland 15th on 21 points from 19. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+3'Goal · Craig GardnerSunderland · 0-1
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Ronnie StamWigan Athletic
  • 55'Goal · James McCleanSunderland · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · Hugo RodallegaWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland · 1-3
  • 80'Goal · D. VaughanSunderland · 1-4

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Crusat, Jordi Gómez, Hugo Rodallega, Ben Watson, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Kieran Richardson, Matthew Kilgallon, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan