Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: result and report

Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland

Championship · Thursday 29 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Sunderland 1-4 in the Championship on Thursday 29 December 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ellis Simms opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Will Keane (42'). Sunderland scored through Ellis Simms (19'), Ross Stewart (66', penalty), P. Roberts (85') and A. Diallo (89').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 24 points from 24 and Sunderland 10th on 34 points from 24. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Sunderland 6th with 72.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Trai Hume of Sunderland (8.1), ahead of Dan Neil (8.0).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · James McCleanWigan Athletic
  • 19'Goal · Ellis SimmsSunderland · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Will KeaneWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Daniel BallardSunderland
  • 61'Yellow card · Curtis TiltWigan Athletic
  • 66'Penalty goal · Ross StewartSunderland · 1-2
  • 85'Goal · P. RobertsSunderland · 1-3
  • 89'Goal · A. DialloSunderland · 1-4

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jamie Jones, Tendayi Darikwa, Charlie Hughes, Curtis Tilt, James McClean, Max Power, Tom Naylor, Callum Lang, Will Keane, Thelo Aasgaard, Ashley Fletcher

Sunderland line-up (3-5-2)

Anthony Patterson, Dan Ballard, Bailey Wright, Luke O'Nien, Trai Hume, Edouard Michut, Dan Neil, Jack Clarke, Amad Diallo, Ellis Simms, Abdoullah Ba