Sunderland 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008

Result

Sunderland 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 9 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Sunderland beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dickson Etuhu opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Dickson Etuhu (42') and Daryl Murphy (76'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 23 points from 25 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 23 points from 25. Sunderland went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · Dickson EtuhuSunderland · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 76'Goal · Daryl MurphySunderland · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dickson Etuhu, Dean Whitehead, Daryl Murphy, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones, Roy O'Donovan

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

Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Marlon King, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown