Sunderland 4-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2011

Result

Sunderland 4-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 4-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Sunderland defeated Wigan Athletic 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mohamed Diamé opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Asamoah Gyan (55'), Jordan Henderson (67'), Stéphane Sessègnon (73', penalty) and Jordan Henderson (77'). Wigan Athletic scored through Mohamed Diamé (52') and Franco Di Santo (90').

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 38 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 34 points from 33. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 3 draws and 5 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 55'Goal · Asamoah GyanSunderland · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Jordan HendersonSunderland · 2-1
  • 72'Yellow card · A. AlcárazWigan Athletic
  • 73'Penalty goal · Stéphane SessègnonSunderland · 3-1
  • 77'Goal · Jordan HendersonSunderland · 4-1
  • 86'Yellow card · L. CattermoleSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic · 4-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 5.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Nedum Onuoha, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Jack Colback, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Stéphane Sessègnon, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Tom Cleverley