Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Sunderland won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Steven Fletcher of Sunderland in the 51st minute.

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 12th on 4 points from 4 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 4 points from 5. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · James McArthurWigan Athletic
  • 47'Red card · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic
  • 51'Goal · Steven FletcherSunderland · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · James McCarthyWigan Athletic
  • 64'Yellow card · Steven FletcherSunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · James McCleanSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 83'Yellow card · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic
  • 89'Yellow card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

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

Simon Mignolet, John O'Shea, Titus Bramble, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Iván Ramis, James McCarthy, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Arouna Koné, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez