Wigan Athletic 1-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 1-1 Sunderland: match report

Wigan Athletic drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Wigan Athletic's goal came from Amr Zaki (78'). Sunderland scored through an own goal by Titus Bramble (15').

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

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 13th on 3 points from 3 and Sunderland 18th on 3 points from 3. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Own goal · Titus BrambleSunderland · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · El-Hadji DioufSunderland
  • 53'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic
  • 78'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 85'Second yellow · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Djibril Cissé, El-Hadji Diouf, Teemu Tainio