Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland
Premier League · Tuesday 3 January 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Wigan Athletic 1-4 Sunderland: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Sunderland 1-4 in the Premier League on Tuesday 3 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Craig Gardner opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Hugo Rodallega (62'). Sunderland scored through Craig Gardner (45+3'), James McClean (55'), Stéphane Sessègnon (73') and D. Vaughan (80').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 15 points from 19 and Sunderland 15th on 21 points from 19. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-L-D-D-W and Sunderland's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 45+3'Goal · Craig Gardner
- 45+4'Yellow card · Ronnie Stam
- 55'Goal · James McClean
- 62'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 73'Goal · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 80'Goal · D. Vaughan
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Crusat, Jordi Gómez, Hugo Rodallega, Ben Watson, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Kieran Richardson, Matthew Kilgallon, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner, David Vaughan