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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 35 (setup 5, season 17)
Wigan Athletic
v.
Sunderland
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Igor AKINFEEV1Ali AHAMADA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Nathan BYRNE727Patrick McNAIR
Holger BADSTUBER73Joleon LESCOTT
Luka MODRIC47Yann M'VILA
Reece BURKE5Papy Mison DJILOBODJI
Curtis NELSON66Jason DENAYER
Eduardo Antonio SALVIO78Sebastian LARSSON
DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza78Wahbi KHAZRI
Mario GOMEZ69Ola TOIVONEN
Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN610Jeremain LENS
Jürgen LOCADIA117Wissam BEN YEDDER
Manager
Nick POWELL12Steven PIENAAR
Cristopher Benjamín TOSELLI Ríos13Vito MANNONE
Alex GILBEY614Lamine KONÉ
Kaiyne WOOLERY15Duncan WATMORE
Byron LAWRENCE16Tyias BROWNING

Wigan Athletic 2 Sunderland 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 24,952, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 6)
31 Douglas Costa, 58 Douglas CostaScorers
64 Gomez <=> GilbeySubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners1
5Fouls13
1Offsides0
4Shots on5
13Shots off6
17Total shots11
2Shots saved5
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Sebastian LARSSON
5KHAZRI stroked an easy chance past the near post.
6The stunned AKINFEEV stared in disbelief as a backpass from DOUGLAS COSTA fell just over.
8TOIVONEN shot over.
10KHAZRI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Wigan Athletic 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
13A cross from M'VILA left LESCOTT in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
17The Wigan Athletic 'keeper saved a refined shot from LESCOTT.
21MODRIC beat LARSSON and flicked the ball to DOUGLAS COSTA who fired his effort wide.
31GOAL!! A great run from GOMEZ gave GAITÁN space on the right and DOUGLAS COSTA flicked in his pin-point pass. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
35A good ball from NELSON on the right found GOMEZ who sliced his shot wide.
42DOUGLAS COSTA made space on the left and pulled the ball to BYRNE who clipped the ball wide.
43BADSTUBER headed over.
45+1BADSTUBER dribbled round LARSSON and rifled a weak shot wide.
 
47DOUGLAS COSTA ran onto a wonderful ball from GAITÁN but fired his shot wide of the lefthand post.
49DOUGLAS COSTA was put clear by BURKE and he nutmegged the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
52A penalty box meleé resulted in MCNAIR driving a low shot over.
53A deadly shot from M'VILA was stopped by the 'keeper.
57A header from M'VILA was hoofed off the line by NELSON.
58GOAL!! A SALVIO run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for DOUGLAS COSTA to tap in. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
68A free-kick from NELSON went over.
79Uncertainty in the Sunderland defence enabled DOUGLAS COSTA to fire an effort just wide.
80A corner bobbled toward DOUGLAS COSTA who flicked the ball just beyond the near post.
84SALVIO snapped at an easy chance.