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Sunderland 1-2 Wigan - March 14, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 29

Stadium of Light - Sunderland - England

March 14, 2009

39 266

Sunderland

1 - 2

Wigan

Grant Leadbitter

41'

12'

Ben Watson (right foot)

45'

Charles N'Zogbia (left foot)

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12' - Goal Ben Watson

41' - Goal Grant Leadbitter41

45' - Goal Charles N'Zogbia

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60' - Substitution Andy Reidis substituted by Daryl Murphy60

63' - Substitution Steed Malbranqueis substituted by Carlos Edwards63

77' - Substitution Tal Ben Haïmis substituted by David Healy77

84' - Substitution Midois substituted by Amr Zaki

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sunderland

1 - 2

Wigan

Sunderland Wigan

Team line-ups

Sunderland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cissé

Djibril Cissé

France

B.date12/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Jones

Kenwyne Jones

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date05/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m87

positionStriker

Reid60

Andy Reid

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/07/1982

Age26 years

H1m71

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Leadbitter41

Grant Leadbitter

England

B.date07/01/1986

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Whitehead

Dean Whitehead

England

B.date12/01/1982

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Malbranque63

Steed Malbranque

France

B.date06/01/1980

Age29 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Collins

Danny Collins

Wales

B.date06/08/1980

Age28 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Ben Haïm77

Tal Ben Haïm

Israel

B.date31/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bardsley

Phil Bardsley

Scotland

B.date28/06/1985

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Fülöp

Márton Fülöp

Hungary

B.date03/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Márton Fülöp		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tal Ben Haïm	77	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Danny Collins		28	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		27	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Bardsley		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Grant Leadbitter	41	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dean Whitehead		27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Reid	60	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steed Malbranque	63	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Djibril Cissé		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenwyne Jones		24	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wigan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Mido84

Mido

Egypt

B.date23/02/1983

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

Watson12

Ben Watson

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Scharner

Paul Scharner

Austria

B.date11/03/1980

Age29 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

N'Zogbia45

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age32 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Figueroa

Maynor Figueroa

Honduras

B.date02/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Scharner		29	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Titus Bramble		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot		32	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maynor Figueroa		25	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmerson Boyce		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ben Watson	12	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charles N'Zogbia	45	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Brown		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia		23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mido	84	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Carlos Edwards	63	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daryl Murphy	60	25	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Healy	77	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Amr Zaki	84	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Grant Leadbitter

Kieran Richardson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ben Watson

Lee Cattermole

OUT

Paul Scharner

Amr Zaki

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ricky Sbragia

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Sbragia vs Wigan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Sbragia vs Bruce

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Sunderland

7 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Bruce vs Sbragia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 14, 2009

Referee

Michael Dean

17 victories	8 draws	23 losses	Sunderland48 matches	General total	Wigan25 matches	14 victories	3 draws	8 losses
2 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Sunderland5 matches	Season total	Wigan3 matches	2 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 26, 2017					Latest figure on May 14, 2013

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Key figures

It's the first time Grant Leadbitter scores 1 goal vs Wigan in his professional career

End of streak for Sunderland after 4 consecutive matches without a loss at home (since 24/01/2009). It was the best streak for the club since 13/01/2007-11/08/2007 (11 matches).

It's the first time Ben Watson scores 1 goal in his professional career with Wigan

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSunderland 2-1 Bolton Wanderers03/01/2009

LSunderland 1-2 Aston Villa17/01/2009

DSunderland 0-0 Blackburn24/01/2009

VSunderland 1-0 Fulham27/01/2009

VSunderland 2-0 Stoke City07/02/2009

DSunderland 1-1 Tottenham07/03/2009

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sunderland01/02/2009

LBlackburn 2-1 Sunderland04/02/2009

VSunderland 2-0 Stoke City07/02/2009

DArsenal 0-0 Sunderland21/02/2009

LLiverpool 2-0 Sunderland03/03/2009

DSunderland 1-1 Tottenham07/03/2009

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-1 Wigan02/01/2009

LManchester United 1-0 Wigan14/01/2009

LManchester City 1-0 Wigan17/01/2009

DAston Villa 0-0 Wigan31/01/2009

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Wigan21/02/2009

LChelsea 2-1 Wigan28/02/2009

Overall

DWigan 1-1 Liverpool28/01/2009

DAston Villa 0-0 Wigan31/01/2009

DWigan 0-0 Fulham07/02/2009

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Wigan21/02/2009

LChelsea 2-1 Wigan28/02/2009

LWigan 0-1 West Ham04/03/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	6	8
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

100	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	92
12	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	11
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
36	Goals conceded (Competition total)	27
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.96
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.96
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.07

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	10
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
11	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	13
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	7
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

54	Yellow cards (Competition total)	51
28	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
0	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Djibril Cissé	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Amr Zaki
Djibril Cissé	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Amr Zaki
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Amr Zaki
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Amr Zaki
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Emile Heskey
Kieran Richardson	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 11 matches	Amr Zaki

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

8 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Total

12 matches

3 v

5 d

4 l

12 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

7 gf

4 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

2 d

2 l

7 gf

8 ga

Total

12 matches

4 v

5 d

3 l

14 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	October 10, 1987
Home	4 - 1	October 10, 1987

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	January 05, 2008
Away	3 - 0	January 05, 2008

Latest head to head

September 13, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Wigan

1 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

February 09, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Sunderland

2 - 0

Wigan

January 05, 2008 - FA Cup 2007/2008

Sunderland

0 - 3

Wigan

August 18, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Wigan

3 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

March 11, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Sunderland

0 - 1

Wigan

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Stephen Elliott	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Dickson Etuhu	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Stewart Downing	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Marcus Stewart	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Daryl Murphy	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Jason Roberts	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Jason de Vos	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Henri Camara	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Antoine Sibierski	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Paul Scharner	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Amr Zaki	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Dean Whitehead	7 matches	2004 - 2008
Nyron Nosworthy	6 matches	2005 - 2008
Julio Arca	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Danny Collins	5 matches	2005 - 2008
George McCartney	5 matches	2003 - 2008
Gary Breen	4 matches	2004 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Jimmy Bullard	6 matches	2003 - 2006
Paul Scharner	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Lee McCulloch	5 matches	2003 - 2006
Leighton Baines	5 matches	2004 - 2006
Jason Roberts	5 matches	2004 - 2006
Gary Teale	5 matches	2003 - 2006