Wigan search for little bit of fortune in front of goal

Posted: March 3, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: English Premier League, Swansea City, Wigan Athletic | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment

If results went their way this weekend, Wigan Athletic could climb four places in the Premier League table and off the bottom for the first time since January.

Unless out-of-form Aston Villa or Wigan’s oppostion today at the DW Stadium, Swansea City are to continue their poor runs of late, then it appears the three teams who will face relegation come the end of the season will be made up of the current bottom five.

Roberto Martinez’s side have the worst goal difference and the fewest number of wins at home and overall, although it is so tight at the bottom right now, that could all change this weekend. At home they have conceded twice as many times as they have scored. But they are unbeaten in their last three games with five home games remaining after today against West Brom, Stoke, Manchester United, Newcastle, and Terry Connor’s Wolves on the final day.

Since their 3-3 draw with Blackburn in November, Wigan at home have scored one goal every other home, while striker Franco Di Santo, in his second season with the club, hasn’t scored since November 26th. With the likes of Jean Beausejour, Victor Moses and Albert Crusat around the young Argentine in the team, his goals would be crucial in helping steer Wigan towards Premier League survival for another season.

Catastrophe for Bolton as local rivals triumph

Posted: February 12, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Bolton Wanderers, English Premier League, Wigan Athletic | Tags: , , , , | Leave a comment

Wigan Athletic earned three extremely valuable points yesterday as Bolton Wanderers suffered a ninth league defeat at the Reebok Stadium this season.

The deadlock was broken by Wigan near the end of the first half when Gary Caldwell rose above Bolton defender David Wheater to powerfully head home Jean Beausejour’s corner. The home side managed to level the scoreline after the break, but for little more than five minutes because Victor Moses set up James McArthur who fired the visitors back in front.

Afterwards Bolton manager Owen Coyle remained emphatic in his belief they would get out of their current predicament and avoid relegation. Mark Davies, who scored Bolton’s goal, after a lucky deflection off a teammate teed him up, said: “It was three points we needed and it cancels out some good results in the last few weeks, and that’s the most disappointing thing.”