DID YOU KNOW?
* Sunderland have not won in nine games since January 22 when they beat Blackpool 2-1 at Bloomfield Road.
* Steve Bruce has not beaten his former club Wigan in three attempts since taking the helm at the Stadium of Light.
* Asamoah Gyan is without a Premier League goal since February, with his last coming against Tottenham six games ago.
* Sunderland have scored 20 goals at home all season, which is the second worst in the league. Only Wigan and Birmingham (18) have scored less.
* The Black Cats have had seven different scorers in the Premier League, which is the fewest in the top flight.
* Wigan have only lost once at the Stadium of Light in six visits to Wearside, winning two of them.
* Hugo Rodallega is Wigan’s top scorer this season with eight Premier League goals.
* Only Wolves (12) and Fulham (13) have scored fewer away goals in the Premier than the Latics (14).
* Roberto Martinez’s side have only kept six clean sheets this season which is the second worst record in the division only Wolves have kept less.
* The Latics have failed to score in 13 Premier League matches this season.
LAST MEETING
September 11, 2010: Wigan 1-1 Sunderland
Antolin Alcaraz scored in the dying minutes to snatch a point for the hosts cancelling out Asamoah Gyan’s debut strike for the Black Cats.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Sunderland: Mignolet; Elmohamady, Onuoha, Turner, Bardsley; Henderson, Cattermole, Malbranque, Colback, Sessesgnon; Gyan.
Wigan: Al-Habsi; Alcaraz, G Caldwell, Boyce, Gohouri; Cleverley, Watson, Diame, McCarthy, N’Zogbia; Rodallega.
Prediction
This match is really tough to call. Wigan have been very inconsistent this season so for them to win two on the bounce would be a real achievement, add that to their good record at the Stadium of Light and I can see them nicking this one. Sunderland will be very nervy and won’t be helped by an anxious crowd who may call for Steve Bruce’s head by the end of this one.
Sunderland 1-2 Wigan Athletic 
