Story of the day as Sunderland reach Carabao Cup fourth round after Nathan Broadhead and Luke O'Nien goals against Wigan Athletic
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Lee Johnson made nine changes to his side following their draw at Fleetwood, and several players took their opportunities to impress.
Goals from Nathan Broadhead and Luke O’Nien either side of half-time made it a comfortable night for the visitors against their fellow League One side.
Here’s how it played out at the DW Stadium:
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RECAP: Wigan 0 Sunderland 2 (Broadhead, 27) (O’Nien, 54)
Key Events
- Sunderland XI: Burge, Huggins (Neil, 79), Alves, Wright, Cirkin, O’Nien, Evans, Dajaku (Stewart, 72), O’Brien, Pritchard (Embleton, 72), Broadhead
- Subs: Hoffmann, Flanagan, Doyle, Embleton, Taylor, Neil, Stewart
- Wigan XI: Amos, Kerr, Pearce, Tilt, Lloyd, Smith, Cousins (Lang, 65), Massey (Adeeko, 84), Jones, Edwards (Sze, 90), Humphrys
- Subs: Tickle, Carragher, Long, McHugh, Adeeko, Lang, Sze
65’ Full-back to full-back
Huggins has also impressed with his forays forward from right-back this evening.
He made another run forward there and his cross almost found Cirkin at the back post before the ball was cleared.
60’ Impressive performance from Pritchard
It’s been an impressive display from Pritchard in the number 10 position this evening.
He’s picked up some excellent positions in front of Wigan’s back four and also dropped deeper to link up play and keep Sunderland ticking.
54’ GOALLLLL!!!!! O’NIEN!!!
A lovely sweeping move from the visitors.
Huggins made an overlapping run on the right and his low cross was stabbed home by O’Nien with a low finish.
“We’re going to Wembley,” chant the away fans.
A mixed night for this man so far
Leon Dajaku has looked lively at times but should have put Sunderland 2-0 ahead.
