Wigan Athletic v Sunderland, 3pm
It wasn’t looking too great for the Latics after a 4-0 and 6-0 pummelling by Blackpool and Chelsea respectively, although the 1-0 victory at Tottenham before the international break suggests that Wigan are good enough to stay in the Premier League again this season. They obviously need to sort out their home form after those heavy defeats and Paddy Power make them marginal favourites at 6/4 to land the spoils.
It was Hugo Rodallega who score the winning goal at White Hart Lane and the Colombian is 13/2 with Sky Bet to score first against a team managed by someone who originally bought him for Wigan. Steve Bruce now returns to his old stomping ground with a new striker of his own and Asamoah Gyan will almost certainly make his debut after a club record transfer of £13 million from Rennes. The Ghanaian is 7/1 with Victor Chandler to score first.
With Darren Bent (5/1 Paddy Power) potentially playing alongside Gyan, it could be about time for Sunderland to improve on their poor away form of last season and you can back the Black Cats at 2/1 (Sky Bet) to kick on from that 1-0 win over Manchester City managed a fortnight ago. Perhaps the draw (23/10 Ladbrokes) is the likeliest result from a match where both teams will be looking to keep things tight.
