Wigan Athletic 1 v 0 Middlesbrough
Wednesday 15th August 2007
Wigan Athletic fans saw history made at the JJB Stadium during this game. When Antoine Sibierski scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 55th minute, he went down in history as the first ever Latics player to score on both his home and away Premiership debuts. Indeed, he is only the third player to achieve the feat since the Blues entered the Football League in 1978, following in the footsteps of Graeme Jones and Nathan Ellington.
Both managers, Chris Hutchings and Gareth Southgate, stuck mainly to the teams that were both beaten four days ago by Everton and Blackburn Rovers respectively. However, although Southgate named an identical line up, Hutchings opted to start with Antoine Sibierski up front in preference to Caleb Folan.
It is fair to say that the hosts dominated the vast majority of the game and the only surprise of the evening was that the men in blue and white stripes only won by a single goal. During the opening exchanges both Kevin Kilbane and Jason Koumas hit good efforts over the bar, whilst both Boro forwards, Yakubu and Jeremie Aliadiere, were not on the same wavelength for most of the game.
In the 24th minute Latics should have gone ahead and only a brilliant save by Mark Schwarzer in the Boro goal kept a Koumas free kick from blasting into the top corner of the net. By this time the Boro tackles were flying in thick and fast and referee, Steve Tanner, decided to produce the first card of the evening in the 37th minute for a rash challenge by Tuncay Sanli, who was having a wretched time coping with the pace of Koumas and Landzaat. Once again Koumas swung in the resultant free kick and was unlucky to see Andy Davies head the ball into touch.
The first half ended with Latics in the ascendancy, but they couldn't breach the Boro defence, having said that the Riverside Stadium outfit went into the dressing room relieved not to be at least a goal behind.
Neither manager made any changes at half time and almost immediately Latics went on the attack again. Koumas and Scharner had both missed long range efforts before Sibierski netted the winner in the 55th minute. Luis Antonio Valencia fired a speculative shot at Schwarzer, he failed to hold onto the ball and there was 'Le Sib' to poke home the historic goal, which as well as creating a personal record for the Frenchman, condemned Boro to their first ever Premiership defeat at the JJB Stadium.
From that moment on it's true to say that Latics had the upper hand and how Scharner failed to make the score 2-0 with almost the last kick of the game is a mystery!
WIGAN ATHLETIC, Chris Kirkland, Mario Melchiot, Andreas Granqvist, Titus Bramble, Kevin Kilbane, Luis Antonio Valencia, Paul Scharner, Denny Landzaat, Jason Koumas, Emile Heskey, Antoine Sibierski, (Julius Aghahowa 66). Subs not used, Mike Pollitt, Fitz Hall, David Cotterill, Josip Skoko,
Goal scorers, Antoine Sibierski 55 mins
Booked, Kevin Kilbane
MIDDLESBROUGH, Mark Schwarzer, Andrew Davies, Chris Riggott, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Tuncay Sanli, (Adam Johnson 71), George Boateng, Julio Arca, Stewart Downing, Jeremie Aliadiere, (Lee Cattermole 87) Yakubu, (Dong Gook-Lee 65). Subs not used, Brad Jones, Seb Hines.
Booked, Julio Arca, Adam Johnson, Tuncay Sanli
Referee, Steve Tanner (Somerset)
Attendance, 14,007
Wigan Athletic fans saw history made at the JJB Stadium during this game. When Antoine Sibierski scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 55th minute, he went down in history as the first ever Latics player to score on both his home and away Premiership debuts. Indeed, he is only the third player to achieve the feat since the Blues entered the Football League in 1978, following in the footsteps of Graeme Jones and Nathan Ellington.
Both managers, Chris Hutchings and Gareth Southgate, stuck mainly to the teams that were both beaten four days ago by Everton and Blackburn Rovers respectively. However, although Southgate named an identical line up, Hutchings opted to start with Antoine Sibierski up front in preference to Caleb Folan.
It is fair to say that the hosts dominated the vast majority of the game and the only surprise of the evening was that the men in blue and white stripes only won by a single goal. During the opening exchanges both Kevin Kilbane and Jason Koumas hit good efforts over the bar, whilst both Boro forwards, Yakubu and Jeremie Aliadiere, were not on the same wavelength for most of the game.
In the 24th minute Latics should have gone ahead and only a brilliant save by Mark Schwarzer in the Boro goal kept a Koumas free kick from blasting into the top corner of the net. By this time the Boro tackles were flying in thick and fast and referee, Steve Tanner, decided to produce the first card of the evening in the 37th minute for a rash challenge by Tuncay Sanli, who was having a wretched time coping with the pace of Koumas and Landzaat. Once again Koumas swung in the resultant free kick and was unlucky to see Andy Davies head the ball into touch.
The first half ended with Latics in the ascendancy, but they couldn't breach the Boro defence, having said that the Riverside Stadium outfit went into the dressing room relieved not to be at least a goal behind.
Neither manager made any changes at half time and almost immediately Latics went on the attack again. Koumas and Scharner had both missed long range efforts before Sibierski netted the winner in the 55th minute. Luis Antonio Valencia fired a speculative shot at Schwarzer, he failed to hold onto the ball and there was 'Le Sib' to poke home the historic goal, which as well as creating a personal record for the Frenchman, condemned Boro to their first ever Premiership defeat at the JJB Stadium.
From that moment on it's true to say that Latics had the upper hand and how Scharner failed to make the score 2-0 with almost the last kick of the game is a mystery!
WIGAN ATHLETIC, Chris Kirkland, Mario Melchiot, Andreas Granqvist, Titus Bramble, Kevin Kilbane, Luis Antonio Valencia, Paul Scharner, Denny Landzaat, Jason Koumas, Emile Heskey, Antoine Sibierski, (Julius Aghahowa 66). Subs not used, Mike Pollitt, Fitz Hall, David Cotterill, Josip Skoko,
Goal scorers, Antoine Sibierski 55 mins
Booked, Kevin Kilbane
MIDDLESBROUGH, Mark Schwarzer, Andrew Davies, Chris Riggott, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Tuncay Sanli, (Adam Johnson 71), George Boateng, Julio Arca, Stewart Downing, Jeremie Aliadiere, (Lee Cattermole 87) Yakubu, (Dong Gook-Lee 65). Subs not used, Brad Jones, Seb Hines.
Booked, Julio Arca, Adam Johnson, Tuncay Sanli
Referee, Steve Tanner (Somerset)
Attendance, 14,007
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