West Ham 3 Wigan 2

In the third minute Kovac gave the ball away in midfield, Wigan broke forward and won a corner. From the corner the ball bounced off Spector in the six yard box to give Wigan an early lead.

In the ninth minute Ilan played Cole clear into the Wigan penalty area, Cole took the ball around Kirland but pushed the ball a little wide, he shot towards goal but Caldwell got back to clear the ball off the line.

In the 30th minute McCarthy tried a powerful 25 yard effort that Green managed to tip against the bar at full stretch. West Ham then broke forward, Ilan passed to Cole who drove into the penalty area, crossed the ball low across the seven yard box and Ilan ran in to grab the equaliser.

Four minutes into added time at the end of the half Cole was fouled 28 yards from the Wigan goal. From the freekick Noble curled the ball brilliantly to the top-left of the goal. Kirkland did well to get a hand to it but the ball rebounded to Kovac who headed home more or less from on the goal line.


In took Wigan just seven minutes into the second half to get an equaliser. Wigan fired another corner from the left into the six yard box where Rodallega arrived to chest the ball home from four yards. In the 58th minute Wigan won a freekick on the edge of the West Ham penalty area wide left. From the freekick N'Zogbia fired it in low and Green did well to save it at full stretch diving to his right.

In the 65th minute a Kovac header from a corner from 8 yards out looped goalwards and rebounded off the crossbar. In the 70th minute Franco came on for Ilan. In the 75th minute Parker scored a screamer from 27 yards after Franco had cushioned a nice header into his path.

In the 86th minute Wigan won a freekick 30 yrds from the West Ham goal in the centre of the pitch. Watson hit the kick straight at Green in goal. In the 89th minute Bramble tried to catch Green off his line with a long shot from his own half. Luckily, with Green caught out of position, the ball flew a few yards over the bar.

With Hull losing today it looks like West Ham might just have bought themselves another year in the Premier League.