Tony Mowbray has warned Sunderland must not let down their guard against struggling Wigan Athletic tonight - insisting the Latics are better than recent results suggest. The Black Cats round out 2022 as they take on Wigan at the DW Stadium, with new Wigan boss Kolo Toure looking for his first victory at the fourth time of asking since taking over at the end of November.
The Latics sit next-to-bottom of the Championship with just one win in their last 11 games - a run that stretches back well before Toure's arrival. Wigan lost 4-1 at Middlesbrough on Boxing Day but Mowbray has watched the video of that game and says the Lancashire outfit were much better than the scoreline suggests.
"Having watched them get beaten 4-1 at the Riverside on Monday, they were miles better than a 4-1 defeat," said Mowbray. "They had 17 shots at goal, they pressed Middlesbrough really well, they were a threat, yet Ryan Giles for Middlesbrough put in some amazing crosses into the box with his left foot and [Chuba] Akpom scored a hat-trick.
