Wigan vs Southampton as it happened: FA Cup quarter-final
Match report: Mark Hughes gets Southampton tenure off to winning start Five things we learned from Wigan 0-2 Southampton
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Your support makes all the difference.Giant-killers Wigan Athletic of the third tier, who eliminated Manchester City in the fifth round, bid to continue their dream FA Cup run against a relegation-threatened Southampton side looking to find form under newly appointed manager Mark Hughes.
Following the sacking of Mauricio Pellegrino on Monday evening, Hughes was appointed this week and took charge of his first training session on Thursday ahead of this tie.
He has been tasked with keeping Southampton in the Premier League, so this could be seen as the perfect opening match for him to assess his players with the pressure off and the potential of a morale-boosting place in the FA Cup semi-finals at stake.
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3: Jacobs drives forward on the left win for Wigan and Cedic just about deals with it. It's been a scrappy start and that could set the tone of the game.
4: Wigan win a corner which falls to Morsy on the edge of the area, he heads the ball onto Massey who slices a left-footed volley over the bar.
9: Southampton are struggling to keep the ball in an orderly fashion. When they get the ball, lofted passes are pumped towards Carrilo and Gabbiadini who are either offside or unable to hold up the ball.
11: Boufal curls in a cross from the right which Walton tries to claim in the air but the goalkeeper spills it into Carrilo's path. The forward tries a limp effort to loft the ball over him but it was easily caught. There was a crowd of players in the way too so probably not the best option.
13: Grigg receives the ball in the area, turns Stephens and shoots from an angle, the effort is blocked and Wigan win a corner. Power's delivery is punched away by McCarthy.
15: Big chance! Burn's deflected shot rolls past the face of goal and Dunkley can't get a touch as the ball dribbles agonisingly across the six yard box for another corner. That's the kind of chance you would really rather not fall to your centre back, he swings a leg at the ball but misses it. A more composed player scores there.
19: Great feet on the edge of the box opens space for Lemina to shoot who curls a left-footed effort high and wide. 'Short on confidence' is the phrase which comes to mind when watching Southampton's attacking players.
20: Mark Hughes has spent the majority of the opening 20 minutes on the touchline barking orders.
20: Another big chance for Wigan is wasted. Massey's cross towards Grigg falls to Roberts who pokes at the ball and tries to chip McCarthy with a weird-looking finish which goes over.
The two best chances of the game have gone to the League One side and Mark Hughes has work to do because it's not obvious who the Premier League side are.
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