Riga drags his shot wide. That's it. All over. Poor display from Wanderers.
So close! Shittu heads against the crossbar.
Brown. Zaki
Three minutes injury time for Wanderers to save it!
90 - Steinsson's hooks over after Pollitt flapped at Taylor's corner.
87 Obadeyi (Wanderers) and Kilbane (Wigan). Gardner and Taylor.
81 Cattermole (on Muamba).
80 - Bramble headed inches over his own bar from Taylor's inswinging corner.
69 - Taylor shoots disappointingly at Pollitt after Steinsson picks him out with a low cross in the area.
65 Muamba and Riga. Nolan and Samuel.
64 - Pollitt denies Elmander with his feet and then Davies' follow-up effort clips the outside of the post.
57 - Shittu's back in the action. This time throwing himself in front of Bramble's goal-bound attempt.
54 - Controversy! Shittu's header from Taylor's corner is cleared off the line by Palacios with the Wanderers players adamant it was over the line.
46 - The second half is underway. And Wanderers will need a much better 45 minutes if they are to end 2008 on a high.
45 - Nolan and Gardner get in each others way after Bramble misjudged Steinsson's long ball into the box.
44 Zaki sends Jaaskelainen the wrong way from the spot.
43 - Penalty! O'Brien bundles over Camara as the striker looks to get on the end of Palacios' cross.
42 - Jaaskelainen comes to Bolton's rescue again when he saves low down from Cattermole - and then is grateful Bramble's effort is straight at him.
36 - McCann's volley is deflected by Taylor wide with Wanderers players appealing for handball.
34 - Camara nearly scores with his first touch after Nolan gives the ball away but Jaaskelainen makes a fine finger-tip save to keep out the substitute's curling effort.
33 Camara. Heskey.
30 Palacios (on Steinsson).
28 Steinsson (on Zaki).
26 - Jaaskelainen saves with his feet from Heskey after another Shittu blunder.
24 - Nolan volleys over from 25 yards.
23 - Wanderers receive a major let-off when Shittu brings down Heskey just inside the penalty area but the referee, incredibly, waves away the big striker's protests.
18 R Taylor (dissent).
17 - Davies really should have given Bolton the lead but the striker took an eternity and allowed Scharner to get back and make the challenge after the defender had failed to cut out Elmander's cross.
15 - O'Brien blocks Zaki's effort after the Wigan striker pounced on Steinsson's mistake.
12 - Superb Wanderers move but Taylor blazes over from 25 yards after Elmander cleverly heads Gardner's cross into his path.
6 Nolan (on Palacios).
4 - Scrappy start at the Reebok with both sides conceding free-kicks in dangerous positions which come to nothing.
1 - We're off.
Team news: Kevin Davies is back after being left out in the Boxing Day defeat against Liverpool. Fabrice Muamba makes way while Danny Shittu comes in for the injured Gary Cahill.
Wanderers: Jaaskelainen, Nolan (Muamba 65), Gardner, M Taylor, Shittu, Elmander, McCann, Samuel (Riga 65), A O’Brien, Davies, Steinsson. Subs not used: Al Habsi, Smolarek, Basham, Obadeyi, Muamba, Fojut.
Wigan: Pollitt, Melchiot, Heskey (Camara 33), Figueroa, Bramble, Zaki, Valencia, R Taylor, Palacios, Scharner, Cattermole. Subs not used: Kingson, Boyce, Kilbane, Brown, Koumas, De Ridder.
Referee: Phil Dowd
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