Premier League: West Brom 2 Wigan 2

West Bromwich Albion and Wigan settled for a point apiece in a lively 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns on Tuesday.

Despite Peter Odemwingie’s early opener the hosts trailed by half-time courtesy of free kicks from Wigan’s Charles N’Zogbia and Ben Watson, only for Marc-Antoine Fortune to climb off the bench and grab Albion an honourable draw eleven minutes from time.

The result might keep them in the thick of the relegation mire but both teams will be happy to have claimed something from the game.

Less than five minutes in, Jerome Thomas received the ball in the centre circle and threaded a perfect pass through to Odemwingie whose well-timed run allowed for a simple finish past the onrushing Ali Al Habsi.

Albion looked confident until the visitors struck against the run of play with a 20th minute equaliser.

Yousouff Mulumbu was culpable in fouling N’Zogbia just outside the area and then deflecting the Wigan winger’s resulting free kick past Boaz Myhill.

Myhill suffered contrasting fortunes just before the break as first he blocked N’Zogbia excellent close range effort before allowing Watson’s aimless in-swinging free kick to drift in to his far corner to gift Wigan the lead.

An opening half that had begun with Albion full of bright and inventive attacking play ended with their frailty to both indiscipline and set pieces around the box fully exposed.

Despite trailing, Albion began the second half as positively as they had the first with Thomas trying his luck without success as Wigan opted for quick counter attacks.

Chris Brunt saw his late snap shot hit the frame of the goal before Fortune met Thomas’ centre at the near post to snatch a draw.