EXTRA GEAR WITH HOGAN

Possession Shots On Target Shots Off Target Blocked Shots Corners Fouls Conceded Offsides Yellow Cards Red Cards fit-again £15million striker Hogan along with Henri Lansbury to tip the game their way.

And Bruce insists the sky’s the limit as he adds to an alreadywinning formula. “To be fair to the lads who’ve been playing they’ve done great for us,” he said.

“We’ve had nine or 10 players missing and we’ve still managed to win five out of six. A big pat on the back to them, but it is nice we’ve got some big players coming back. We’ve 35% 65% 1 3 3 6 5 8 3 5 18 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 got an international break and the big worry is whether they will all come back unscathed.”

Wigan were left to rue a failure to convert a couple of decent chances when they were on top at 0-0, with Bruce left to thank goalkeeper Sam Johnstone – on loan from Manchester United – for keeping the home side out.

Wigan interim boss Graham Barrow, who took over from the sacked Warren Joyce on Monday, was not displeased with what Possession Shots On Target Shots Off Target Blocked Shots Corners Fouls Conceded Offsides Yellow Cards Red Cards 56% 44% 6 3 6 3 3 2 9 7 11 14 4 3 1 2 0 0 he saw from his side. He said: “The last few days have been a bit hectic and I woke up this morning with all sorts of things going through my head. But there was a satisfaction about being in the game for so long.

“Then it was the old sucker punch, and we only have ourselves to blame – for the first goal especially. Why we switched off so much, I don’t know.”