Cahill wastes a great chance for an equaliser striking the ball over the bar when he looked certain to score

Three minutes of injury time is added on at the end of the match and Wigan are closing in on a much-needed win

Arteta fires a free-kick in to the Wigan box but the home side clear

Leighton Baines looks like he's coming on for Everton against his former club

Lescott's cross in is poor but it almost catches Kirkland out before the Wigan keeper is fouled anyway

10 minutes plus stoppage time to go and Wigan are comfortable with little coming from Everton as an attacking force

Figueroa escapes a booking after a late foul - Styles looks like he's going to book him but he then decides against it

Cahill goes down in the area under a challenge from Figueroa and wants a penalty but it would have been harsh. Ref Rob Styles awards Wigan a free-kick for an earlier foul he'd spotted anyway

Everton finally come close to an equaliser but Cahill's effort is blocked by Scharner

Yakubu miscontrols the ball down the left and that just about sums Everton's second-half display up so far

Yakubu's shot is over at one end before Valencia stings the palms of Howard at the other - decent stop from the Everton keeper

Still Everton are struggling to create any clear chances as time begins to tick for the Blues

Valenica wastes a decent position on the right opting to shoot well wide when a cross would have been better

Saha can't get his shot in as he tries to stay on his feet in the area

Everton haven't really responded since going behind as yet

Scharner does go off temporarily but is back on and looks set to continue for now

Scharner has picked up a knock and needs treatment - he might be forced to limp out of the action

Wigan just about deserve the lead on the balance of chances so far as again Valencia's cross from the right causes problems but this time Everton can clear

Jagielka has toc come across and slam the ball out of play to halt a Wigan attack

Saha gives away a free-kick early in the second half before Arteta breaks well down the left but his cross is well claimed by Kirkland

From the corner Paul Scharner's effort is saved point-blank by Howard. He may not have known much about it but it was a fine save

Just the one minute of injury time added as Lee Cattermole forces Howard into a fine save, turning his curled shot behind for a corner

Arteta's free-kick is poor and easily claimed by Kirkland

Phil Jagielka has to head the ball back to Howard with Heskey again ready to pounce

Neat build-up play from Everton ends with Phil Neville's cross on the left being blocked

Howard seems to have picked up a knock for Everton but he does well to dive low to stop Bramble's header as Wigan press again

Palacios wastes the best chance of the game so far as he somehow directs his header from inside the six-yard box over the bar

Cahill's looping header has Kirkland scrambling but the ball drops just over the bar

Taylor fires over a good cross but Everton manage to clear as the home crowd belatedly rouse themselves

Yobo has to shepherd the ball back to Howard, holding off Heskey well

There's been a lack of clear chances in the game so far, though, despite plenty of neat football from both sides

Michael Brown tries to curl the ball past Howard but his shot from the edge of the area is well off target. The Wigan man should really have done better there

It's been a ldecent opening quarter to the game with things just about even at the moment. Everton had started the better but Wigan have responded well

Lescott is late on Valencia and Wigan have a free-kick in a dangerous position - Ryan Taylor's effort is well struck but it goes narrowly over the bar

Yakubu is caught offside just as it looked like he was clear on goal

Maynor Figueroa finds some space down the left but his low drive is well held by Howard

A superb counter attack from Everton as Yakubu and Saha combine with the latter forcing Chris Kirkland into a good save - the best moment of the game so far

Cahill sends over a brilliant cross from the right and Yakubu is just inches away from getting his head on it

Better from Wigan finally and, after a few neat passes, Wilson Palacios fires a shot goalwards but it drifts over

It's the visitors who have made the better start to this game at a fairly subdued JJB Stadium

Louis Saha does well down the right and jinks past a few tackles before winning a corner. Mikel Arteta's ball in misses everyone though

Antonio Valencia runs at the Everton defence at pace but eventually he's crowded out

Joleon Lescott's backpass is a bit short for Tim Howard but he manages to blast it clear with Heskey chasing. Everton come forward and Tim Cahill heads over from another corner

Wigan are forced to concede an early corner as Everton press forward

Lee Cattermole seems to have picked up a slight knock in a challenge early on but he looks to be OK