Source: Northern_Echo
Welbeck forms part of unchanged Sunderland team
DANNY WELBCK has shrugged off a hamstring problem and has been included in Sunderland's unchanged starting line-up against Wigan Athletic.[LNB] There had been doubts about the striker's fitness after being forced off during last weekend's defeat at Birmingham City, but he partners Asamoah Gyan this afternoon.[LNB] Sunderland manager Steve Bruce knows all about the importance of this fixture, with four points separating the Black Cats with the ourth from bottom Latics.[LNB] There is a place on the bench for young midfielder David Meyler, while former Newcastle winger and Bruce target Charles N'Zogbia starts for Wigan.[LNB]SUNDERLAND (4-4-2): Mignolet; Elmohamady, Onuoha, Turner, Bardsley; Henderson, Cattermole, Colback, Sessegnon; Welbeck, Gyan. Subs: Carson (gk), Zenden, Malbranque, Riveros, Muntari, Meyler, Ferdinand.WIGAN ATHLETIC (4-4-2): Al-Habsi; Boyce, Caldwell, Alcaraz, Gohouri; N'Zogbia, Watson, McCarthy, Diame, Cleverley; Rodallega. Subs: Kirkland (gk), Thomas, Di Santo, Moses, Gomez, Sammon, Stam.
