EPL 29/1/2008 - Middlesbrough vs Wigan

Woodgate is gone, Downing will be the next. You wonder what will happen next to Middlesbrough in this live commentary and play by play soccer match between the two English Premier League teams in Boro and Wigan. Both are fighting relegation worries as usual every season in the EPL, but Middlesbrough appears to be losing players at a rate that Derby is procuring (but still losing) and key players to boot. Would this spell relegation and more trouble ahead for the team under Gareth Southgate? It might not be so, as Southgate seems to have made some judgement on whether his team has enough capable replacements before allowing the transfers to go ahead. He also believes that players like Robert Huth and Pogatetz have enough quality to keep Boro up and since he has been touted as possible England coach in the future, who can doubt him?

Wigan on the other hand might still be smarting from the live commentary and radio broadcast FA Cup match over the weekend when they lost in unfortunate circumstances to Chelsea. Chelsea were not much better than Wigan, but alas Wigan does not have a Nicolas Anelka they only have an Emile Heskey not exactly your idea of a world class striker even if he has played for England (and maybe scored the one goal) and when your team is coached by Steve Bruce you do not expect too many goal scoring chances so any chance you get you have to score. But Heskey needs 10 chances to score half a goal, and that is one reason why they lost to Chelsea and are still facing a relegation battle.

It is hard to see beyond a draw in this live commentary and TV telecast soccer match in the English Premier League between Middlesbrough and Wigan. However, with Middlesbrough at home, and knowing they have to step up to beat the average and lesser teams in the EPL to have a more comfortable ride to the end of the season, Wigan might face a barrage of attacks on their goal. So while it is hard to see Wigan getting anything from this game, it is easier to see Middlesbrough walking away with all three points in this English Premier League live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match.