West Bromwich Albion rescued a point with a late leveller in this battle of the cellar dwellers. Wigan remain in the relegation places but they came within 11 minutes of not only pulling clear of the drop zone but of pulling level with their opponents.
Yet it was the Albion who took an early lead thanks to the pace of Peter Odemwingie but it was the Latics who ended the half the strongest and silenced the home supporters with two goals from set pieces.
Charles N'Zogbia and Ben Watson were the free kick specialists helped by slight deflections on the way.
Albion's recent form of one win in seven did not augur well for the second half yet the Latics record of winning only once in the league since November must have given the host's hope of salvaging something.
The Baggies piled forward after the break - Marc-Antoine Fortune hit the post before heading the equaliser from Jerome Thomas's cross with Jonas Olsson almost heading a winner in a frantic five minutes of added time.
Referee: Phil Dowd
Venue: The Hawthorns Attendance:
West Brom scorers: Odemwingie 5, Fortune 79 Wigan scorers: N'Zogbia 20, Watson 43
WEST BROM 13 Myhill 03 Olsson 04 Cech 36 Jara (yellow card) (Reid 77) 11 Brunt (yellow card) 14 Thomas 21 Mulumbu (yellow card) 33 Scharner 18 Vela (Tchoyi 58) 24 Odemwingie (yellow card) 31 Cox (Fortune 65)
Substitutes 01 Carson, 06 Pablo, 20 Shorey, 05 Tchoyi, 07 Morrison, 12 Reid, 28 Fortune
WIGAN 26 Al Habsi 02 Gohouri (yellow card) 05 G Caldwell 17 Boyce 31 Figueroa (S Caldwell (70yellow card) 04 McCarthy (Thomas (62yellow card) 08 Watson (yellow card) 10 N'Zogbia 21 Diame 07 Di Santo (Moses 76) 20 Rodallega (yellow card)
Substitutes 12 Pollitt, 13 S Caldwell, 23 Stam, 06 Thomas, 11 Moses, 14 Gomez, 16 McArthur
