BR - The relegation battle is heating up, and heating up fast.
Following Wigan’s 1-0 win against Norwich City and Aston Villa’s 1-2 home loss against Liverpool, both clubs find themselves on 30 points, the joint-second lowest tally with only QPR and Reading, both on 23, beneath them in the table.
Sunderland aren’t too far in front, on 31 after another depressingly listless display against Manchester United on Saturday ended in Martin O’Neill’s sacking and Paolo Di Canio’s hiring.
