Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s live coverage of the Premier League clash between Wigan Athletic and Tottenham Hotspur at the DW Stadium!

Good spell of possession for Tottenham. They are cruising, to be honest. Wigan offering little.

Wigan fail to make the most of Ben Watson's quick free-kick. Bale leads to break and Steve Gohouri trips him up on the halfway line. That's a booking for the Wigan man.

That's Bale's first Premier League goal since New Year's Day, and it gives Spurs a thoroughly deserved two-goal lead.

GOAL!! Modric swings in the corner to the near post and Bale rises to glance his header past Al-Habsi into the far bottom corner!

Caldwell does well to head an awkwardly bouncing cross over the bar for a corner.

Van der Vaart wins a free-kick for Spurs. The Dutch winger has expressed his annoyance at not being included in the club's Europa League squad, but Harry Redknapp has understandable concerns about his fitness.

Bale surges forward but is brought down by James McCarthy on the halfway line. Spurs want a foul but play is waved on. Mohamed Diame gets to the byline but Benoit Assou-Ekotto blocks the pulled-back pass.

Patrick van Aanholt does well stop stop Luka Modric nipping past him on the wing and even wins a throw off the Croatian.

Gareth Bale puts in a decent cross that Walker meets with a header, totally unmarked. The effort goes wide of the far post. In fairness, the cross came in slightly behind him.

With a quarter of an hour gone, Spurs have had 71% of the possession.

For those of you like Si BoroCot asking what has happened to Jermain Defoe, apparently he was struck down with a virus at the team hotel last night.

Jordi Gomez puts in a dangerous delivery that brad Friedel manages to get a fist to before a Wigan player can get their head on it.

Sandro should be booked. Not for that terrible hair, but for a cynical block on Victor Moses as the forward makes headway down the right wing.

Parker is ruling the middle of the park. He is not letting Wigan settle into any kind of rhythm as they try to pass their way through midfield.

Another low attendance at the DW Stadium. The travelling Spurs fans are making themselves heard.

The Latics have won just two of the 12 Premier League games against Spurs (W2 D5 L5), but those have come in the last three meetings at the DW Stadium.

More calamity in the Wigan defence as Al-Habsi's pass out from the area is intercepted bby Parker. The midfielder comes forward and picks out Van der Vaart, but Caldwell makes a vital challenge.

Scott Parker sends Walker away down the right again. The right-back hits abnother low ball to the unmarked Adebayor who hits his first-time shot over the bar! A bad miss from the in-form forward.

Spurs now dominating the possession. When they beat Wigan 9-1 in 2009, it took them nine minutes to open the scoring.

That's Van der Vaart's first league goal of the season, and it all came from Fgueroa's dithering on the ball.

GOAL!! Maynor Figueroa is caught in possession by Emmanuel Adebayor. The Togolese striker pounces and nips around Gary Caldwell and squares the ball to Rafael van der Vaart, and the Dutchman finishes left-footed past Ali Al-Habsi!