FA Cup: Wigan oust West Ham, Swans held

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Wigan's Will Grigg scores opening goal in FA Cup tie vs West Ham Getty

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League One high-fliers Wigan produced a blistering performance to dump Premier League side West Ham out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at the DW Stadium.

Wigan started at high speed and led after less than 10 minutes when Northern Ireland striker Will Grigg thundered in a header.

The visitors suffered a setback when Pedro Obiang was stretchered off after a strong challenge from Wigan's Max Power, and were down to 10 men early in the second period when Arthur Masuaku spat at Power and was shown a red card.

Wigan soon doubled their lead when Grigg fired home from the penalty spot after West Ham's Reece Burke was adjudged to have handled.

Southampton made it a tough first match in charge of Watford for Javi Gracia, with a Jack Stephens goal -- his first for the club -- after only four minutes proving enough for a 1-0 win on the south coast.

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Swansea were held 1-1 at League Two high-fliers Notts County, who equalised after the break through striker Jon Stead, cancelling out Luciano Narsingh's strike moments before half-time.

Huddersfield drew 1-1 at home to Championship Birmingham despite taking the through Steve Mounie's first-half header. Lukas Jutkiewicz scored the leveller after the break when defender Michael Hefele lost the ball on the edge of his own area.

A much-changed Brighton side won 1-0 at Middlesbrough thanks to a Glenn Murray goal in a game low on quality and chances, while Nottingham Forest, who knocked Arsenal out in round three, were beaten 2-1 at Hull City.

Meanwhile, League Two Coventry won 1-0 at League One MK Dons, League Two Rochdale were denied late on by Millwall in a 2-2 draw at the Den and a Billy Sharp penalty gave Sheffield United a 1-0 victory over Preston at Bramall Lane.

In the day's early game, Leicester City strolled to a 5-1 victory at League One Peterborough.