James Hayter and Wade Elliott both notched their fourth goals of the season as Cherries saw off big-spending Wigan at the Avenue Stadium last night.

Hayter opened the scoring after 14 minutes with a fierce low drive into the bottom corner before Elliott condemned the Latics in injury time.

Both Hayter and Elliott also netted in Friday's 3-2 win over Oldham and this victory has seen Sean O'Driscoll's side move further up the Division 2 table.

Cherries manager Sean O'Driscoll made two tactical changes to his starting line-up, drafting in Garreth O'Connor and Chukki Eribenne in place of Narada and James Ford who were both relegated to the substitute's bench.

Wigan made the early running and Cherries were thankful to Karl Broadhurst for his last-ditch tackle on Steve McMillan in the seventh minute.

Just seconds later, the Latics' appeal for a penalty fell on deaf ears when Jason Tindall's strong challenge on Lee Ashcroft saw the Wigan striker go to ground inside the box.

But after weathering the brief early storm, Cherries proceeded to dominate for long periods in the opening half.

A well-worked corner routine in the 13th minute saw Wade Elliott's rising drive tipped over the crossbar by Wigan goalkeeper Stewart Kerr.

But a minute later, Kerr was powerless to prevent Cherries taking a deserved lead when James Hayter finished a superb move by firing a low right foot drive into the bottom corner.

Hayter then turned provider for Eribenne who let fly with a fierce left foot drive from the edge of the box which flashed just past the post.

Loan star Derek Holmes then almost caught Kerr unawares with an auspicious 35-yard lob which the Wigan goalkeeper was forced to punch over the bar.

Eribenne, booked after 32 minutes for a heavy challenge on McMillan, then had a header saved following good work on the right by Carl Fletcher. At the start of the second half, Wigan captain de Zeeuw was booked after going through the back of Cherries goalscorer Hayter.

Kerr then saved Elliott's cross-cum-shot and was quickly off his line to beat Holmes to Brian Stock's through ball.

Wigan mounted a dangerous attack after 53 minutes when Tony Dinning swept the ball to Paul Dalglish on the right, but the son of former Liverpool and Scotland star Kenny was denied by Howe's brave block.

Broadhurst became the third name in referee Lee Cable's notebook for throwing the ball away and was followed by McMillan who fouled Hayter.

After 75 minutes ,Eribenne came close to grabbing a second goal for Cherries when his thunderous left foot effort was superbly tipped over the crossbar by Kerr following a goal-mouth scramble.

Wigan substitute Simon Haworth then tried his luck with a speculative effort from the edge of the box which went over the crossbar before McMillan's cross into the danger area was cleared by Cherries defender Tindall.

In the closing seconds, Bournemouth finally killed off Wigan when they grabbed a second goal.

Substitute Willie Huck chased what appeared to be a lost cause in the corner and when his cross went into the six yard box, Wigan midfielder Peter Kennedy lifted the ball invitingly into the path of Elliott who poked it home from close range for a deserved 2-0 win.