Fulham secured their first away victory of the season with a 2-0 win at Wigan's DW Stadium, to leave the Latics bottom of the league table.
The hosts dominated the game and created plenty of chances but were unable to hit the target, and when they did they were denied by Mark Schwarzer and the frame of the goal.
The visitors opened the scoring just before half time thanks to Clint Dempsey, the American latching onto a low cross from Bobby Zamora to tap home his third goal of the season.
They sealed the win with three minutes remaining through Mousa Dembele's low strike.
Both managers kept faith in the sides that lost in their last league outing. Wigan welcomed back James McCarthy and Franco Di Santo to their matchday squad in place of Hendry Thomas and Jordi Gomez, whilst Shaun Maloney had to wait for his first start for the Latics.
Martin Jol called Pajtim Kasami and Matthew Briggs onto his subs bench in place of Aaron Hughes who picked up an injury in training on Thursday, and youngster Karim Frei.
The opening chance of the game came in the 15th minute through the impressive Wigan midfielder David Jones.
Victor Moses was the creator with a neat chipped cross to Hugo Rodallega, and the Colombian combined with Albert Crusat before the ball rolled into the path of Jones. From the edge of the area the former Wolves man controlled the ball and fired a left foot shot towards the top corner but Schwarzer saved easily.
The home side began to dominate possession and were clearly growing in confidence as the game went on and minutes later an outrageous effort from Rodallega nearly opened the scoring. Another Boyce right wing cross found the Colombian on the penalty spot, he met it with an overhead kick but it sailed well over Schwarzer’s crossbar.
Two minutes later, the Australian goalkeeper was called into action and he made a fine save to deny Ben Watson. A great run from Maynor Figueroa ended with a rolled ball into Crusat, his cross was headed down to Watson but his volley from the edge of the area was brilliantly tipped over by Schwarzer. From the resulting corner Gary Caldwell had a free header but put it over the bar.
With the half coming to a close Fulham had their first sighting of the Wigan goal and they took the lead against the run of play. Danny Murphy released Bobby Zamora on the left, there was a suspicion of offside but the striker continued into the area and rolled a low cross into the centre of the goal and Dempsey put the ball into the back of the net to give the visitors the lead at the break.
The first real chance of the second period fell to Moses in the 54th minute. The winger held off John Arne Riise to get onto a header from Boyce before unleashing a sensational volley from 25 yards which beat Schwarzer but crashed against the bar. The rebound fell to Rodallega but he was given offside by the assistant referee.
With three minutes remaining Fulham secured all three points through Dembele. The Belgian raced unchallenged from inside the Wigan half, he evaded one defender before side footing a shot past Al Habsi and into the bottom corner of the net to seal the win for the Cottagers with his first goal of the season.