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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Arsenal at Highbury on Sunday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Latics lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Arsenal and Wigan Ath. at was earlier this season, the Gunners carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in an League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 24 Jan | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 10 Jan | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 19 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 2.
Wigan Ath. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Latics have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Arsenal find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 64 points they have accumulated from 37 games. Wigan Ath.'s 51 points from 37 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Wigan Ath. not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Arsenal will ease to victory over the Latics. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Wigan Ath. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |