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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Birmingham City at St. Andrew's on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. While the majority of previous matches have ended up drawn, a win has yet to be registered by Latics.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in January 2006, with Birmingham C. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Birmingham C. | 2 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 1991/1992 | Tue 28 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 3 - 0 | Birmingham C. | LGE1 |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 19 Oct | Birmingham C. | 3 - 3 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 05 Feb | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 22 Sep | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 1 | Birmingham C. | LGE1 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 17 Feb | Birmingham C. | 0 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Birmingham City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Wigan Ath. is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Latics have hit 5 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Birmingham C. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 10 matches. Wigan Ath. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Birmingham C. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Blues, as the Latics have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Birmingham C. | 5 games since last home draw. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Wigan Ath. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 8 most recent games. |