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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Burnley at Turf Moor on Tuesday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Latics have beating their opponents 5 times from 8 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Division One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 14 Sep | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Burnley | 0 - 2 | Wigan Ath. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 19 Feb | Burnley | 0 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 07 Dec | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 1 | Burnley | AM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 27 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 1 | Burnley | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Mon 03 May | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Burnley | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Burnley are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The Latics have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Latics's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Burnley's 33 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Wigan Ath. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 47 points from the 25 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burnley | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Latics could well see them head back from Turf Moor with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burnley | Won 3 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 12 . |
| Wigan Ath. | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |