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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Crewe Alexandra at The Alexandra Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Latics will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2003, with Wigan Ath. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Railwaymen in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 25 Feb | Crewe Alex. | 0 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 02 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LD2 |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 23 Aug | Wigan Ath. | 3 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | LC |
| 1994/1995 | Tue 16 Aug | Crewe Alex. | 2 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | LC |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 19 Apr | Crewe Alex. | 4 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | LD3 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 02 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 2 | Crewe Alex. | LD3 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 23 Mar | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 0 | Crewe Alex. | DIV3 |
Recent respective form guides
Crewe Alexandra are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Railwaymen, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Crewe Alex., Wigan Ath. are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. Latics have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Crewe Alex.'s 32 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Wigan Ath.'s total of 38 points from their 23 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crewe Alex. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Railwaymen, as the Latics have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crewe Alex. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Wigan Ath. | Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |