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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Foxes in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Wigan Ath. however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Latics, and 4 goals against.
Leicester City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 49 points from their 40 matches. Wigan Ath. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 79 points from the 42 games they have played so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Wigan Ath. are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Leicester City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Wigan Ath. | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |