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Wigan Ath. face a trip to Stoke City at Britannia Stadium on Tuesday evening, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The Latics have lost on no less than 6 of the 9 visits.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2004, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 04 Jan | Stoke City | 3 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | FAC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 26 Jan | Stoke City | 2 - 2 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 13 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 6 - 1 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 27 Jan | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Dec | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 1 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Stoke 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, 5 to 4.
The Latics have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Latics, and 3 goals against.
Stoke City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 24 points from their 16 games so far. Wigan Ath. are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 16 games giving them a return of 36 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Wigan Ath. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Stoke City | 4 games since last home draw. |
| Wigan Ath. | Undefeated in last 6 away games. Won each of the previous 5 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |