Wigan Athletic v Charlton Athletic preview

Wigan
By Neil Gunner
November 10 2006

Record signing Emile Heskey is a major doubt for Wigan tomorrow(Saturday)after suffering a groin strain in the fantastic late win over Bolton last weekend.

Wigan have Gary Teale (hamstring) out, so last week's match-winner Lee McCulloch and Wales international David Cotterill are expected to step into the healm.

Charlton meanwhile have winger Dennis Rommedahl (groin) currently with a 50/50 chance of playing, while Djimi Traore, Gonzalo Sorondo, Cory Gibbs and Kevin Lisbie are out.


Probable Teams :

Wigan : Kirkland, Filan, Boyce, Webster, Jackson, De Zeeuw, Baines, Cotterill, Landzaat, Scharner, Kilbane, Heskey, McCulloch, Camara, Johansson, Valencia, Todorov.


Charlton : Carson, Young, Hreidarsson, El Karkouri, Diawara, Rommedahl, Faye, Reid, Kishishev, Holland, Hughes, M Bent, Hasselbaink, D Bent, Andersen, Fortune, Ambrose, Thomas, Pouso.

WIGAN ATHLETIC and Charlton are at opposite ends of the bottom half of the Premiership table, yet both are unbeaten in three League games without conceding a goal, having come off lengthy winless wins. But while the Addicks have drawn two of their last three, the Latics have won all three.
Henri Camara bagged a hat trick when these clubs met at the JJB on 17 December 2005.

Referee :

Dermot Gallagher (Banbury, Oxfordshire)



Match Prediction : Wigan 1 Charlton 0