Preview: Mansfield Town vs. Wigan Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

Wigan Athletic volition caput to the One Call Stadium for Saturday's FA Cup third-round necktie against chap League One broadside Mansfield Town.

The Stags are looking to scope the 4th circular for the archetypal clip since 2007-08, portion the visitors are hoping to scope the adjacent signifier for the archetypal clip since 2021-22.

Match preview

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Mansfield are looking guardant to making their archetypal third-round quality successful 3 years aft successfully negotiating the archetypal 2 rounds of this season's competition.

The Stags kicked disconnected their cupful run with a ascendant 4-0 distant triumph implicit non-league Curzon Ashton, earlier they edged retired Stevenage via a 1-0 scoreline successful November's clash astatine the Lamex Stadium.

Nigel Clough's broadside volition transportation important momentum into their third-round fixture aft winning 4 of their erstwhile 5 matches, including back-to-back victories successful their past 2 matches.

Mansfield recorded a constrictive 2-1 location triumph implicit Bolton Wanderers, earlier they repeated that scoreline successful past Saturday's distant clash against Stockport County, leaving them successful ninth place and 4 points adrift of the League One playoffs.

The Stags volition beryllium looking to proceed their good signifier by beating Wigan for the 2nd clip this play aft signaling a 2-1 triumph successful October's travel to the DW Stadium.

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In opposition to their hosts, Wigan volition caput into the play disconnected the backmost of a mates of mediocre results against 2 promotion contenders.

The Latics finished 2024 with a constrictive 2-1 distant decision against Wrexham, earlier they fell to a dense 3-0 nonaccomplishment successful past Saturday's location gathering with Birmingham City.

As a effect of those 2 defeats, Shaun Maloney's broadside are near sitting successful 17th position, with 7 points separating them from the bottommost four.

Wigan volition enactment their underwhelming league run connected clasp to absorption connected their FA Cup campaign, with the Latics competing successful the 3rd circular aft claiming an extra-time triumph against Carlisle United and Cambridge United.

The visitors are looking to debar a 3rd consecutive exit astatine this signifier of the contention aft losing to Luton Town and Manchester United successful the past 2 third-round ties.

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Team News

Mansfield defender Alfie Kilgour could beryllium brought backmost into the lineup aft featuring arsenic a half-time substitute against Stockport.

Louis Reed is besides pushing for a recall, with the 27-year-old successful contention to diagnostic successful the mediate of the parkland with Hiram Boateng and Aaron Lewis.

Experienced guardant Lee Gregory is acceptable to marque a 3rd consecutive commencement aft scoring successful Mansfield's past 2 matches.

As for the visitors, they are expected to beryllium without Tyrese Francois, Baba Adeeko, Matt Smith, Dion Rankine and Luke Chambers.

January summation Joseph Hungbo came disconnected the seat to marque his debut against Birmingham, and helium could beryllium fixed the accidental to marque his archetypal commencement for the nine successful the FA Cup third-round tie.

Forward Will Goodwin could diagnostic successful the matchday squad aft arriving connected indebtedness from Championship broadside Oxford.

Mansfield Town imaginable starting lineup:
Pym; Bowery, Kilgour, Cargill; Hewitt, Boateng, Reed, Lewis, Blake-Tracy; Evans, Gregory

We say: Mansfield Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic

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