Wigan Athletic vs AFC Wimbledon - prediction, team news, lineups

Wigan Athletic are acceptable to big AFC Wimbledon astatine the Brick Community Stadium connected Saturday day successful League One, with the visitors hopeless for a triumph to assistance them successful their combat to debar relegation.

Meanwhile, the hosts volition beryllium pleased with their caller signifier arsenic they person won 3 of their past 4 fixtures.

Match preview

Wigan volition beryllium playing for pridefulness for the remainder of the season, fixed determination is nary accidental they tin beryllium promoted oregon relegated, arsenic they beryllium 14th successful the division.

The Latics lone person 2 games remaining, and they volition beryllium looking to unafraid maximum points to spot if they tin ascent further up the table.

Fans of the hosts volition beryllium assured coming into this game, arsenic they person mislaid conscionable 1 of their 7 league games against AFC Wimbledon, winning each of their past 3 successful succession.

Wigan are unbeaten crossed their past 5 league games, keeping cleanable sheets successful each of their past two, but they person not kept 3 successful succession since April 2025.

Wimbledon are playing for their League One lives crossed the last mates of weeks successful the season, arsenic they person 2 fixtures to guarantee they are playing successful this part adjacent season.

The visitors presently beryllium 20th successful the league and are presently 2 points supra Exeter City, who inhabit a spot successful the relegation zone.

Fans whitethorn beryllium opening to wound their nails astir their chances of survival, arsenic they person not won a lucifer since March 11, gaining lone 1 constituent since that broad 4-1 triumph implicit Blackpool.

They person mislaid their past six league fixtures, and they whitethorn request a crook of form, arsenic Exeter person managed to gain 5 points successful their past 3 matches.

There volition besides beryllium a interest due to the fact that Wimbledon person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six distant league games against sides from Greater Manchester, a tally which has seen them neglect to people successful each lucifer since a 2-1 triumph astatine Rochdale successful October 2022.

Wigan Athletic League One form:

L D W W W D

AFC Wimbledon League One form:

L L L L L L 

Team News

Wigan volition beryllium disquieted astir the fittingness of Ryan Trevitt, who was forced to permission the transportation successful their goalless gully with Port Vale past weekend, with Gary Caldwell incapable to marque a change, having already utilized each 5 of his substitutes.

The hosts volition besides beryllium keeping a adjacent oculus connected the fittingness of Callum Wright, who went down with an contented and, portion not substituted immediately, did permission the transportation not excessively agelong aft this problem.

Meanwhile, Wimbledon volition apt beryllium without Ryan Johnson, Joe Lewis, Miles Hippolyte and Omar Bugiel, who, portion they are looking to instrumentality to assistance successful the relegation battle, did not diagnostic past play owed to injury.

The visitors volition besides beryllium monitoring the fittingness of Layton Stewart, who went down injured successful the archetypal fractional of their nonaccomplishment to Plymouth past play earlier being withdrawn aft the interval.

Wigan Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Tickle; Carragher, Aimson, Fox; Borges Rodrigues, Weir, Smith, Murray, Saydee; Taylor, Costello

AFC Wimbledon imaginable starting lineup:

Bishop; Ogundere, Johnson, Seddon; Reeves, Tilley, Smith, Maycock, Asiimwe; Nkeng, Hackford

We say: Wigan Athletic 1-1 AFC Wimbledon

Wigan are successful good signifier and volition beryllium looking to decorativeness this play arsenic beardown arsenic possible; however, Wimbledon are warring for their lives to stay successful the 3rd tier of English football, truthful this should beryllium an absorbing matter with thing to divided them.

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