Wigan Athletic vs Bromley - prediction, team news, lineups

Two of League One's relegation-threatened sides volition look disconnected erstwhile Wigan Athletic play big to Bromley connected Saturday afternoon.

The Latics are propping up the League One table, portion Bromley are successful 22nd spot and 2 points adrift from safety. 

Match preview

Wigan are languishing successful 24th presumption aft winning two, drafting 1 and losing 9 of their 12 League One games this term.

In fact, the Latics person mislaid 5 of their erstwhile six league games, including each of their past 3 outings. 

Wigan mislaid connected the roadworthy to Oxford United and Huddersfield Town earlier they fell to a dense 3-0 nonaccomplishment successful Tuesday's clash against Leicester City astatine the King Power Stadium, leaving them 4 points adrift from safety. 

After playing 3 consecutive distant games, Gary Caldwell's broadside volition beryllium looking guardant to returning to the DW Stadium for the archetypal clip since beating Reading 1-0 connected October 14.

The hosts person the accidental to assertion back-to-back location league wins for the archetypal clip since putting unneurotic a three-game winning tally astatine the DW Stadium successful April.

However, their hopes of triumph could beryllium connected whether they tin find a cutting borderline successful the third, considering they are the league's joint-lowest scorers with conscionable 8 goals to their name.

Bromley are competing successful the 3rd tier for the archetypal clip successful their past aft winning the League Two rubric past term.

Andy Woodman was the 1 who led Bromley to 2 promotions successful 3 seasons, but helium became the unfortunate of his ain occurrence erstwhile helium was relieved of his duties earlier this month.

The Bromley hierarchy opted to portion ways with the fashionable manager aft seeing the squad triumph conscionable 2 of their opening 10 league games (D2, L6).

Byron Webster has since taken implicit first-team duties connected an interim basis, overseeing a 1-1 gully against Peterborough earlier his squad slumped to a demoralising 4-1 nonaccomplishment against MK Dons successful midweek.

That effect represented their 5th decision successful six competitory roadworthy trips since claiming their lone distant triumph of the play against Barnsley successful August.

In summation to their distant time struggles, Bromley besides request to tighten up astatine the backmost if they are to person immoderate anticipation of staying successful the division, having shipped 30 goals crossed their 12 league games - 7 much than immoderate different squad successful the 3rd tier. 

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Team News

Wigan midfielder Luke Harris inactive has astatine slightest a period to spell successful his betterment from a hamstring wounded helium sustained astatine the commencement of September.

Caldwell has revealed the midfield duo of Max Power and Ryan Trevitt “might beryllium available”, though helium stopped abbreviated of offering immoderate guarantees of their involvement.

Charlie Gray is backmost from a one-match ban, but Fraser Murray inactive has to service the last crippled of his three-match suspension.

As for Bromley, they are incapable to telephone upon Shamal George, Deonysus Woodman, Chanse Headman and Ashley Charles.

Jodi Jones is successful contention for a callback aft dropping retired of the starting lineup for Tuesday’s decision to MK Dons.

Webster is apt to persist with the beforehand 2 of Michael Cheek and Victor Adeboyejo, though Nicke Kabamba is an enactment if helium decides to freshen up his guardant line.

Wigan Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Whitworth; Barrett, Burns, Carragher, Fox, Mellish; Weir, Walsh, Burrowes; Costello, Hogan

Bromley imaginable starting lineup:

Smith; Jackson, Grant, Pinnock; Jones, Conteh, Saville, Hondermarck, Pinnock; Cheek, Adeboyejo

We say: Wigan Athletic 2-1 Bromley

Wigan whitethorn person mislaid their past 3 matches, but they were palmy successful their astir caller location outing, and we deliberation they volition prime up 3 important points successful Saturday's contest, particularly arsenic Bromley person mislaid 3 consecutive distant league games. 

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