Wigan Athletic vs Stockport County - prediction, team news, lineups

Wigan Athletic volition beryllium targeting a 2nd consecutive triumph erstwhile they invited Stockport County for Saturday's League One encounter. 

Meanwhile, the Hatters were looking to bounce backmost from their midweek decision distant to Luton Town. 

Match preview

Wigan made a mediocre commencement to the League One season, losing 3 consecutive matches, including back-to-back defeats without scoring against Leyton Orient and AFC Wimbledon.

The Latics yet got connected the committee with a much-needed 3-1 triumph against newly-promoted MK Dons connected Wednesday.

Jensen Weir netted a brace alongside a Max Power effort to occurrence Wigan to their archetypal league triumph of the season.

The triumph moved Gary Caldwell's broadside disconnected the bottommost of the table, but they remain successful the bottommost three connected extremity difference.

Wigan volition present beryllium targeting a 2nd consecutive triumph and their archetypal cleanable expanse of the play aft conceding successful each six of their competitory games.

However, their hopes of triumph whitethorn beryllium tempered by the information that they person won conscionable 1 of their erstwhile six competitory meetings (D3, L2). 

Stockport look the pugnacious situation of mounting different top-six bid aft experiencing disappointment successful the playoffs successful the past 2 seasons.

Jimmy McNulty, who replaced Dave Challinor successful the summer, has started his tenure with mixed results successful the league, having seen his broadside cod six points from their opening 4 games.

The Hatters flew retired of the blocks with a 3-1 triumph implicit Plymouth Argyle earlier falling to a constrictive decision against Blackpool. 

Stockport returned to winning ways with an emphatic 5-1 triumph astatine location to Wycombe Wanderers, lone for their inconsistent commencement to the play to proceed with a decision successful Wednesday's distant clash with Luton Town.

Nakhi Wells and Callum Marshall struck successful the 2nd fractional to condemn Stockport to a 2-0 defeat, leaving them successful ninth presumption up of their travel to the Brick Community Stadium.

Stockport tin gully assurance from the information they took 4 points from their 2 league games against Wigan successful the 2025-26 season, a 1-1 distant gully successful August 2025 and a 4-2 location triumph successful February. 

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Team News

Wigan midfielder Ryan Trevitt volition miss up to 3 months of enactment aft suffering a hamstring wounded successful training. 

Forward Christian Saydee remains sidelined with a calf problem, portion winger Akeel Higgins is apt to miss a 2nd consecutive crippled aft picking up an wounded successful past weekend’s nonaccomplishment to Wimbledon. 

Fulham loanee Luke Harris is besides a fittingness interest pursuing his aboriginal withdrawal successful the midweek triumph implicit MK Dons.

As for the visitors, they are apt to beryllium without defender Brad Hills and midfielder Riley Rydel owed to injury. 

McNulty could marque a mates of alterations to his lineup, which could pb to recalls for Ryan Glover and Ben Osborn. 

Kyle Wootton should proceed to pb the line, with the striker looking to adhd to the 2 league goals helium has scored this season.

Wigan Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Whitworth; Carragher, Burns, Fox; Weir, Power, Gray, Murray; Costelloe, Walsh; Perkins

Stockport County imaginable starting lineup:

Whatmuff; Gordon, O’Connell, Pye; Glover, Bate, Norwood, Osborn; Diamond, Wood, Wootton

We say: Wigan Athletic 2-2 Stockport County

Wigan showcased their attacking 3 successful the 3-1 triumph against MK Dons, portion Stockport person racked up 9 goals successful the aboriginal stages of the season, and we deliberation the 2 respective attacks could bask themselves successful an breathtaking draw. 

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