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Arsenal face a trip to Wigan Athletic at JJB Stadium on Wednesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 3 of the 6 previous games, with the hosts winning just 2.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2010, as the Latics edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Tue 30 Nov | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGEC |
| 2009/2010 | Sun 18 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 3 - 2 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 19 Sep | Arsenal | 4 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 11 Apr | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 4 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 11 Nov | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGEC |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 09 Mar | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Wigan Athletic are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Latics in those games, with 4 conceded.
Arsenal have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Wigan Ath. are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 19 points from 18 matches. Arsenal's total of 35 points from their 18 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Wigan Ath. | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Arsenal | 12 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 22 outings ago. |