Latics line
up for their third game in six days this evening when Bristol City are in town
for the televised top end of the Championship clash.
Both clubs
have had very decent starts to the new campaign and this promises to be another
ding-dong clash between two sides that look to win games by going on the
offensive.
Like the
Latics, Bristol City will be playing their third game in six days and also like
the Latics they have a win and a defeat from those two games, there is just a
single point separating both clubs in the Championship table and the goals for
and against columns show very similar stats. On paper this looks an evenly
matched contest.
Storm
conditions in Wigan for the day and forecast to carry on into the evening,
hopefully the game won’t turn into a lottery, either way I’m hoping for a
positive result against a club that historically we don’t do too well against.
Up the tics!
Team News
Latics - Paul Cook has hinted at changes from
Tuesday due to a couple of players carrying knocks, Callum McManaman faces a late fitness test whilst Dan Burn and Gavin Massey are definitely out.
Both Michael Jacobs and Darron Gibson, who came off the bench, looked good on Tuesday when returning from injury, Jacobs should
definitely start the game whilst it would be difficult for Cookie not to pick
Gibson in the starting XI now he is fully fit.
Key Player
Nick Powell, Latics talisman is having a
terrific season, again, with him in the team we are always going to create
chances.
Bristol City – Robins boss Lee Johnson say that both Niclas Eliasson and Famara Diedhiou are pushing for starts after impressing late on in Tuesday nights defeat at West Brom.
Key Player
Andreas Weimann, former Villa and Derby striker
settled in quickly following his summer move to Ashton Gate, currently the
Robins top scorer with 5 goals.
What The Bosses Say
Paul Cook – "Any game under the lights is
exciting and especially to come up against a side with the quality that Bristol
City have.
"They're good form apart from their defeat to West Brom on Tuesday night.
"They showed their quality last season and had a tremendous cup run in the League Cup, but it probably caught up with them in the league in terms of pushing for a play-off place.
"I'm sure Lee (Johnson), his staff and the club will have aspirations of being up and around those places and when you watch them you can obviously see why.
"The games are there for everyone to see, it's fantastic to have two home games in a week and we're really looking forward to this.
"The test for every club is team selection and I'm sure Lee is in a similar position to us with lads who might miss out on the game through injuries."
"They're good form apart from their defeat to West Brom on Tuesday night.
"They showed their quality last season and had a tremendous cup run in the League Cup, but it probably caught up with them in the league in terms of pushing for a play-off place.
"I'm sure Lee (Johnson), his staff and the club will have aspirations of being up and around those places and when you watch them you can obviously see why.
"The games are there for everyone to see, it's fantastic to have two home games in a week and we're really looking forward to this.
"The test for every club is team selection and I'm sure Lee is in a similar position to us with lads who might miss out on the game through injuries."
Lee Johnson – “The preparations are good”
“We are in a good run of form, apart
from Tuesday of course, and I want us to continue that”
“I want us to continue to play the good stuff and snuff out a couple of the errors I saw, there weren’t many, there never are in this team because we’re a good group and they’re really good players that we can all trust are going to go out and give it their all.
“On a couple of occasions we fell short of that on Tuesday night and we got punished, so we have to make sure we do the basics very, very well, that we’re world-class at them and then naturally our quality should come out.”
Any Previous?
Latics and
Bristol City have met 24 times
Latics 5
wins, Bristol City 12, draws 5
Last meeting
Championship
11 March 2017
Latics 0
Bristol City 1
Flint 88
mins
Attendance –
10,787
Ref – Andy Madley
Match Referee
Oliver
Langford (West Mids)
Ref Watch article
Prediction
I’m positive
there will be goals again, two attack minded teams, poor conditions with the
weather, tired legs due to 3 games in 6 days.
I will go
for the obligatory 3-2 Latics win
Up Next
Norwich City v Latics
Carrow Road
Saturday
29 Sept 3pm
Latics v Swansea
DW Stadium
Tuesday
02 Oct
7:45pm
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