Any Previous? Latics v Stoke City

Wigan Athletic and Stoke City have met on 35 occasions down the years. The Potters are having the best of it at the moment, 13 wins to the Latics 9.

 

Our first meeting came in the 1990/91 season, the 10^th November, a League Division 3 game, Stoke winning 2:0 at the Victoria Ground.  

The return fixture at Springfield Park was a real entertaining affair and the subject of this week’s classic encounter.

Our last meeting with Stoke came back in February this year, FA Cup 4^th round tie away at the Britannia Stadium, Latics losing that game 2:0. The last meeting between the two clubs at the DW Stadium was on 30^th June 2020, a 3:0 home win but the events of the following day put that result into insignificance. 

 

Classic Encounter

23^rd February 1991, Springfield Park, the Latics did a demolition job on Stoke City, two goals from Phil Daley and one apiece for Darren Patterson and Don Page gave us a 4:0 victory that ultimately led to the sacking of Stoke manager Alan Ball the following day.

Kevin Langley also struck one against the post, both sets of fans chanting “Ball Out” at the end of the game.

Latics – Aldkins; Patterson, Johnson, Atherton, Tankard, Jones, Rimmer, Langley, Griffiths, Daley, Page

Att – 3,728

Highlights – Latics 4:0 Stoke City

 

Stoke City Current Form

Stoke currently sit 10^th in the Championship with 23pts from 16 games, their recent form is, DWWLLL.

Stoke City’s 9 away games so far this season in the league have brought 11 points, 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 10 goals and conceding 11.

In contrast the Latics home form at the moment is 9 games, 1 win, 1:0 v Blackburn, 3 draws and 5 defeats, scoring 6 goals whilst conceding 16, the worst home form in the Championship.

 

Player To Watch – Tyrese Campbell

Tyrese Campbell

22 year old forward, Tyrese Campbell is a powerful striker with real quality.

Campbell has come through the ranks at Stoke, he spent time out on loan at Shrewsbury as an 18 year old scoring 5 goals in 15 games for the Shrews.

The son of former Arsenal and Everton striker, Kevin Campbell, Tyrese has scored 2 goals so far this season and made 1 assist.

 

The Last Six Meetings

Date	Competition	Result
05 Feb 2022	FA Cup	Stoke 2:0 Latics
30 Jun 2020	Championship	Latics 3:0 Stoke
23 Nov 2019	Championship	Stoke 2:1 Latics
13 Aug 2019	EFL Cup	Latics 0:1 Stoke
13 Feb 2019	Championship	Latics 0:0 Stoke
22 Aug 2018	Championship	Stoke 0:3 Latics

  

Full Record v Stoke City

Played – 35

Won – 9

Drawn –13

Lost – 13

 

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