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Chelsea face a trip to Wigan Athletic at JJB Stadium at tea-time on Saturday, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 6 of the previous 8 occasions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in September 2009, with Wigan Ath. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sun 09 May | Chelsea | 8 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 26 Sep | Wigan Ath. | 3 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 28 Feb | Chelsea | 2 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 24 Aug | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 14 Apr | Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 2 | Chelsea | FAC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Wigan Athletic are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. While Latics have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
The Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Blues, and 2 goals against.
Wigan Ath. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 0 points from their 1 games thus far. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 3 points from the 1 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 5 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea 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. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |