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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 2 of the previous 3 occasions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2005, with Chelsea inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Latics in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Dec | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 14 Aug | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 26 Jan | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 5 | Chelsea | FAC |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 05 Jan | Chelsea | 2 - 2 | Wigan Ath. | FAC |
| 1981/1982 | Wed 11 Nov | Wigan Ath. | 4 - 2 | Chelsea | LGEC |
| 1979/1980 | Mon 14 Jan | Chelsea | 0 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Wigan Athletic have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, The Latics's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
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 Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Wigan Ath. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 22 points from their 18 games played so far, Chelsea sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 42 points from their 18 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
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. | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Chelsea | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |