Wigan were impressive in beating Sunderland, but their previous win was at Doncaster, who must be pretty close to the bottom of the current form league! They also lost at home to Pompey prior to that, the latest in a line of pretty ordinary results. If the team turn up as they did on Tuesday evening then we have nothing to fear, if they play like the Oxford fiasco then our afternoon will be cheered up by a Royal funeral! As to who plays at the back, Dave has shown he will change personnel and formation according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition recently so, as gazan says, who knows! However, after their dogged refusal to give way to Pompey I reckon Wood and Offord deserve another go, with DD at RB - they can easily be changed around if it isn’t working out. If we’re going to play 4-4-2 I’d have the 2 big fellas up front with Dale replacing Evans. If Wintle is fit though I expect to revert to the favoured 4-3-3.
Given our scoring problems a 1-1 draw, which is pretty unsatisfactory for both clubs but it’ll have to do.