Palace v Wigan Athletic

Selhurst Park, Saturday 3.00pm

Nationwide Division One

Team news

The last time Palace played Wigan, it ended in disaster for the South London side. A 5-0 tonking played in front of the Sky cameras in November proved to be Steve Kember's last game in charge of the Eagles.

The team that lost that match so badly was made up of 7 players who will start tomorrow: Granville, Popovic, Routledge, Riihilahti, Butterfield, Johnson, Shipperley.

This just shows you the amazing turn around that Iain Dowie has had on this Palace side.

Players such as Granville, Riihilahti, and Shipperley are now playing on top form, which is pleasing to see.

One good bit of news from inside the camp is that Mark Hudson is allowed to play in tomorrow's game.

After a mixed start to his Palace career, Hudson has shown himself to be an excellent defender. He has formed a good partnership with Tony Popovic at the back, and Dowie will be pleased to see him play in such an important match.

Neil Shipperley has recovered in time from a groin injury, so he should take Freedman's place in attack to provide the muscle up front.

Wigan are likely to keep the same side that beat Cardiff 3-0.

Make sure you get down to Selhurst if you can, and support the team!

Wigan Athletic - league stats

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Wigan Athletic - current form

Full form table

Last five results

Date	Type	Home Team	Score	Away Team
01/11/2003	League	Wigan Athletic	5 - 0	Crystal Palace

All time results

One to watch

Nathan Ellington

Nathan Ellington is to Wigan what Dougie Freedman is to us. A legend. He has scored so many important goals for the Latics and is a darling to the fans. And in a town where egg-chasing takes precedence, he is the one man who could possibly bring the fans over rom the rugby side to the football side.

On the pitch he is a big, strong, quick player with a fantastic right foot and this shows by the 18 goals he has banged in this season already.

He showed us his potential earlier in the season on the darkest of days for us when Wigan hammered us 5-0 but since then his strike partner Geoff Horsfield has left for West Brom and Ellington has had to take the burden up on his own and fantastically succeeding in doing so, driving Wigan up to 4th place and firmly into a playoff place.

Wigan midfielder Andy Liddell should also get a mention because he was absolutely amazing against us earlier in the season but has since not put in the kind of performances to match that one, hence why he isn't the one to watch, but we all know what he can do, he is a very dangerous player.

Last meeting

We have never played Wigan at Home before.

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