Hull City vs Wigan Athletic. Sky Bet Championship.
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Tuesday 9 April 2019 17:36, UK
Hull boss Nigel Adkins is expected to choose from an unchanged squad for the home game against Wigan.
The Tigers have reported no new injuries following Saturday's home win against Reading and defender Angus MacDonald (deep vein thrombosis) is their only long-term absentee.
Skipper Markus Henriksen returned from suspension against Reading and Dan Batty, who dropped to the bench, is pushing for a recall. Adkins' side are chasing a third straight win in a late bid to make the play-off places.
Wigan manager Paul Cook is likely to make changes after starting with an extra central defender in Saturday's draw at Bristol City. Cedric Kipre returned to the starting line-up at Ashton Gate, but Cook may tweak things again against Hull.
Gary Roberts remains doubtful after missing out on Saturday due to a calf strain and Callum McManaman is recovering from a hernia operation. Fellow midfielder Michael Jacobs (hamstring) will miss the rest of the season, while Anthony Pilkington is hoping to feature again after stepping off the bench at the weekend to score the Latics' late equaliser.
Hull haven't hosted Wigan for a match since January 2011 in the FA Cup third round, losing 2-3 at the KC Stadium.
Wigan have won five of their last seven games against Hull in all competitions (W5 D1 L1).
Hull's Nigel Adkins has faced Wigan seven times during his managerial league career without winning (P7 W0 D2 L5).
Wigan are winless in 19 away matches in all competitions (W0 D4 L15) since a 3-0 win at Stoke in August.
Since December 1st, Hull City have won 40 points in the Championship (W12 D4 L5) - only Sheffield United (43) and Norwich (47) have won more in that time.
Nathan Byrne's goal against Bristol City - timed at exactly 93 minutes - was the latest league goal scored by Wigan since Gavin Massey's goal against Bristol Rovers in September 2017 (94:26).
David Prutton predicts: 2-0 (10/1 with Sky Bet)
