Wigan vs Millwall preview
Friday 3 May 2019 13:15, UK
Reece James is set to captain Wigan in Sunday's clash with Millwall at the DW Stadium.
Regular skipper Sam Morsy missed the 1-1 draw at Birmingham last weekend, with Latics already safe from relegation and the midfielder one booking away from a suspension, and boss Paul Cook has said they do not want to risk him being banned for the start of next season.
It was Jonas Olsson who had the armband at St Andrew's and Cook says fellow defender James will take it for what will be his final appearance before his loan spell from Chelsea ends. It remains to be seen if there will be any involvement for Josh Windass after he came off injured at half-time during the Birmingham match.
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Millwall, who are three places below Wigan in 21st and also safe, have several players unavailable. Aiden O'Brien, Jed Wallace, Ben Marshall, Ben Thompson and Shaun Hutchinson are all sidelined.
Boss Neil Harris could hand minutes to academy trio George Alexander, Billy Mitchell and Jesse Debrah, all of whom were unused substitutes in the 2-1 loss to Bristol City on Tuesday. The Lions have not won any of their last six matches - four of them have ended in a draw.
Opta stats
Since winning 2-0 in the FA Cup in April 2013, Wigan are winless in seven matches against Millwall, all in league competition (W0 D3 L4).
Millwall haven't lost away at Wigan in a league match since March 2005, when they were beaten 0-2 under Dennis Wise.
Only Norwich and Swansea (10 games) are on a longer unbeaten home Championship run than Wigan (9 - W4 D5 L0).
Millwall have won their final league match of the season in each of the last three campaigns.
Wigan have drawn eight of their last 15 league matches, having drawn just five of their first 30 games this season.
Wigan are winless in five home games in all competitions in the month of May since beating Wolves 3-2 on the final day of the Premier League in 2011-12.
Prutton's prediction
David Prutton predicts: 0-0 (11/1 with Sky Bet)
