Wigan’s new loan signing Josh McEachran is not Cup-tied and could figure in Uwe Rösler’s squad for the visit of Crystal Palace, now out of the Premier League’s bottom three. Although bearing in mind what happened to their opponents last season, not necessarily free to devote all their resources to a bid for Wembley glory. Tony Pulis has steadied Palace impressively since taking over from Ian Holloway, while Rösler has performed a similar job since taking over from the unpopular Owen Coyle, though the Latics’ unbeaten run came to an end last week with defeat at Doncaster. Paul Wilson

Venue DW Stadium, Saturday 3pm

Referee M Jones

Odds Wigan 11-10 Crystal Palace 14-5 Draw 13-5

Head to head Wigan 1 Crystal Palace 1 Draws 1

Wigan Athletic

Subs from Carson, Rogne, McEachran, Watson, Powell, Beausejour, Fortuné, Redmond, Maynard

Injured Caldwell, Maloney, Ramis

Cup-tied Browning, Kiernan

Crystal Palace

Subs from Price, Alexander, Dobbie, McCarthy, Moxey, Campaña, Williams, O’Keefe, Chamakh, Guedioura, Gayle

Injured Dikgacoi, Hunt, Murray, Thomas

Match pointers

• Wigan have failed to beat opposition from a higher division in their past 10 attempts

• Palace ended a run of four consecutive FA Cup defeats away from home in the last round

• Wigan Athletic
• Crystal Palace
• FA Cup

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