Wigan boss Roberto Martinez believes the Latics need to be at their best to beat West Bromwich Albion who have one of the best away records in the Premiership, outside the top two. Wigan are bottom of the table with 10 games remaining having won only one game at home this season.
"They're well organised and well disciplined. They're a group of players that has been together for a while with great experience and a big threat going forwards so we'll expect a very, very tough game.
"What they do well is use the counter-attack to good effect so we'll have to be fully aware.
"In many ways it's a game that we'll have to be perfect in over the 95 minutes as this team doesn't concede many goals."
And Martinez is not worried about his side's lack of goals.
"In football sometimes you need a little bit of confidence and a little bit of luck," the Spaniard said.
"People forget that you get into a bit of a wrong dynamic in front of goal and the ball doesn't go in and it can affect your way of playing.
"The good thing is it hasn't affected us at all. We keep playing well and producing those chances - it's just a matter of time that we get that one chance and then you get that freedom in front of goal and get that composure and pick the right option.
"We've been in this situation time after time and we know how to cope with it. It's not going to be easy and we're going to have to work extremely hard to get any reward but we're ready for it." "Manchester United, Manchester City and West Brom - those are the best top three away records in the league so that shows you away from home West Brom are a tough team to play," Martinez said.
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