Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez is confident of better performance against Manchester United tonight than earlier this season.

United overran Wigan 5-0 when they first met earlier this term.

Martinez always stressed the result did not do his side justice and believes they are much better equipped to cope with United.

"We all know the 5-0 defeat was not a clear reflection of the performance, when I was very pleased for 60 minutes," said the Spaniard.

"We are a different team to the one in the first half of the season.

"Physically we are a lot stronger, the partnerships are there, the players have a clearer understanding and we can change things around a bit.

"Tactically we are more multi-dimensional and in every aspect we have improved.

"There is still a long way to go because we are very thin on numbers and the way we want to play we need to have that extra support.

"But we hope we can make our fans proud."