Premier League action comes to DW Stadium on Matchday 16 as Wigan clash with Chelsea on Saturday December 17, 2011.

Wigan scored a commendable comeback from 2-1 at West Brom on Matchday 15. West Brom took the lead after 33 minutes through Reid; Moisés helped the visitors equalize four minutes later, and Jordi Gómez scored the winner for the Latics, 12 minutes after the break. Team manager Martínez expressed his satisfaction with the strength of character shown by his charges in their second consecutive win away from home. Reid’s brilliant free-kick put the hosts ahead and four minutes later, Moses gave himself a 21st birthday present by snagging Diame’s cross from the left flank for a direct finish. Moses was also involved in Wigan’s winning goal when Reid fouled the winger inside the Albion box to award a penalty.

Chelsea handed Man City their first defeat of the season at Stamford Bridge, on Matchday 15. Balotelli gave City the early lead and the visitors should have consolidated their lead during their first-half dominance; In the end, Mancini’s men were left to mourn several missed chances, after first Raúl Meireles scored to neutralize the lead and then Lampard converted a second-half penalty seven minutes before the end of regulation to secure full points for the men. hosts. Chelsea held grimly against City’s marauding attacks in the first half hour, but could not stop Balotelli from capitalizing on Chelsea’s porous defence.

Head to head, since 2005, Wigan and Chelsea have met in 12 league games, with Chelsea winning on 10 occasions and Wigan on 1, with the remaining game ending in a deadlock. The last time these teams met was in April 2011; that match played at Stamford Bridge ended 1-0 in favor of the hosts.

Wigan have won 3 and lost 7 of their last 10 league matches while Chelsea have won 7 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches.

Currently 18th in the league table, Wigan have hosted 7 home games this season, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing the remaining 4; the third-placed Blues have had 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their 7 away games.

With their win against Man City, Chelsea have smelled blood, and Wigan will need to be at the top of their game in order to salvage any match points.

Wigan’s starting eleven against West Brom: Ali Al Habsi, Ronnie Stam, Gary Caldwell, Antolin Alcaraz, Maynor Figueroa, Victor Moses, Mohamed Diame, Jordi Gomez, James McCarthy, David Jones, Conor Sammon

Chelsea’s starting eleven against Manchester City: Petr Cech, Jose Bosingwa, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Ashley Cole, AN Ramires, Oriol Romeu, Raul Meireles, Daniel Sturridge, Didier Drogba, Juan Mata