- Manchester City have accumulated just five points in their last five Premier League games.
- If City lose, and Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur win in this round of fixtures, they will drop outside the Champions League qualifying positions for the first time since September 19, 2010.
- The Eastlands outfit have lost two home games in the league this season, while Wigan have won only two on the road.
- City have kept eight clean sheets in 14 Premier League games this season.
- Carlos Tevez (18) has scored three times more than his closest club rival Mario Balotelli (6).
- Wigan sit bottom of the Premier League on 27 points.
- Last weekend's 4-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United put Wigan's goal difference on -22, which is the worst in the divison.
- The Latics have won just one league game in 2011 - a 4-3 victory over Blackburn Rovers on February 5.
- Wigan are one point and six places worse off this season than after 28 games of their last campaign.
- Hugo Rodallega is the only recognised centre forward to have scored for Wigan in the Premier League this term.
September 19, 2010: Wigan Athletic 0-2 Manchester City
Goals from Tevez and Yaya Toure saw City claim a 2-0 victory at the DW Stadium in September. The result saw manager Roberto Mancini's men climb back into the Champions League qualifying places.
| Manchester City: Hart; Richards, Boateng, Lescott, Zabaleta; Vieira, Barry; Silva, Yaya Toure, Balotelli; Tevez. |  |
| Wigan Athletic: Al Habsi; Gohouri, Alcaraz, G Caldwell, Figueroa; McCarthy, Watson, Diame; Moses, Rodallega, N'Zogbia. |  |
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Manchester City
Last 10 results
| 02.03.2011. | Aston Villa | 3:0 |
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| England, Cup |
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| 27.02.2011. | Fulham | 1:1 |
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| U |
| England 1 |
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| 24.02.2011. | Aris | 3:0 |
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| O |
| Europa League |
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| 20.02.2011. | Notts County | 5:0 |
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| O |
| England, Cup |
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| 15.02.2011. | Aris |
| 0:0 |
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| U | Europa League |
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| 12.02.2011. | Manchester United |
| 1:2 |
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| O | England 1 |
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| 05.02.2011. | West Bromwich Albion | 3:0 |
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| O |
| England 1 |
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| 02.02.2011. | Birmingham City |
| 2:2 |
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| O | England 1 |
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| 30.01.2011. | Notts County |
| 1:1 |
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| U | England, Cup |
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| 22.01.2011. | Aston Villa |
| 0:1 |
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| U | England 1 |
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Wigan Athletic
Last 10 results
| 26.02.2011. | Manchester United | 0:4 | |
| O | | England 1 |
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| 16.02.2011. | Bolton Wanderers | 0:1 | |
| U | | England, Cup |
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| 12.02.2011. | Liverpool | | 1:1 |
| | U | England 1 |
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| 05.02.2011. | Blackburn Rovers | 4:3 | |
| O | | England 1 |
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| 01.02.2011. | West Bromwich Albion | | 2:2 |
| | O | England 1 |
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| 29.01.2011. | Bolton Wanderers | | 0:0 | | | U | England, Cup |
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| 25.01.2011. | Aston Villa | 1:2 | |
| O | | England 1 |
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| 22.01.2011. | Arsenal | | 0:3 |
| | O | England 1 |
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| 15.01.2011. | Fulham | 1:1 | |
| U | | England 1 |
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| 08.01.2011. | Hull City | | 3:2 |
| | O | England, Cup |
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Mutual matches
| 19.09.2010. | | 2:0 | | | U | England 1 | 2010/2011 |
| 29.03.2010. | 3:0 | | | O | | England 1 | 2009/2010 |
| 18.10.2009. | | 1:1 | | | U | England 1 | 2009/2010 |
| 17.01.2009. | 1:0 | | | U | | England 1 | 2008/2009 |
| 28.09.2008. | | 1:2 | | | O | England 1 | 2008/2009 |
| 01.03.2008. | 0:0 | | | U | | England 1 | 2007/2008 |
| 01.12.2007. | | 1:1 | | | U | England 1 | 2007/2008 |
| 03.03.2007. | 0:1 | | | U | | England 1 | 2006/2007 |
| 21.10.2006. | | 0:4 | | | O | England 1 | 2006/2007 |
| 18.03.2006. | 0:1 | | | U | | England 1 | 2005/2006 |
| 28.01.2006. | 1:0 | | | U | | England, Cup | 2005/2006 |
| 26.12.2005. | | 3:4 | | | O | England 1 | 2005/2006 |
| 05.11.2002. | | 0:1 | | | U | England, League Cup | 2002/2003 |
