Wigan V Nottm Forest Sky Bet Championship Match 31 -August 2013Grant Holt is rated very doubtful for Wigan's clash with table-topping Nottingham Forest.
The striker has sustained a knee injury and boss Owen Coyle is far from optimistic about Holt's chances of featuring against his former club.Watch Wigan V Nottm Forest Live, Watch Wigan V Nottm Forest Live Stream, Watch Wigan V Nottm Forest Free Live Stream, Watch Wigan V Nottm Forest Online, Watch Wigan V Nottm Forest Online Free, Wigan V Nottm Forest Live, Wigan V Nottm Forest live stream Online.
Forest boss Billy Davies could again make wholesale alterations to his team.
The Reds boss made 11 changes for the Capital One Cup tie at home to Millwall and could again switch the whole team for the DW Stadium fixture.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Wigan are looking for a first ever league win over Nottingham Forest.
• These clubs have only met five times previously, including a 4-1 away win for Wigan in last season's League Cup, but both second-level league meetings at the DW have been drawn.
• They were most recently in the same division together in the 2004-05, when both Championship fixtures ended 1-1.
Wigan Athletic
• The Latics are hunting a first victory since their 4-0 triumph on the opening day at Barnsley, and could register three league draws in a row for the first time since February 2010.
• Victory would give Owen Coyle's side eight points after five matches, but they would still be three points short of the mark set in their last second-tier campaign in 2004.
• With eight goals, Wigan are the second-highest scorers in the Championship behind Watford (11).
Nottingham Forest
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• Forest have won five and drawn one of six in all competitions, and go into the weekend top of the table, heading four teams on 10 points (W3 D1).
• They have only accumulated 13 points after five games twice since three points were first awarded for a win 32 years ago; in the Premier League in 1994 and League One in 2006.
• Billy Davies's side boast the meanest defence in the division with just one goal conceded in four games, and are the only Championship club to have kept three clean sheets.