Wigan go into Saturday’s game on the back of a 2-1 defeat at Hull City, where Will Keane’s early opener was cancelled out by Dimitrios Pelkas and Oscar Estupinan.
The Latics also lost their most recent home game, going down 1-0 against promotion hopefuls Reading.
However, Wigan sit just two points outside the playoff places and have a game in hand on all the teams above them.
Wigan have taken 10 points from their last 18 available, showing an improved level of consistency that could see them potentially challenging the sides above them.
Meanwhile, Cardiff have had an upturn in form since Mark Hudson took the helm, picking up an impressive draw at home to Burnley last Saturday and following this up with a 1-0 home win against Blackburn Rovers in midweek.
Mark Harris scored a late winner as Cardiff took all three points against a Blackburn side who were in the playoff places at the time.
Cardiff’s recent resurgence has seen them climb the table to 15th and, with the nature of the Championship, a few more consecutive wins could easily change their fortunes going forward.
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The Bluebirds’ most recent away game was back in September when they were beaten 1-0 at Huddersfield Town, and although this was under previous manager Steve Morison it will be interesting to see how Hudson approaches his first away game as manager.
Wigan are expected to be without both Gwion Edwards and Jordan Cousins until the end of the month, but otherwise Leam Richardson has no other injury concerns.
The dilemma for the manager is whether he goes with Charlie Wyke or Josh Magennis in attack, while Ashley Fletcher will also be pushing for a start in one of the forward positions.Will Keane and Max Power have arguably been Wigan’s best performers this season, so expect to see both start again against Cardiff.
