Wigan remain in serious danger of being relegated from the second tier this term after a 3-0 defeat at Turf Moor against Vincent Kompany’s rampant Clarets, with a brace from Nathan Tella and a Lyle Foster strike condemning the visitors to their 18th loss of the campaign.
The red card picked up by Omar Rekik after just 28 minutes gave the visiting Latics little chance of earning any tangible reward for their efforts, with Shaun Maloney’s men being limited to just two shots over the duration of the match, compared to Burnley’s 27.
Boss Maloney will realise however their fate this season will not be decided by matches against the likes of Burnley, although his men need to start picking up regular wins to claw back some of their relegation rivals.
Wigan are currently bottom of the Championship table with 32 points, six points behind Cardiff City in 21st – and having collected just six points in their last seven matches, the size of the survival task is there for all to see.
The DW Stadium has been a relatively fruitful location for Wigan of late, with the Latics on a three-game unbeaten run in front of their home faithful, but anything other than a win on Tuesday would not help their aim of avoiding the drop.
Coventry extended their unbeaten run in the Championship to seven matches with a 1-1 draw against Hull on Saturday afternoon in the West Midlands, with a Matt Godden goal cancelling out Oscar Estupinan’s opener for the visiting Tigers.
The Sky Blues will be pleased with the way they avoided defeat last time out, but with the chances they created, Mark Robins’s men will be ruing a missed opportunity to gain further ground on the top-six positions.
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With both West Bromwich Albion and sixth-placed Millwall winning on Saturday afternoon, Coventry are now in ninth in the second-tier standings, four points behind the playoffs with just 10 games left to play.
After a significant dip in form during January, no one expected Robins’s side to be mounting a playoff push this term, yet the Sky Blues could be a surprise package considering their favourable schedule between now and May.
Viktor Gyokeres provided the assist for Godden’s equaliser on Saturday, and the Swede now has 24 goal contributions in the Championship this campaign – more than any other player.
