Despite the heavy defeat to Arsenal, Wigan stayed above the relegation zone but they now face another difficult task, this time at their JJB Stadium. Chelsea continued the unbelievable winning run by beating QPR in the Carling Cup and everyone is wondering can anyone stop the Blues this season?

Arsenal ended the two-match losing run by beating Standard in the Champions League after coming from two goals behind and the win has the potential to kick-start their season. Wigan improved to beat West Ham at the JJB but they cannot hope to take any points from the Emirates.

These are the teams that played really well last season but have been largely struggling at the start of the new league campaign. Wigan are now desperate to end the three-match losing run, while West Ham also need to raise their form if they are to get something out of this match.

Everton managed to forget the poor league run and they easily qualified for the Europa League group stages, but the Toffees need to start winning their Premier League games. Wigan continued the string of disappointing performances having lost the Carling Cup game to Blackpool 4:1.

Blackpool are definitely a hard team to beat having drawn all four league games this season and Latics face a difficult job at Bloomfield Road. Wigan enter the match after two disappointing defeats and this could be their chance to return to winning ways.

Wigan ruined the good result from Villa Park having lost at home to Wolves and this is definitely not the right time to be facing Manchester United as the visitors are eager to make amends for the shock defeat to Burnley.

Wigan produced the biggest shock of the opening round by beating Aston Villa away and this game is a great opportunity for them to add some more points to their tally. Just like most of the teams that come from the Championship, Wolves played well in their opening game but still lost to West Ham and the inexperience will definitely be their biggest problem this season.

Aston Villa missed a good chance to break the Big 4 last season and they will have much more difficult job this term. The Villans are still very much involved in the transfer market but they have to start a season with what they’ve got. Wigan are definitely weaker than last season and they could even enter the relegation fight.

These teams will finish the season in the bottom part of the table but at least they will not have to worry about survival. Wigan will try to end the season with a win and thus end the poor run of results, while Portsmouth would probably be happy just to avoid defeat.

Everton ended the great run of results by losing to Portsmouth and they will be looking to return to winning ways when they host Wigan. Back to back victories over Sunderland and Hull saw Wigan climb to seventh place but we don’t think that they will be able to stay there come end to the season.