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The Blues are looking for a fifth successive away league win at Wigan to maintain our 100 per cent record at the DW Stadium, formerly the JJB.

The run was preceded by a sparkling FA Cup replay win there in January 1985 - Wigan's first defeat in that competition at home since 1965. Paul Canoville and Pat Nevin tore into a home side that was, as their manager Harry McNally put it, 'Diabolical from a-z.' It was Kerry Dixon's afternoon, though, the striker scoring four times in a 5-0 win (pictured below), and McNally was clearly impressed. 'If Mark Hateley is worth a million,' he said, 'Dixon is priceless.' (Talk about damning with faint praise.)

Typically for the time, bantam skirmisher David Speedie, who had opened the scoring, found himself the centre of a fight and was substituted before he could be sent off.

The Latics' only win (4-2) against Chelsea on their own patch was a few years earlier in the 1981/82 League Cup third round.

Chelsea's away record against Wigan in the Premier League
2005/06
Wigan 0 Chelsea 1 (Crespo 90)
2006/07
Wigan 2 (Heskey 45, 75) Chelsea 3 (Lampard 13, Kalou 31, Robben 89)
2007/08
Wigan 0 Chelsea 2 (Lampard 11, Belletti 18)
2008/09
Wigan 0 Chelsea 1 (Deco 3)

Other match last season
28 Feb 2009 Stamford Bridge
Chelsea ……………2 Wigan……………1
Terry 25                          Kapo 82
Lampard 90+1                            Att: 40,714


Wigan Athletic v Chelsea in all competitions
Games played 13
Chelsea wins 9
Wigan wins 2
Draws 2

Head-to-head in the League at the DW Stadium
Games played 4
Chelsea wins 4
Wigan wins 0
Draws 0

Biggest league win at Wigan for each team
Wigan 0-2 Chelsea - 03/11/2007