Walsall vs Wigan - New Walsall boss Keates without Kinsella and Ngoy against Wigan
Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2018 by PA
New Walsall manager Dean Keates will be in charge for the first time when promotion-chasing Wigan visit the Banks’s Stadium on Wednesday night.
Keates, who replaced Jon Whitney last week, will be without Liam Kinsella and Julien Ngoy as they are away on international duty with the under-21 squads for the Republic of Ireland and Belgium respectively.
On-loan defender Jack Fitzwater is fit again after recovering from a back injury but midfielder Joe Edwards is a long-term absentee with a knee injury.
It remains to be seen whether Keates will make changes to the team that started the defeat at Shrewsbury last time out.
Wigan return to League One action after their FA Cup heroics ended on Sunday with defeat in the quarter-finals to Southampton.
The Latics have also been hit by an international call-up with captain Samy Morsy away with Egypt.
Nick Powell has been nursing a hamstring problem but the forward featured as a substitute against the Saints.
Wigan boss Paul Cook has no other issues to contend with as his side look for the victory that would see them regain second spot in the table.
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