Birmingham City are 18th in the Championship table, nine points and six places higher than WiganFollow live text coverage from 12:30 GMT on Wednesday
Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet is expected to keep faith with the side that was beaten in Sunday's 5-4 thriller against Leeds United when Wigan Athletic visit on New Year's Day.
Jake Clarke-Salter (shoulder), Marc Roberts (ankle) and Maikel Kieftenbeld (knee) remain sidelined.
Bottom side Wigan are looking to end a 13-match winless run and have yet to achieve an away success.
Charlie Mulgrew, Danny Fox and Kieffer Moore are still out injured.
Match facts
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Birmingham City have won just one of their last five home league games against Wigan Athletic, a 3-1 victory back in January 2015.
Wigan have a chance to complete a league double over Birmingham for the first time in 12 attempts.
Birmingham have not won on New Year's Day in 12 attempts, since a 2-1 win at Mansfield under Dave Mackay in 1991.
Wigan have won their last three away league matches played on New Year's Day, in 2005, 2014 and 2018.
Birmingham striker Lukas Jutkiewicz has been directly involved in three goals in his last three league games against Wigan (one goal, two assists).
Anthony Pilkington scored the winner when the Latics beat Blues 1-0 on 1 October. He has netted twice in his last four league games against Blues.
Source: bbc.com