Wolves old boys look to end winless streak for rock-bottom Wigan

Gary Caldwell knew it wouldn't be easy in the Championship but with the squad he's assembled Wigan should, on paper, be higher in the table.

As it is they're rock-bottom, winless in seven and in danger of being cut adrift if they don't take points either tonight or from Saturday's tough-looking trip to Brentford.

"After speaking to managers following every game, they all say that we've got some good players, and that they were wary of this, they were wary of that," Caldwell said ahead of tonight's clash against Wolves.

"So I'm sure Walter Zenga right now is more worried about the players he'll be coming up against from our team than I am about theirs.

"And that's the way it has to be on Tuesday. Wolves have some good players in some wide areas.

"But, again, I think every team we play should be focusing on us."

There are a few familiar faces in Wigan's team. And with Rajiv van la Parra (Huddersfield), Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Chesterfield) and Adam Hammill (Barnsley) already having netted against their former club this season, Wolves should be worried.

Nathan Byrne, who left Molineux a month ago, Michael Jacobs and former loan strikers Adam Le Fondre and Craig Davies are all in and around Wigan's first XI.

And let's not forget Nick Powell, who came so close to joining Wolves in the summer before medical issues led the deal to collapse.

Another man backing himself to score will be striker Will Grigg, who has had no problems adapting to Championship life with five goals in 10 appearances this season. With Wigan struggling for wins, supporters have called for Caldwell to change from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2. But the manager disagrees: "I have to pick a team and a formation based on what I see every single day," he said.

"I see the players every single day, I know their character, I see how they interact with each other.

"I have to then pick the team based on that, and the personnel we have available – and I feel it is right. I feel Will Grigg is someone who, when he does play with a partner, doesn't really feed off that partner well.

"He needs wingers, he needs crosses, he needs a No.10 behind him to supply him with balls to match the clever runs that he makes.

"To play Will Grigg up front with a partner, which we have tried on occasion, doesn't really suit him, to his best.

"It's something we discuss every single day, and we work very hard to make sure it's right. I understand the fans' frustration at the results, and I understand there are parts of our game that we need to improve."