Melchiot faces late fitness test

Wigan could be without captain Mario Melchiot for the visit of Everton tomorrow in the Barclays Premier League.

Melchiot had to come off with a neck problem in the Latics’ 2-1 defeat at Blackburn on Wednesday and faces a late fitness test.

Chris Kirkland is still recovering from the collarbone injury that he sustained in training last week, so Serbian loanee Vladimir Stojkovic is likely to continue in goal.

Fellow goalkeeper Richard Kingson is still at the African Nations Cup with Ghana, but otherwise, Roberto Martinez has a full squad to choose from.

Provisional squad: Stojkovic, Pollitt, Bramble, Amaya, Caldwell, Boyce, Figueroa, Diame, Thomas, Gomez, N’Zogbia, Scharner, McCarthy, Scotland, Rodallega, Sinclair, Watson, Gohouri.