Figueroa misses out again

Left-back Maynor Figueroa is again Wigan’s only major absentee as they prepare to face Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League tomorrow.

The Honduras international misses the trip to Wearside as he completes a two-match ban for collecting 10 yellow cards this season.

Latics are otherwise at full strength with no injuries to report and manager Roberto Martinez could opt for an unchanged side following last week’s rousing win at Blackpool, which lifted the club out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months.

Provisional squad: Al Habsi, G Caldwell, Gohouri, Alcaraz, Watson, N’Zogbia, Diame, Moses, McCarthy, Rodallega, Stam, Lopez, Thomas, Gomez, McArthur, McManaman, Cleverley, S Caldwell, Sammon, Di Santo, Boyce, Thomas, Pollitt, Kirkland.