Wigan Athletic have made a reasonably solid start to their Championship campaign, with Paul Cook's side collecting eight points from their first eight league matches leaving them in 19th place, which is just one place bellow where the Latics ended up finishing at the end of last season.

Saturday's 2-0 win against Charlton Athletic at the DW Stadium, thanks to a double from defender Chey Dunkley, continued Wigan's strong home form which has seen them pick up seven of their eight points on home soil so far, following on from a similar pattern last season which saw the Latics claim all but two of their 13 league wins at home.

Wigan, though, have so far this season shown little signs of improving their poor away form, having suffered defeats at Preston North End, Middlesbrough and Queens Park Rangers already and picking up just a signle point on their travels at Hull City.

Cook would have been hoping to see his side show signs of progression away from home in the early stages of this season, and invested in his squad bringing in the likes of Jamal Lowe, Kieffer Moore, Antonee Robinson, David Marshall and Lewis MacLeod, in a bid to enahce the Latics' squad depth and provide more options to attempt to win matches away from the DW Stadium.

However, Cook would have been frustrated that his attempts to improve the depth of his squad has been hampered by injuries suffered to the likes of Anthony Pilkington, Josh Windass and Gary Roberts, with the trio only managing to make three appearances between each other so far this term.

Wigan, though, have been provided with a boost ahead of their trip to Fulham on Saturday, with Cook revealing that all three players could be set to return to action in the next few matches, which will for the first time this season leave the former Portsmough boss with a real selection headache.

If the Latics can get Pilkington, Roberts and Windass back fully fit and avoid any further injuries to other key players, then Cook will have the luxury of having a lot of attacking options to chose from, with Wigan already having Lowe, Gavin Massey and Michael Jacobs to call on in wide areas and Joe Gelhardt as an option to play in the number ten role.

That should mean that the intensity of Wigan's performances in both training and matches should improve, with players knowing that they will need to perform to their maximum if they are to keep their place in Cook's side, and the Latics will have little excuse if they fail to turn around their away form.

Wigan's extra squad depth this campaign offers them a real chance to show their progression from last season, in what is their second campaign back in the Championship and if they can improve away from home then there is no reason the Latics should not be aiming to finish higher than they managed to last term.