WIGAN, Ingila – Tsoffin abokan hamayyar gasar Premier za su kara a zagaye na biyar na gasar cin kofin FA ranar Asabar yayin da Wigan Athletic za ta kara da Fulham a filin wasa na Brick Community.
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Tawagar Marco Silva ta doke Watford da ci 4-1 a zagaye na uku, yayin da Latics ta doke Mansfield Town da kwallaye biyu da nema.
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Fulham, na jiran lashe kofin FA na farko, sau da yawa takan fadi a zagaye na hudu. An fitar da su a wannan matakin a wasanni hudu cikin biyar na karshe, ban da shiga wasan kusa da na karshe a 2023. Duk da haka, ana iya ganin Cottagers a matsayin wadanda ba a yi tsammani ba a wannan shekarar. A zagayen farko da suka yi da Watford, Carlos Vinicius, Joao Palhinha, da Harry Wilson ne suka zura kwallo a raga.
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Jimenez ne ya kara wa Fulham nasara a gasar Premier, inda suka doke Newcastle United da ci 1-0. Fulham ta samu matsayi mai karfi a gasar. Suna cikin matsayi mai kyau na samun shiga gasar nahiyar Turai ta hanyar gasar Premier, amma kuma gasar cin kofin FA na iya ba su damar shiga. Sun yi rashin nasara a wasanni biyu kacal cikin 13 da suka buga a dukkan gasa tun farkon watan Disamba.
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Wigan ta lashe gasar cin kofin FA a shekarar 2012-13 lokacin da suka doke Manchester City. Latics na fatan zuwa zagaye na biyar a karon farko tun 2017-18. Sun riga sun doke Carlisle United, Cambridge United, da Mansfield Town a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa wannan matakin.
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Tawagar Maloney ta doke Mansfield Town da ci 2-0 a zagaye na uku, amma sun yi ta samun nasara da rashin nasara a League One tun daga nan. Sun samu maki bakwai daga cikin 15 na karshe.
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Wigan na gab da doke Lincoln City a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, amma Ben House ya zura kwallo a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida bayan Lukas Jensen ya ceci bugun farko. Hakan na nufin wasa daya ne kacal daga cikin shida na karshe da suka buga a filin wasa na Brick Community ya kare da nasara.
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Bugu da kari, Wigan ba ta samu nasara a wasanni 19 da ta buga da Fulham ba. Fulham ba ta taba yin rashin nasara a kan abokiyar hamayya ba.
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Fulham ta sake daukar tsohon dan wasanta, Sasa Lukic, a lokacin hunturu. Silva ya yarda cewa zai dauki ‘yan makonni kafin ya samu cikakken karfin jiki. Silva ba zai samu Palhinha da Tom Cairney ba saboda raunin da suka samu. Arsenal ta bayar da aro ga Cedric Soares na cikin matakin karshe na murmurewa daga raunin da ya samu a cinyarsa, amma yanzu ya samu koma baya. Za a yi canje-canje ga Cottagers, tare da Vinicius, Lukic, da Harry Wilson na neman farawa da wuri, kuma Marek Rodak zai yi hutu a raga yayin da Bernd Leno zai tsaya a matsayin mai tsaron gida na karshe.
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Wigan ta sayar da hakkin mallakar dan wasa Aasgaard, wanda ya zama gwarzo a zagaye na uku, ga Luton Town a lokacin kasuwar musayar ‘yan wasa ta hunturu, kuma sababbin ‘yan wasa Jordan Jones da Luke Chambers ba za su buga wannan wasa ba saboda sun buga a gasar cin kofin FA a wasu kungiyoyin. Maloney ma ya rasa Liam Morrison da rauni bayan minti 25 kacal da fara wasansu da Lincoln City, kuma dan wasan na Leicester City ya koma kungiyarsa don jinya.
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Wigan ba ta yi wasa mai kyau a gida ba a kwanan nan, kuma Fulham tana son zura kwallaye a filin abokan hamayya. Ko da tawagar Silva ta canza sosai, ba za su fuskanci matsaloli da yawa ba a kan Latics da ba ta da tabbas a kan hanyarsu ta zuwa zagaye na biyar.
