Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic: live Huddersfield 1 Wigan 4 (Kone) Gerrard caught napping on the ball 30 yards from goal. Kone thinks "I'm having some of that," then has some of that by latching onto the ball, charging past the defender and finishing beautifully. High, hard and into the top corner. Wigan are through. 88 min Huddersfield with a chance to pull another back. Danns skins Figueroa and attempts to slide the ball towards Novak at the far post. Denied by a diving Robles, who smothers the ball. 87 min Wigan's supporters are singing about going to Wemberley. I suspect they are correct to do so. 83 min Beausejour delivers a dangerous cross from the left as Wigan break. Kone in the middle, but can't reach it. Smithies does, and it's out for a throw on the other side. 82 min Vaughan optimistically tries an overhead kick with the ball around 6 inches off the floor from the resulting free kick. Doesn't connect, and Novak can't get it under control as it runs through to him close to the far post. 81 min Huddersfield piling on something resembling pressure. You feel they might score. But probably only once. Danns and Maloney exchange handbags on the sideline after the Huddersfield player was fouled. 79 min Fantastic work from Vaughan! The former Everton chap brings down a difficult ball, spins, losing his marker, then plays a neat ball forward for Novak. His touch is less elegant, allowing Beausejour in to mop up the danger. 75 min Beausejour on for Gomez for the visitors. 74 min Huddersfield now leaving themselves a little open at the back but Wigan, as ever, look like they're going to need plenty of players forward to create scoring chances. Kone has a chance to run at a two-man defence but he's ushered harmlessly wide. 71 min Vaughan has made a difference for Huddersfield. He's on the end of a deep cross from the left but can only guide his header wide. 68 min This young Huddersfield fan is having a wonderful time: 65 min Something approaching an atmosphere inside the stadium formerly known as the McAlpine now. Most people are shouting at referee for what seems a non-existant foul on Fyvie. Oliver Norwood replaces Scannell for the home side. Huddersfield 1 Wigan 3 (Novak) Hold the front page! Huddersfield are back in with a very quiet shout! It's Woods who provides it, with the latest in a succession of decent crosses from the left hand side. Novak's on the end of it with an excellent firm header that gives Robles no chance. 57 min Wigan sub, it's Shaun Maloney on for Espinoza. Huddersfield 0 Wigan 3 (McCarthur) That's a glorious Wigan goal. Wonderful passing move, with McArthur playing a textbook one-two on the edge of the box with Gomez, then shooting with feeling from just inside the box. No chance for Smithies, and that'll be all, folks. 54 min Still Huddersfield having the best of this second half, but Wigan have responded to the game's change in tone. They've dropped a little deeper and no longer look as permeable at the back as they were at the beginning of the half. Novak nearly sneaks in behind Scharner as the two chase a long ball, but Robles is off his line quickly to close out the chance. 49 min Vaughan denied by a save with Robles' legs after Wigan were pressured off the ball when passing it a little too glibly in and around their own penalty area. Huddersfield pressing with far more vigour now. Much better from the home side. 48 min Some encouraging early pressure for Huddersfield brings about a corner. Danns retrieves the over-hit delivery but is shaken off it by Gomez. Danns then fouls Gomez. That'll show him. Oh no, it won't. Wigan free kick, mounting sense of Huddersfield progress stymied. 46 min A double sub for Huddersfield as we head into the second half. Big Alan Lee is Big Alan Replaced, Vaughan is on. Novak also takes Atkinson's place. 16.41 Excellent performance from Wigan, especially McManaman who has turned in an impeccable performance on the left wing. Absolutely dead as a contest. Huddersfield have been limited, listless and short on ideas. 44 min Neil Danns not that far from getting on the end of a Woods cross. McArthur and Golobart failed to effectively communicate, there. No matter, it's wide. Huddersfield 0 Wigan 2 (Kone) More excellent work from McManaman, who's winning this on his own. Low cross from the left, Gomez is there to apply a close range finish but it's a wonderful instinctive save by Smithies to deny him. Kone's almost certainly offside before tucking in the rebound but it's not spotted, and Wigan have the two goal lead their performance has deserved. 37 min This is an impressive showing from Wigan, who look comfortably the best side in all departments. Espinoza works himself into relatively promising shooting territory 25 yards out, but the ball kicks up slightly as he's about to make contact and it flies miles over. 34 min Wigan's supporters going excellently spare after the goal. Here's Huddersfield's Adam Clayton in action, being watched by two of his close personal friends: Huddersfield 0 Wigan 1 (Mcmanaman) Excellent pass from McArthur gives McManaman a chance to run at Huddersfield full back Hunt again. McManaman, clearly the game's best player thus far, decides he's had enough of this goalless lark, turns on the pace, beats two men, then slots calmly and powerfully beyond Smithies. 30 min Wigan still looking primising in wide areas, but the service from them is, to put it mildly, not all that. Espinoza the latest to get into a decent position to cross, but Smithies catches with ease. 26 min Wigan force a free kick out wide, then a corner. Some half-hearted songs from the Huddersfield supporters about Wigan's likelihood of being relegated. The corner's cleared by Danns. 21 min A vague chance for the home side as they flash a free kick into the box from the right. No-one on the end of it. 19 min Huddersfield clear aimlessly. Wigan's Fyvie sticks an ill-advised foot out and ends up deflecting the ball back towards his own goal. Big Alan Lee gives chase. Big Alan Lee is outpaced and outclassed by Paul Scharner. Comprehensively so. 16 min Big Alan Lee heads well over after Woods puts a resonable cross in from the left. I am legally obliged to call him "Big Alan Lee" throughout. 15 min The pitch is holding up its end of the FA Cup bargain. It's dreadful. This is not helping Huddersfield, who can seemingly only manage fouls on Wigan players in vain attempts to interrupt the near-ceaseless possession. 12 min All Wigan. Lots of enterprising work from McManaman out on the left-hand side. Huddersfield doing enough to clear, but not to hang onto the ball. Pleasing scene of setting sun, big pitch, and contrasting kits. It's all very placid and pleasant to watch. 9 min Excellent throw-in appealing from Wigan's Stam who makes an odd repeated noise then does some undeniably audible swearing when referee Michael Oliver gives it to Huddersfield. 6 min Jordi Gomez heads just over after an excellent dummy and crossing routine from McManaman. Gerrard did enough in defence to crowd out the Wigan midfielder. 4 min Wigan with the best of the early exchanges, but there are enough dispirting losses of possession to suggest that this is not going to be a very pretty game. Lots and lots and lots of empty seats, as you may expect. 1 min We're off. A long ball from Adam Clayton sets the tone. It's still not the Adam Clayton from U2, I'm afraid. 15.54 The teams are out. Brace yourselves. I'm expecting a football match reasonably soon. 15.48 Here are the pre-match thoughts of Roberto Martinez: Every game is good opportunity to develop competition throughout the squad. In the cup competitions we've been fortunate enough to be able to give some of the youngsters a chance to show what they can do. If you want to be successful in two competitions you need to be playing with a big enough group of players. This younger group that are playing today, are unbeaten in cup competitions, we only went out of the League Cup on penalties. And they've got us this far, so deserve their chance again tonight. 15.30 D Summersgill has been kind enough to get in touch: I've seen some appalling premier league matches this season so I'll risk watching this. You never know!!! Quite right. I think it's going to be 8-12. 15.20 Here are the teams: Huddersfield: Smithies, Woods, Gerrard, P. Clarke, Hunt, Arfield, Clayton, Atkinson, Scannell, Danns, Lee. Subs: Bennett, Dixon, Norwood, Novak, Gobern, Vaughan, Lynch. Wigan: Robles, Kone, Gomez, McManaman, McArthur, Espinoza, Fyvie, Stam, Golobart, Figueroa, Scharner. Subs: Al Habsi, Boyce, Beausejour, McCarthy, Maloney, Di Santo, Henriquez. Referee: Michael Oliver 14.55 Afternoon liveblog fans. The question is big. The question is "why?." I am asking the same question that you are. If you put all 92 of the nation's league football clubs into a small vessel, let's say a hat, you would struggle to pull out two less glamorous teams than Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town. One is a Premier League perrenial but rarely notable for doing anything other than somehow staying up, year after year. They are this generation's Oldham Athletic, a team overachieving vastly, better than it's ever going to be, and still somewhow quite difficult to warm to. Yes nice football. Yes Roberto Martinez. Yes not spending very much money. But still: No, Wigan. Especially in the context of something nice to watch on Sunday afternoon telly. The other is Huddersfield. Big, under-achieving Huddersfield. Another easy team to forget. After starting well on their return to the Championship this season they had a spell of 12 games without a win that straddled the new year and led to the dismissal of Simon Grayson. It's Mark Robins in charge today, who has arrived after caretaker Mark Lillis oversaw a change in fortunes which included a credible draw with runaway league leaders Cardiff, a win over play-off botherers Palace and victory in the last round of this competition against Leicester, via a replay. Today is Robins' first game in charge, and he must be a gigantic box office draw, because ITV have elected to televise it. On terrestrial. Against Wigan. On a Sunday. Wow. Still, it's two teams rarely afforded this sort of attention and therefore miles better than Arsenal v Blackburn, right? I think so, but I suspect you don't. Tell me what else you'd rather be watching using the means suggested above and I will bring you team news as soon as I have it. Deal? Deal. Here's a preview: Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic John Smith's Stadium Kick-off: 15.55 GMT.