Wigan strike pair Emile Heskey and Marcus Bent have received the all-clear ahead of the Premier League clash at home to Reading on Saturday.Heskey (hamstring) and Bent (cut leg) both went off injured in last week's 1-1 draw against Tottenham but are fit to play at the JJB Stadium this weekend, when victory will secure survival for the Latics.

On-loan defender Erik Hagen is available again following illness, so Erik Edman is Wigan's only absentee after being ruled out for the season with a long-term knee injury.

Wigan (from): Kirkland, Melchiot, Scharner, Boyce, Kilbane, Valencia, Brown, Palacios, Taylor, Bent, Heskey, Koumas, Skoko, King, Sibierski, Pollitt, Aghahowa, Bramble, Figueroa, Hagen, Olembe.

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