Latics aiming to extend shut-out run

Lee Johnson takes his Athletic side to Swindon tonight, aiming to make it five games unbeaten.

LEE Johnson says he would hate to have the task of breaking down Athletic right now.


Swindon are tonight hosting a side in promising form after three wins and a draw from its last four matches.

The clean-sheet specialists haven’t conceded a goal in the last seven hours and 26 minutes of action.

And in heading to the County Ground for tonight’s clash against the Wiltshire side, Athletic know thay have lost only one game away since February.

“I wouldn’t want to play us at the moment,” said Johnson, who rates top scorer Jonathan Forte as a 50-50 shot at beating a thigh injury to make the line-up tonight.

“We are a tough side to beat and a side will have to play well to beat us. We are a solid unit, tough to break down.”

The lack of goals at SportsDirect.com Park on Saturday reinforced the impression Athletic needs another option up front. But a new player won’t be in place for tonight.

Johnson, who has cash after the sale of Jonson Clarke-Harris, has his sights on one striker: “Hopefully we will add another in the next 10 days and if we do I’ll sit be quite happy with my squad,” he said.

“We had a strong bench on Saturday and if we do manage to get another one in, then we will be stronger again.”

Johnson’s opposite number Mark Cooper is on a revenge mission tonight, having tasted defeat twice at Athletic’s hands in 2013-14.