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Anthony Pilkington provided the decisive cross for Wigan's match-winning goal

Shaun Hutchinson's own goal gave Wigan's Championship survival chances a boost as they beat Millwall at the DW Stadium.

The Latics began the day three points from safety but a slice of luck brought them their eighth win of the season.

Anthony Pilkington's cross was turned into his own net by Hutchinson 12 minutes into the second half and it was enough to hand Paul Cook's side victory.

It was just Millwall's second defeat from their last 10 away games and, after an impressive win at Preston last week, a blow in their push for the play-offs as they slipped back to seven points from sixth in the table.

At the start of the game, Wigan had dropped more points from winning positions than any other team in the top four tiers of English football, so their single goal lead was far from secure.

But they clung on to move two points from safety with Leon Balogun making an important block as the clock ticked down and bodies thrown in the way of a Mahlon Romeo shot.

The ball did not fall for Millwall in several promising situations, but Tom Bradshaw had no excuse when he could only poke wide when Wigan goalkeeper David Marshall dropped Jed Wallace's cross.

And inside the final 10 minutes, another dangerous ball from Wallace bounced inside the six yard box but no-one could find a finish.

Wigan manager Paul Cook:

"I thought in general we were good, against a very strong side who were on a fantastic run of results.

"We defended well, we knew we'd get put under pressure in the last 10 minutes if we were in front.

"We didn't have an extra centre-back on the bench to bring on, the lads had to stand up for themselves. And I'm delighted with how they did that."

Millwall manager Gary Rowett told BBC London:

"The game meant an awful lot to Wigan and I didn't feel we quite matched their desperation to get a result.

"I wasn't sure we worked hard enough on the attacking side of our game, I didn't feel we stepped in with as much drive and pace and zip. We just looked a little bit flat.

"In the second half, when we did make changes, we showed a bit more desperation, drive and desire. My only question is why do we wait until we're 1-0 down?"