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With regard to the incident, Paul Jewell said: "He [De Zeeuw] should probably wear a mask this time. It is not very nice, but fortunately, it does not happen very much in football. Arjan behaved impeccably on the day, I don't think there are many other players that would have taken that in the way he did. He is a thorough professional, and I don't foresee any problems at all.
"As far as we are concerned, the whole episode is forgotten about, and I'm sure he [Diouf] regrets what he did."
While Bolton boss Allardyce said: "What happened against Portsmouth last season was the low point of Diouf's career. I hope we don't see a repeat of that. But he is being reasonably good at the moment. Maybe that's because he's not on loan any more and feels more settled."
De Zeeuw himself is keen to put the incident behind him. He told the wigan
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"It's safe to say we won't exchange birthday cards, but what happened is gone now and it's time to move on.
"Diouf had a lot of bad Press over it, I'm sure he got a lot of stick from his own manager Sam Allardyce, and people won't forget about it easily.
"I didn't shake him by the hand last time and I'll have to think what to do about that this time.
"People must have a chance to improve themselves and learn from their mistakes, that applies to everyone.
"I think I surprised myself about how calm I kept at the time, but as I've said, it's in the past now and I'm just approaching Sunday as a game of football.
"Diouf is a good player and we have to be careful with him as he scores goals and sets up chances for other players.
"I will be looking at him like that, not because of the spitting thing."
Wigan Team News
Latics boss Paul Jewell looks to have a full squad to pick from, meaning he is likely to go with the same team that beat Everton.
Mike Pollitt is unlikely to recieve a recall despite Filan's dodgy performance at Goodison.
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"We know Bolton's strengths, they've done fantastically well, and we know we have to compete. If we want to win, we have to compete in the battle, and if you don't compete against Bolton, then they will blow you away. We've got to make sure we're competitive."
"It's a good derby, so it'll be a good atmosphere, and as well as competing we've got to make sure we play as well. We have to stop them but we've got to be able to express ourselves. I thought we did that against Everton in the second half, but we did not do that particularly well in the first half, but we grew in confidence in the second half."
"We haven't scored a million goals but that is not for the lack of trying. We've tried to attack teams in a sensible way, and in an organised manner. We look solid at the back, and we just need to continue that because to win a game you obviously need to score a goal, but we don't need to concede any."
"You have to be disciplined because if you lose your discipline and lose your shape, we're playing against better players, so they'll take advantage."
Wigan (from): Pollitt, Filan, Chimbonda, McMillan, De Zeeuw, Henchoz, Jackson, Thome, Baines, Bullard, Kavanagh, Johansson, Mahon, Francis, McCulloch, Wright, Taylor, Teale, Connolly, Roberts, Camara.
Bolton Team News
Kevin Nolan is a doubt for the Trotters, he sustained an ankle injury in the victory over Plovdiv in the UEFA Cup midweek. Gary Speed and Rahdi Jaidi are doubts while Ivan Campo and Nicky Hunt will definately sit this one out.
Bolton (from): Jaaskelainen, Nolan, N'Gotty, Giannakopoulos, Pedersen, Okocha, Gardner, Davies, Nakata, Speed, Jaidi, Borgetti, Diouf, O'Brien, Faye, Fernandes, Fojut, Walker.