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Saints will be knocked off the top of the table if their impressive run against Wigan comes to an end in Friday's derby at Knowsley Road and Leeds overcome Wakefield at Headingley.

The champions have suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of chief title rivals Leeds and Bradford over the last fortnight but Fozzard insists there is no need to panic, saying: "We're playing well but everyone raises their game for us. If such good teams as Leeds and Bradford are playing at their best and we're playing at our best, it's always going to be touch and go."

Wigan have lost the last seven meetings with their arch rivals, including two this season and a 75-0 Challenge Cup rout in 2005, and have not won at Knowsley Road since September 2003.

But Brian Noble's men are on something of a high, having beaten both of Saints' most recent conquerors in their last two outings, and this could be their best chance to halt their depressing sequence.

"We've been doing all right against Wigan but every game is different," warned Fozzard. "It will be full on against Wigan and exciting. You never know what is going to happen in these big games.

"Wigan are a very dangerous team. They've got Trent Barrett and some other dangerous players like Micky Higham and some big forwards. We will have to be at our best to beat them."