Wigan Athletic vs Coventry City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic are banking on their home following to support them to win this match hosting Coventry City. Who is the winner at The DW Stadium?

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (57) in Championship
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor Coventry City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Wigan Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (57) in Championship, have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses from their games here at The DW Stadium. Two draws in a row at home now for Wigan Athletic.

Fletcher was the last player to score a league goal for Wigan and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Wigan Athletic haven't scored in 211 minutes.

No payout for Wigan Athletic in their previous match, an away game at Burnley that ended in defeat 0-3.

Prior to that, an away loss at West Bromwich Albion.

Trench warfare? Looking at this club's last 10 league matches, 8 have contained two goals or less.

The manager Maloney will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Watford in only four days.

Wigan Athletic have scored {13 league goals} here from 18 matches, not a lot. Wigan Athletic have conceded 31 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Coventry City form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship, are W5-D5-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Coventry's last game was the home draw against Hull City (1-1). Attacker Godden got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Godden scored one goal.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Huddersfield Town at their stadium, the result 4-0.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's last 13 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Coventry City manager Robins as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Blackpool.

Coventry City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. 18 goals have been conceded by Coventry in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have fought earlier this season: Coventry City - Wigan Athletic 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Wigan one win, zero draws and Coventry City two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
17 goals
Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
10 goals
Coventry CityJ. Allen
J. Allen
6 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Coventry City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 4 17 36
7 3 0 Won W 3 5 14
11 5 2 Drew D 1 5 11
18 10 5 Lost L 0 7 11
31 13 3 Scored S 7 18 42
57 31 12 Conceded C 0 18 35
92% 89% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 89%
72% 61% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 56%
44% 39% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 31%
19% 28% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 22%
14% 22% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
61% 56% 43% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 36%
19% 22% 14% Clean Sheets C S 100% 47% 47%
28% 33% 57% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 28%
 
4.3 4.1 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 4.5
4.4 3.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.8 5.4
1.9 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.1 10.6 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.2 12.6
2.7 2.5 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 4.1
32% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 29% 29%
 
11.3 9.2 9.9 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.5 10.9
3.5 3 2.9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.4 3.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Coventry City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Coventry City have the most clean sheets (17) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest points (14) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (13) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (57) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 36 23 11 2 71 28 19 14 5 0 43 13 17 9 6 2 28 15 43 80
2 Sheffield United 36 20 7 9 56 32 18 11 3 4 35 17 18 9 4 5 21 15 24 67
3 Middlesbrough 36 19 6 11 64 41 17 10 5 2 31 13 19 9 1 9 33 28 23 63
4 Luton Town 36 16 12 8 44 34 18 6 8 4 23 19 18 10 4 4 21 15 10 60
5 Blackburn Rovers 36 18 4 14 41 41 17 12 1 4 23 13 19 6 3 10 18 28 0 58
6 Millwall 36 16 9 11 46 38 17 9 5 3 27 15 19 7 4 8 19 23 8 57
7 Norwich City 35 16 7 12 51 39 18 8 4 6 27 21 17 8 3 6 24 18 12 55
8 West Bromwich Albion 36 15 9 12 46 38 19 10 5 4 26 15 17 5 4 8 20 23 8 54
9 Coventry City 36 14 11 11 42 35 19 9 6 4 24 17 17 5 5 7 18 18 7 53
10 Watford 36 13 12 11 41 39 17 8 5 4 24 16 19 5 7 7 17 23 2 51
11 Preston North End 36 13 11 12 32 38 19 5 6 8 14 22 17 8 5 4 18 16 -6 50
12 Sunderland 35 13 10 12 50 43 17 6 5 6 22 22 18 7 5 6 28 21 7 49
13 Bristol City 36 12 12 12 45 43 19 8 5 6 24 18 17 4 7 6 21 25 2 48
14 Stoke City 36 13 7 16 47 44 18 6 4 8 23 21 18 7 3 8 24 23 3 46
15 Hull City 36 12 10 14 41 49 18 7 4 7 20 23 18 5 6 7 21 26 -8 46
16 Reading 36 13 5 18 38 55 18 10 3 5 27 20 18 3 2 13 11 35 -17 44
17 Swansea City 36 11 10 15 48 55 18 7 3 8 28 28 18 4 7 7 20 27 -7 43
18 Birmingham City 36 11 9 16 41 47 19 6 5 8 22 21 17 5 4 8 19 26 -6 42
19 Queens Park Rangers 36 11 9 16 37 52 18 6 4 8 20 26 18 5 5 8 17 26 -15 42
20 Rotherham United 36 9 13 14 40 49 17 7 5 5 29 21 19 2 8 9 11 28 -9 40
21 Cardiff City 36 10 8 18 27 40 18 6 5 7 15 16 18 4 3 11 12 24 -13 38
22 Blackpool 36 7 11 18 33 53 17 4 6 7 17 21 19 3 5 11 16 32 -20 32
23 Huddersfield Town 36 8 8 20 30 52 18 6 4 8 16 20 18 2 4 12 14 32 -22 32
24 Wigan Athletic 36 7 11 18 31 57 18 3 5 10 13 31 18 4 6 8 18 26 -26 32

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