The home team stadium regulars expect three points in this match, and the home advantage should work against a struggling visitor. Exeter City are in 12th spot while the guesting Wigan Athletic stress at 23rd.
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Exeter City have scored home.
This could be an engrossing game with lots of action and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Exeter City form and stats
2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Exeter City so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Exeter with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Cheltenham Town game, 35 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Exeter City supporters got no joy from their last match, a EFL Trophy duel also played here at St James Park: A 0-5 defeat against Arsenal U21.
Ahead of that match, Exeter City lost 0-1 at home to Barnsley.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Exeter City handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
It should be added that a look at the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
The manager Caldwell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Derby County in only three days.
Exeter have scored {4 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Wigan Athletic's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the League One. Wigan Athletic only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Wigan Athletic in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Bolton Wanderers.
Wigan Athletic delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Fleetwood Town in their previous game; a EFL Trophy fixture.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Stevenage's place.Wigan are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
After this away game Wigan Athletic return home for a League One game against Oxford United. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Wigan Athletic have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Wigan have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Wyke 6 goals |  S. Humphrys 3 goals |   W. Aimson 2 goals |
Exeter City missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Exeter City | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 17 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 91% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 18% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 14% | 9% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 9% |
| 42% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 5.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 13.8 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.4 |
| 4 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 23% | 24% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 48% | 48% |
| 12.1 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 15.9 | 16.5 |
| 4.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals away as Exeter City have scored home.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 5 | Stevenage | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Port Vale | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 16 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | Lincoln City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 22 | Reading | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 6 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 5 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | -19 | 2 |
