Delightful dogfight as daring Stevenage duel with determined Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Stevenage are stalking the top positions while Wigan Athletic are more worried about staying out of trouble and relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Stevenage have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stevenage and Wigan Athletic.

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Stevenage form and stats

1-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Stevenage so far this season.

No payout for Stevenage in their previous match, an away game at Bolton Wanderers that ended in defeat 2-3. Defender Piergianni got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. Piergianni won 8 of 12 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Oxford United with the scoreline 1-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Stevenage handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wycombe Wanderers are coming to town in three days.

Stevenage has scored 6 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Stevenage's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Wigan Athletic have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. When Wigan Athletic is visiting a side on the top half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. Portsmouth, Oxford United, Bolton Wanderers, Barnsley, Wycombe Wanderers, Derby County and Peterborough United is teams we like to compare Stevenage with. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Wigan's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Two away games in a row for Wigan Athletic, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Burton Albion. Pearce got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, top player of the team. Pearce hit two key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Portsmouth.

We have checked recent matches where Wigan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 1 victory, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just three days.

Wigan Athletic has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Wigan Athletic have conceded 10 goals in their away games. Wigan has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

StevenageJ. Reid
J. Reid
8 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Wyke
C. Wyke
6 goals
Wigan AthleticS. Humphrys
S. Humphrys
3 goals

Stevenage missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Stevenage Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 2 6 10
5 1 1 Won W 2 2 4
3 3 1 Drew D 0 1 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 3 5
17 6 4 Scored S 6 10 15
12 6 2 Conceded C 1 10 16
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
55% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 83% 80%
27% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 20%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 10%
45% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 83% 80%
45% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 17% 10%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
5.8 8.4 12 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 3.9
5.5 4.8 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 4.5 4.8
2.3 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.5 13.4 18 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 10.4
4.9 4.6 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 2.9
31% 26% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 53% 52%
 
10.6 10.4 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.5 16 16.6
2.8 2.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Wigan Athletic's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Stevenage have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 Oxford United 10 8 0 2 20 8 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 4 0 1 11 5 12 24
2 Portsmouth 11 6 5 0 18 8 6 3 3 0 8 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 10 23
3 Bolton Wanderers 10 6 2 2 18 12 6 4 1 1 12 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 20
4 Peterborough United 11 6 2 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 20
5 Barnsley 11 6 1 4 24 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 2 12 19
6 Stevenage 11 5 3 3 17 12 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 18
7 Derby County 10 5 2 3 17 10 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 4 0 1 13 5 7 17
8 Wycombe Wanderers 10 5 2 3 12 13 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 5 8 -1 17
9 Port Vale 11 5 2 4 12 17 5 3 0 2 5 4 6 2 2 2 7 13 -5 17
10 Exeter City 11 5 1 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 3 0 3 7 8 -2 16
11 Lincoln City 10 4 3 3 14 10 4 3 1 0 9 1 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 15
12 Bristol Rovers 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 15
13 Blackpool 10 4 3 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 15
14 Charlton Athletic 10 4 2 4 15 12 6 4 0 2 13 8 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 14
15 Cambridge United 10 4 2 4 10 11 6 3 1 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 14
16 Leyton Orient 11 4 2 5 9 14 5 3 0 2 4 7 6 1 2 3 5 7 -5 14
17 Northampton Town 10 4 1 5 11 10 6 2 1 3 7 7 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 13
18 Burton Albion 11 2 4 5 8 15 5 1 2 2 4 7 6 1 2 3 4 8 -7 10
19 Shrewsbury Town 10 3 1 6 4 11 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 0 4 1 7 -7 10
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 2 6 7 14 4 1 0 3 1 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -7 8
21 Carlisle United 11 1 4 6 7 14 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 0 2 3 3 7 -7 7
22 Reading 10 3 1 6 8 13 5 3 1 1 5 2 5 0 0 5 3 11 -5 6
23 Wigan Athletic 10 4 1 5 15 16 4 2 0 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 10 10 -1 5
24 Cheltenham Town 11 0 1 10 0 19 5 0 0 5 0 11 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.