League One preview and stats: Wigan Athletic - Gillingham at The DW Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic look forward to meeting Gillingham with hopes of securing all three points. Can they? Check our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One
  • Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)

The hosts Wigan Athletic saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. That game was an away game at Morecambe, so at least Wigan Athletic are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have collected 20 points from their League One home games so far after 6-2-3. Wigan Athletic haven’t lost a league-game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lincoln City, 87 days ago.

A strong away win for Wigan against Morecambe the last match, as Keane and Humphrys were on target. Defender Darikwa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Darikwa served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Doncaster Rovers with a 2-1 scoreline.

Wigan Athletic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won zero, drew two and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Arsenal U21 is only three days away.

The Wigan Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Wigan Athletic have conceded only 10 goals.

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Gillingham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gillingham so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Gillingham, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Doncaster Rovers game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Gillingham might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Burton Albion proved too strong as Gillingham slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at MEMS Priestfield Stadium. Midfielder Lee was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.95. Lee hit three key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).

A 0-4 loss hosting Ipswich Town before that.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Gillingham played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected two times.

After this away game Gillingham return home for a League One game against Shrewsbury Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Gillingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Gillingham have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head match ended Gillingham - Wigan Athletic 0-2, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Wigan Athletic three wins, one draw and Gillingham three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
12 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
8 goals
Wigan AthleticJ. McClean
J. McClean
6 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 6 13 25
16 6 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 3 6 9
4 3 1 Lost L 3 6 13
44 15 3 Scored S 3 11 19
22 10 3 Conceded C 10 20 41
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 92% 92%
91% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 85% 80%
61% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 31% 36%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 15% 20%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 8% 8%
65% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 56%
35% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 17% 15% 16%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 36%
 
6.3 6.6 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.6 4.7
3.4 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 7.1 5.7
2.3 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
12.6 11.9 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.3 10
4.5 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.5
43% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 22%
 
9.9 9.5 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19.7 17.6 15.3
2.7 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 6.2 5.2
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in League One
  • Gillingham is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Gillingham.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (5-1-0) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Wigan Athletic 23 16 3 4 44 22 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 10 1 1 29 12 22 51
3 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
4 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 25 10 8 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 4 5 4 12 12 5 38
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cambridge United 26 8 9 9 36 39 14 4 6 4 18 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -3 33
14 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
15 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
16 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 24 6 9 9 30 36 11 2 7 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 27
21 Morecambe 26 6 6 14 35 51 14 4 4 6 20 24 12 2 2 8 15 27 -16 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 26 4 4 18 18 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 13 0 1 12 7 33 -31 16

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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 Wycombe Wanderers 27 15 7 5 44 30 13 9 2 2 24 17 14 6 5 3 20 13 14 52
2 Wigan Athletic 23 16 3 4 44 22 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 10 1 1 29 12 22 51
3 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 13 10 1 2 30 9 14 5 5 4 22 24 19 51
4 Rotherham United 25 15 5 5 45 18 13 9 2 2 32 13 12 6 3 3 13 5 27 50
5 Milton Keynes Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 13 6 4 3 28 18 15 46
6 Oxford United 26 12 7 7 40 29 14 8 4 2 27 13 12 4 3 5 13 16 11 43
7 Plymouth Argyle 25 12 7 6 40 29 12 7 3 2 18 11 13 5 4 4 22 18 11 43
8 Sheffield Wednesday 25 10 10 5 34 29 11 6 4 1 19 10 14 4 6 4 15 19 5 40
9 Portsmouth 25 10 8 7 29 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 4 5 4 12 12 5 38
10 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 14 7 3 4 21 20 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 36
11 Ipswich Town 26 9 8 9 43 36 13 5 6 2 23 18 13 4 2 7 20 18 7 35
12 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 22 13 13 3 3 7 10 18 1 35
13 Cambridge United 26 8 9 9 36 39 14 4 6 4 18 19 12 4 3 5 18 20 -3 33
14 Cheltenham Town 26 7 10 9 32 45 14 5 5 4 17 22 12 2 5 5 15 23 -13 31
15 Charlton Athletic 26 8 6 12 32 32 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 0 30
16 Shrewsbury Town 26 8 6 12 26 29 13 7 3 3 17 12 13 1 3 9 9 17 -3 30
17 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 5 12 32 37 12 5 4 3 18 17 13 3 1 9 14 20 -5 29
18 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 13 3 3 7 12 17 12 4 4 4 17 16 -4 28
19 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 13 5 2 6 21 20 12 2 5 5 17 23 -5 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 24 6 9 9 30 36 11 2 7 2 15 15 13 4 2 7 15 21 -6 27
21 Morecambe 26 6 6 14 35 51 14 4 4 6 20 24 12 2 2 8 15 27 -16 24
22 Crewe Alexandra 26 5 7 14 24 44 13 4 4 5 14 19 13 1 3 9 10 25 -20 22
23 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 12 2 3 7 8 21 13 1 6 6 11 20 -22 18
24 Doncaster Rovers 26 4 4 18 18 49 13 4 3 6 11 16 13 0 1 12 7 33 -31 16

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