League One: Wigan Athletic are 6 points short of Shrewsbury Town, but are fully set to go all in. Game on!
- All of Wigan Athletic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor Shrewsbury Town 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.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Wigan Athletic at their home stadium (The DW Stadium) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Wigan Athletic are confident in defense, having played 261 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Wigan's last game was hosting Oxford United (placed 2nd) and winning 2-0. Tickle, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Tickle topped it up with a clean sheet.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Exeter City and winning 2-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wigan Athletic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic, as the League One home game vs Charlton Athletic is only three days away.
Wigan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Wigan Athletic have conceded 6 goals.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shrewsbury Town so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
Shrewsbury Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Barnsley (placed 3rd). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. Mata, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.32. Mata hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Derby County.Shrewsbury are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Low on goals? 9 of this side's latest 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
Shrewsbury Town are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 7 away games. Shrewsbury Town have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Wigan have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent duels against this side. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  C. Wyke 6 goals |  S. Humphrys 4 goals |  C. Hughes 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 50% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 14% | 14% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 36% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 71% | 57% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 6.2 |
| 3.2 | 2.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 49% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 12% | 15% |
| 17 | 16.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 12.2 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
- All of Wigan Athletic's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Shrewsbury Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Shrewsbury Town.
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
