Match preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Wigan Athletic U21 host Coventry City U21

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Competition: Mon 13.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Christopher Park (1000 seats)

Wigan Athletic U21 - Coventry City U21. 3rd position against 8th position. The ball is round - get a thorough preview here!

Insights:
  • All of Wigan Athletic U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Coventry City U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Professional Development League

Wigan Athletic U21 and Coventry City U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Wigan Athletic U21 form and stats

When playing at home in the Professional Development League, Wigan Athletic U21 have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Wigan after consecutive victories at their own ground.

No payout for Wigan Athletic U21 in their previous match, an away game at Barnsley U21 that ended in defeat 0-1. The first loss after going undefeated in three league games.

Ahead of that match, Wigan Athletic U21 won a home game hosting Birmingham City U21 (5-0).

A decent goal production from Wigan Athletic U21 in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wigan defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Coventry City U21 form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Coventry City U21 playing as the away team in the Professional Development League this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Coventry City U21 in their previous game as they lost hosting Hull City U21, 1-2.

A 0-2 defeat away at Sheffield United U21 before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Coventry City U21 have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. Coventry struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams met previously this campaign; Coventry City U21 - Wigan Athletic U21 2-2.

Wigan Athletic U21 missing players

Coventry City U21 missing players

Wigan Athletic U21 Coventry City U21
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 16
7 4 2 Won W 0 3 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
8 5 1 Lost L 2 4 9
32 17 5 Scored S 0 10 22
29 15 7 Conceded C 3 13 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 88%
67% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 69%
44% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
28% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
50% 44% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 50%
28% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
28% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 25%
 
6.2 5.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4 4.9
3.6 2.6 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.2 6.5
1.4 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 1.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 7.4 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.4 7.7
4.2 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.9
39% 48% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 62% 48%
 
8.1 9.3 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 11.5 11.8
3.6 4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.9 4.8
Key stats in Professional Development League this season:
  • All of Wigan Athletic U21's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Coventry City U21 have the fewest scored goals in the first half (9) in Professional Development League
  • Coventry City U21 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Coventry City U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic U21 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wigan Athletic U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield United U21 18 11 4 3 34 20 9 6 2 1 17 9 9 5 2 2 17 11 14 37
2 Hull City U21 17 7 3 7 37 29 9 4 1 4 19 15 8 3 2 3 18 14 8 24
3 Wigan Athletic U21 18 7 3 8 32 29 9 4 0 5 17 15 9 3 3 3 15 14 3 24
4 Burnley U21 16 7 2 7 30 33 9 3 1 5 18 24 7 4 1 2 12 9 -3 23
5 Birmingham City U21 17 5 5 7 26 31 9 3 3 3 16 15 8 2 2 4 10 16 -5 20
6 Crewe Alexandra U21 15 5 4 6 22 27 8 1 4 3 6 10 7 4 0 3 16 17 -5 19
7 Barnsley U21 16 5 3 8 24 27 10 4 2 4 16 13 6 1 1 4 8 14 -3 18
8 Coventry City U21 16 5 2 9 22 28 8 2 1 5 12 15 8 3 1 4 10 13 -6 17
9 Peterborough United U21 14 4 4 6 26 29 7 3 3 1 17 12 7 1 1 5 9 17 -3 16
10 Sheffield Wednesday U21 18 5 0 13 17 41 10 2 0 8 7 24 8 3 0 5 10 17 -24 15