Match preview Championship: Bristol City - Wigan Athletic at Ashton Gate Stadium

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 06.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (27000 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 20th place in the table will show on the pitch.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship.

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Bristol City form and stats

Bristol City have played 19 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Bristol City are returning here after visiting Middlesbrough in a Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Sheffield United with a 3-2 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bristol City handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W2-D1-L1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Bristol City as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. West Bromwich Albion are visiting.

Bristol City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 19 matches. Bristol City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic, who have the fewest points (6) away in Championship, have only collected 6 points from their away games after 1-3-15 (19 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.

There were no winners in Wigan Athletic's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Brentford. Before that, Wigan Athletic secured a home win against Bolton Wanderers with the score 5-2.

Wigan Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 17 defeats. From a total of 24 matches.

Wigan Athletic has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Hull City in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 19 away games, an average of less than one per game. For Wigan Athletic, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic - Bristol City 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Bristol City-Wigan Athletic H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Bristol City 2 wins, Wigan Athletic 1 win, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Bristol City Wigan Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 39
49 22 Scored 16 41
40 19 Conceded 38 57
97% 100% Over 0.5 100% 87%
63% 68% Over 1.5 79% 67%
34% 32% Over 2.5 53% 51%
21% 11% Over 3.5 32% 26%
16% 5% Over 4.5 16% 13%
50% 58% Both teams to score 47% 44%
34% 21% Clean Sheet 5% 26%
18% 21% Failed To Score 47% 44%
Key stats this season:
  • Bristol City hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wigan Athletic is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 39 24 9 6 78 48 19 13 2 4 41 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 30 81
2 Leeds United 39 23 7 9 66 41 20 13 3 4 35 18 19 10 4 5 31 23 25 76
3 Sheffield United 39 22 8 9 66 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 19 9 5 5 29 21 29 74
4 West Bromwich Albion 39 20 10 9 75 50 20 9 7 4 44 27 19 11 3 5 31 23 25 70
5 Bristol City 38 17 10 11 49 40 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 61
6 Aston Villa 39 15 15 9 70 55 20 9 8 3 46 33 19 6 7 6 24 22 15 60
7 Derby County 38 16 11 11 52 45 20 10 7 3 31 19 18 6 4 8 21 26 7 59
8 Middlesbrough 39 15 13 11 40 33 20 7 6 7 19 16 19 8 7 4 21 17 7 58
9 Nottingham Forest 39 14 15 10 54 45 20 11 4 5 29 19 19 3 11 5 25 26 9 57
10 Preston North End 39 15 12 12 59 52 19 7 9 3 34 24 20 8 3 9 25 28 7 57
11 Sheffield Wednesday 39 14 14 11 48 51 19 8 8 3 27 22 20 6 6 8 21 29 -3 56
12 Hull City 39 15 9 15 56 56 19 9 5 5 31 18 20 6 4 10 25 38 0 54
13 Brentford 39 13 11 15 60 53 19 11 3 5 40 20 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 50
14 Swansea City 38 14 8 16 49 48 18 9 4 5 29 20 20 5 4 11 20 28 1 50
15 Stoke City 39 10 18 11 37 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 19 2 12 5 17 24 -5 48
16 Blackburn Rovers 39 12 11 16 53 62 19 8 6 5 26 18 20 4 5 11 27 44 -9 47
17 Queens Park Rangers 39 12 8 19 46 61 20 8 3 9 28 28 19 4 5 10 18 33 -15 44
18 Birmingham City 39 12 14 13 55 52 19 6 8 5 26 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 3 41
19 Reading 39 9 13 17 42 57 20 7 4 9 27 30 19 2 9 8 15 27 -15 40
20 Wigan Athletic 39 10 10 19 41 57 20 9 7 4 25 19 19 1 3 15 16 38 -16 40
21 Millwall 38 9 10 19 43 58 18 6 6 6 22 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -15 37
22 Rotherham United 39 7 15 17 41 67 19 6 8 5 27 30 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 36
23 Bolton Wanderers 39 8 8 23 28 64 19 4 4 11 12 28 20 4 4 12 16 36 -36 32
24 Ipswich Town 39 3 15 21 30 64 20 2 10 8 18 27 19 1 5 13 12 37 -34 24

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