Bristol City favourites for feisty fight facing Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 15.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (21497 seats)

Wigan Athletic have reset their minds and bodies following their 1-0-match vs Huddersfield Town and are keen to meet Bristol City. Get all the information!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (49) in Championship

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 Bristol City and Wigan Athletic.

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Bristol City form and stats

The overall Championship stats at home this season for Bristol City are 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Bristol City hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Reading, Bristol City, Stoke City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 2 of 3 matches!

The Bristol City followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Norwich City and win 1-0. Vyner, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Vyner won 3 of 3 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Preston North End.

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 Bristol have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Bristol City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Sunderland awaits in three days.

Bristol City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Bristol's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Bristol City has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship. When Wigan Athletic is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic, Reading, Stoke City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool is teams we like to compare Bristol City with. Visiting Wigan Athletic has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Wigan goalkeeper Ben Amos is eager to challenge this, with his 217 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Whatmough scored in Wigan Athletic's previous match, the home game against Huddersfield Town that ended 1-0. Hooray; their first victory in the league after eight matches not winning. Whatmough, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.83. Whatmough scored one goal and won 7 of 12 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Blackburn Rovers that ended 0-0.

We have checked recent matches where Wigan have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 1 victory, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Norwich City in just three days.

Wigan Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Wigan have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bristol City have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Wigan Athletic.

The two teams involved faced each other earlier on this campaign: Wigan Athletic - Bristol City 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
10 goals
Wigan AthleticT. Naylor
T. Naylor
2 goals
Wigan AthleticT. Aasgaard
T. Aasgaard
2 goals

Bristol City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bristol City Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 16 3 Played P 3 14 30
10 6 2 Won W 2 4 7
9 4 0 Drew D 1 5 8
11 6 1 Lost L 0 5 15
40 20 5 Scored S 5 16 28
39 17 2 Conceded C 2 19 49
90% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
83% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 73%
47% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 47%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 23%
17% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 17%
60% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 63%
27% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 20%
23% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 23%
 
5.3 5.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.3
5.6 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 4.5
2 1.9 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 10.9 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 9.8 10.3
3.3 3.6 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 2.6
41% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 38% 36%
 
11.9 9.9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 13.2 10.9
3.4 2.6 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (49) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 8 10 39 32 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Birmingham City 30 10 8 12 36 38 16 5 5 6 20 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -2 38
17 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
18 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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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 Burnley 29 19 8 2 58 26 15 11 4 0 32 12 14 8 4 2 26 14 32 65
2 Sheffield United 29 17 7 5 48 24 14 9 3 2 30 13 15 8 4 3 18 11 24 58
3 Middlesbrough 30 14 6 10 47 35 15 8 5 2 23 12 15 6 1 8 24 23 12 48
4 Luton Town 29 13 9 7 37 29 15 5 7 3 20 16 14 8 2 4 17 13 8 48
5 Watford 30 12 9 9 36 33 14 7 3 4 20 13 16 5 6 5 16 20 3 45
6 West Bromwich Albion 30 12 8 10 39 32 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 5 4 6 18 18 7 44
7 Blackburn Rovers 29 14 2 13 31 35 14 9 1 4 20 13 15 5 1 9 11 22 -4 44
8 Millwall 28 12 7 9 34 28 14 8 4 2 21 9 14 4 3 7 13 19 6 43
9 Sunderland 29 11 9 9 42 33 14 5 4 5 19 16 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 42
10 Norwich City 29 12 6 11 40 34 15 5 4 6 19 19 14 7 2 5 21 15 6 42
11 Preston North End 29 11 7 11 27 33 15 3 4 8 9 20 14 8 3 3 18 13 -6 40
12 Hull City 30 11 7 12 37 44 16 6 3 7 18 23 14 5 4 5 19 21 -7 40
13 Swansea City 29 10 9 10 43 42 14 6 2 6 23 20 15 4 7 4 20 22 1 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 9 11 32 38 14 5 4 5 17 18 16 5 5 6 15 20 -6 39
15 Coventry City 29 10 8 11 31 32 15 7 4 4 19 14 14 3 4 7 12 18 -1 38
16 Birmingham City 30 10 8 12 36 38 16 5 5 6 20 18 14 5 3 6 16 20 -2 38
17 Reading 29 11 5 13 33 44 14 8 3 3 22 16 15 3 2 10 11 28 -11 38
18 Bristol City 29 9 9 11 39 39 15 5 4 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 20 22 0 36
19 Stoke City 29 9 6 14 33 38 14 4 3 7 17 18 15 5 3 7 16 20 -5 33
20 Rotherham United 29 7 11 11 33 40 14 5 5 4 24 17 15 2 6 7 9 23 -7 32
21 Cardiff City 30 7 8 15 21 33 15 4 5 6 11 13 15 3 3 9 10 20 -12 29
22 Huddersfield Town 29 7 7 15 28 38 15 5 3 7 14 15 14 2 4 8 14 23 -10 28
23 Blackpool 29 6 9 14 30 45 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 3 5 7 14 24 -15 27
24 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 49 15 2 3 10 11 30 14 4 5 5 16 19 -22 26

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.