Wigan Athletic know they are going on a rough excursion to Huddersfield Town and their The John Smith's Stadium. This match preview has all the intelligence you need before the match.
- Huddersfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
This could be an absorbing match with lots of spark and energy as both sides are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Huddersfield Town form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Huddersfield Town at their home stadium (The John Smith's Stadium) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 240 minutes without scoring a league goal. Anjorin was the last player to find the net.
The Huddersfield Town crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Blackpool here at The John Smith's Stadium. The striker Thomas was announced as "man of the match" for Huddersfield Town with a rating of 8.02/10. Thomas hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bristol City.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Huddersfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 6 and lost 2.
Huddersfield has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic are happy with their away performances in the Championship so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Momentum is building for Wigan Athletic in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Wigan Athletic, whose coach Richardson could celebrate last time after the win against Luton Town. Aasgaard came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Luton Town last time out, making the manager Richardson feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder McClean was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. McClean hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting West Bromwich Albion.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Wigan in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Wigan Athletic, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
Wigan Athletic have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 3 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Wigan Athletic as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's three Huddersfield victories, two draws and four Wigan Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ward 2 goals |   W. Keane 2 goals |
Huddersfield Town missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Huddersfield Town | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 5 | 5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.3 | 4.7 |
| 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.9 | 8.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7 | 10.7 |
| 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 36% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 35% |
| 15.3 | 14 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 15 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3 |
- Huddersfield Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Reading | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Burnley | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Watford | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Hull City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | Millwall | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 18 | Luton Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 22 | Cardiff City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
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