Championship match preview: Hull City versus Wigan Athletic

Competition: England Championship
Date: Wed 10.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: KCOM Stadium (25504 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Hull City are in the 11th position while the guests worry at 19th.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hull City form and stats

When playing at home, Hull City have managed 10 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 20 games. The Hull City fans aren't used to losing here at KCOM Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Hull City has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

Hull City's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Reading. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ipswich Town and winning 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Hull City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hull City as a small favourite), we find four games. Hull City has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Hull City are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Middlesbrough awaits in two days.

A decent goal production from Hull City in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 20 matches. Hull City have only conceded 19 in these games. 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 (7) away in Championship, have only collected 7 points from their away games after 1-4-15 (20 played). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Wigan Athletic have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 19 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Stoke City game.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Bristol City in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 2-2. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Brentford.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 25 similar matches played by Wigan Athletic in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Wigan Athletic, 5 draws and 17 defeats.

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

The attacking power of Wigan Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 18 goals scored in 20 matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 40 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic - Hull City 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: 2 - 1 - 5 (Hull City wins - draws - Wigan Athletic wins).

Top Goalscorers

J. Bowen
21 goals / 4 assists
F. Campbell
11 goals / 6 assists
K. Grosicki
9 goals / 11 assists

Hull City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Hull City Wigan Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 40
59 34 Scored 18 43
57 19 Conceded 40 59
98% 95% Over 0.5 100% 88%
82% 80% Over 1.5 80% 68%
52% 45% Over 2.5 55% 52%
32% 30% Over 3.5 35% 28%
18% 10% Over 4.5 15% 12%
48% 45% Both teams to score 50% 45%
28% 40% Clean Sheet 5% 25%
28% 20% Failed To Score 45% 42%
Key stats this season:
  • Wigan Athletic hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 40 25 9 6 82 48 20 14 2 4 45 29 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 84
2 Sheffield United 40 23 8 9 67 37 20 13 3 4 37 16 20 10 5 5 30 21 30 77
3 Leeds United 40 23 7 10 66 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 20 10 4 6 31 24 24 76
4 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 10 10 75 52 20 9 7 4 44 27 20 11 3 6 31 25 23 70
5 Aston Villa 40 16 15 9 73 56 20 9 8 3 46 33 20 7 7 6 27 23 17 63
6 Bristol City 39 17 11 11 51 42 20 7 7 6 24 21 19 10 4 5 27 21 9 62
7 Derby County 39 16 12 11 55 48 20 10 7 3 31 19 19 6 5 8 24 29 7 60
8 Middlesbrough 40 15 13 12 41 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 20 8 7 5 22 20 5 58
9 Nottingham Forest 40 14 15 11 55 47 20 11 4 5 29 19 20 3 11 6 26 28 8 57
10 Preston North End 40 15 12 13 59 53 20 7 9 4 34 25 20 8 3 9 25 28 6 57
11 Hull City 40 16 9 15 59 57 20 10 5 5 34 19 20 6 4 10 25 38 2 57
12 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 14 12 49 54 20 8 8 4 28 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -5 56
13 Swansea City 39 15 8 16 52 49 19 10 4 5 32 21 20 5 4 11 20 28 3 53
14 Brentford 40 13 12 15 63 56 20 11 4 5 43 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 7 51
15 Stoke City 40 11 18 11 38 42 20 8 6 6 20 18 20 3 12 5 18 24 -4 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 40 12 11 17 53 63 20 8 6 6 26 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -10 47
17 Birmingham City 40 13 14 13 56 52 20 7 8 5 27 20 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 44
18 Queens Park Rangers 40 12 8 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 20 4 5 11 18 37 -19 44
19 Wigan Athletic 40 10 11 19 43 59 20 9 7 4 25 19 20 1 4 15 18 40 -16 41
20 Millwall 39 10 10 19 45 58 19 7 6 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 40
21 Reading 40 9 13 18 43 60 20 7 4 9 27 30 20 2 9 9 16 30 -17 40
22 Rotherham United 40 8 15 17 43 68 20 7 8 5 29 31 20 1 7 12 14 37 -25 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 40 8 8 24 29 66 20 4 4 12 13 30 20 4 4 12 16 36 -37 32
24 Ipswich Town 40 4 15 21 32 65 20 2 10 8 18 27 20 2 5 13 14 38 -33 27

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