Leeds United welcomes Wigan Athletic as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (40204 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 2nd and 21st place in the table will show on the pitch.

Leeds United and Wigan Athletic 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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Leeds United form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Elland Road as Leeds United have scored 36 goals to get 45 points from 21 games. The overall stats are 14-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Leeds United has recorded two wins in a row here at Elland Road, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Leeds United's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Sheffield Wednesday. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Preston North End and winning 2-0.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Leeds United home games with this odds we find {two games} with a similar winning chance. Resulting in {2 wins}, {0 draws} and {0 defeats}. Looking at the victories, {0 matches were won by at least two goals.

Leeds United are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Brentford awaits in three days.

The Leeds United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 36 goals in 21 matches. Leeds United have only conceded 18 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wigan Athletic, who have the fewest points (7) away in Championship, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-16 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Wigan Athletic have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 20 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Stoke City game.

Wigan Athletic's last game was the home draw against Norwich City (1-1). Prior to that match, the Wigan Athletic manager P. Cook faced defeat when travelling to Hull City and losing 1-2.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Wigan Athletic played away with similar odds. This revealed 47 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 16 times, 9 were draws and the home team won as expected 22 times.

A new game in only three days for Wigan Athletic, the Championship home match versus Preston North End. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 19 goals from 21 away games, an average of less than one per game. Wigan Athletic have conceded 42 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wigan Athletic - Leeds United 1-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Leeds United won 3 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Wigan Athletic has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

K. Roofe
14 goals / 2 assists
Pablo Hernández
12 goals / 12 assists
M. Klich
8 goals / 8 assists

Leeds United missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Leeds United Wigan Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
69 36 Scored 19 45
42 18 Conceded 42 62
98% 95% Over 0.5 100% 88%
76% 81% Over 1.5 81% 69%
50% 48% Over 2.5 57% 52%
24% 24% Over 3.5 33% 26%
14% 10% Over 4.5 14% 12%
52% 48% Both teams to score 52% 48%
38% 43% Clean Sheet 5% 24%
12% 14% Failed To Score 43% 40%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
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 42 25 11 6 85 51 21 14 3 4 47 31 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 86
2 Leeds United 42 25 7 10 69 42 21 14 3 4 36 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 27 82
3 Sheffield United 42 23 10 9 69 39 21 13 4 4 38 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 79
4 West Bromwich Albion 42 21 10 11 81 56 21 10 7 4 48 28 21 11 3 7 33 28 25 73
5 Aston Villa 42 18 15 9 77 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 21 8 7 6 29 24 19 69
6 Bristol City 41 18 11 12 55 46 21 8 7 6 27 23 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 65
7 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 44 36 21 8 6 7 20 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 8 64
8 Derby County 41 17 12 12 59 50 21 11 7 3 35 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 9 63
9 Hull City 42 17 9 16 61 59 21 11 5 5 36 20 21 6 4 11 25 39 2 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 15 14 13 52 55 21 9 8 4 31 25 21 6 6 9 21 30 -3 59
11 Nottingham Forest 42 14 15 13 56 52 21 11 4 6 30 21 21 3 11 7 26 31 4 57
12 Preston North End 42 15 12 15 60 59 21 7 9 5 34 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 1 57
13 Swansea City 41 16 8 17 55 54 20 11 4 5 35 22 21 5 4 12 20 32 1 56
14 Brentford 42 14 12 16 66 58 21 12 4 5 45 23 21 2 8 11 21 35 8 54
15 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 57 64 21 9 6 6 28 19 21 5 5 11 29 45 -7 53
16 Stoke City 42 11 19 12 41 47 21 8 7 6 22 20 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 9 20 50 65 21 9 3 9 32 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -15 48
18 Birmingham City 42 13 16 13 58 54 21 7 9 5 28 21 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 46
19 Reading 42 10 14 18 47 63 21 8 4 9 29 31 21 2 10 9 18 32 -16 44
20 Millwall 41 10 12 19 46 59 20 7 7 6 24 24 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 42
21 Wigan Athletic 42 10 12 20 45 62 21 9 8 4 26 20 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 42
22 Rotherham United 42 8 16 18 46 72 21 7 8 6 30 33 21 1 8 12 16 39 -26 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 42 8 8 26 29 72 21 4 4 13 13 32 21 4 4 13 16 40 -43 32
24 Ipswich Town 42 4 16 22 33 68 21 2 11 8 19 28 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 28

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