Reading vs Wigan Athletic betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium (24200 seats)

This match features two contenders dwelling in the lower section of the Championship, Reading at 22nd place and Wigan Athletic lying 24th. A nice opportunity for one of the teams to boost their situation.

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (37) in Championship

Relegation threatens Reading who should definitely be looking for some points here. Wigan are struggling to avoid relegation.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Reading form and stats

Reading have played 22 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-7-5 (wins-draws-losses). When Reading hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 4 of 6 matches! So many draws at home for Reading, an amazing four in a row now.

No payout for Reading in their previous match, an away game at Coventry City that ended in defeat 1-2. Attacking player João outdid all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. João scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Luton Town.

Reading has scored 30 league goals at home this season, in 22 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Reading have conceded 23 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wigan Athletic so far with only 22 points returning home. The records show 5-7-10 (win-draw-lose).

Wigan Athletic are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Millwall (placed 6th). Aasgaard came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Millwall last time out, making the manager Maloney feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder McClean was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. McClean hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Wigan won their away game at Stoke City. The scoreline was 1-0.

Low-scoring game? 15 of this team's most recent 18 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

The attacking power of Wigan Athletic when travelling is not overwhelming with 20 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 29 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Reading and Wigan Athletic have duelled previously this season: Wigan Athletic - Reading 0-1. Stats for the previous ten meetings featuring these two squads are: five wins for Reading, two draws and three wins for Wigan Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
12 goals
ReadingT. Ince
T. Ince
9 goals
ReadingA. Carroll
A. Carroll
9 goals

Reading missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Reading Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
13 10 4 Won W 3 5 10
10 7 2 Drew D 1 7 13
21 5 0 Lost L 2 10 21
45 30 13 Scored S 7 20 37
65 23 7 Conceded C 5 29 64
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 93%
73% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 68%
52% 50% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 41% 39%
23% 18% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 16%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
52% 59% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 57%
18% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 20%
34% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 27% 30%
 
4.2 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.6 4.4
5.1 4.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 4.4
2.1 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.5 10.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 9.5 10
2.9 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.7 2.7
35% 43% 68% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 33% 31%
 
12.5 11.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.4 11.5
3.8 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 3.5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (37) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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  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 43 26 14 3 81 34 22 15 6 1 46 15 21 11 8 2 35 19 47 92
2 Sheffield United 42 25 7 10 65 36 21 14 3 4 41 18 21 11 4 6 24 18 29 82
3 Luton Town 43 20 15 8 54 37 21 9 8 4 29 20 22 11 7 4 25 17 17 75
4 Middlesbrough 43 22 8 13 82 52 22 13 6 3 45 18 21 9 2 10 37 34 30 74
5 Coventry City 44 17 15 12 55 45 22 10 7 5 28 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 10 66
6 Millwall 44 18 11 15 51 44 22 11 6 5 31 18 22 7 5 10 20 26 7 65
7 Blackburn Rovers 43 19 8 16 47 49 21 13 3 5 26 17 22 6 5 11 21 32 -2 65
8 West Bromwich Albion 42 17 12 13 54 45 21 10 7 4 28 17 21 7 5 9 26 28 9 63
9 Preston North End 44 17 12 15 44 52 22 7 7 8 20 25 22 10 5 7 24 27 -8 63
10 Sunderland 43 16 14 13 61 52 22 7 8 7 31 31 21 9 6 6 30 21 9 62
11 Norwich City 44 17 11 16 56 51 22 8 5 9 27 26 22 9 6 7 29 25 5 62
12 Swansea City 44 17 11 16 64 61 22 10 4 8 35 30 22 7 7 8 29 31 3 62
13 Watford 44 15 14 15 52 51 22 10 6 6 33 23 22 5 8 9 19 28 1 59
14 Bristol City 44 14 14 16 52 54 22 9 7 6 29 22 22 5 7 10 23 32 -2 56
15 Hull City 44 14 14 16 50 60 22 9 5 8 23 26 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 56
16 Stoke City 44 14 11 19 55 51 22 6 5 11 25 26 22 8 6 8 30 25 4 53
17 Birmingham City 44 14 11 19 46 54 22 7 6 9 23 22 22 7 5 10 23 32 -8 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 44 12 11 21 43 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 22 6 6 10 22 36 -26 47
19 Rotherham United 43 10 16 17 47 58 21 8 6 7 35 28 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 46
20 Cardiff City 43 12 10 21 38 52 22 6 7 9 19 22 21 6 3 12 19 30 -14 46
21 Huddersfield Town 43 11 11 21 42 61 21 7 6 8 23 25 22 4 5 13 19 36 -19 44
22 Reading 44 13 10 21 45 65 22 10 7 5 30 23 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 43
23 Blackpool 44 10 11 23 45 69 22 6 6 10 26 31 22 4 5 13 19 38 -24 41
24 Wigan Athletic 44 10 13 21 37 64 22 5 6 11 17 35 22 5 7 10 20 29 -27 40

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