Rotherham United get ready for another match after their 0-0 result vs Middlesbrough, a fixture that gave some clarity. Will they show it against Wigan Athletic?
- Rotherham United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rotherham United form and stats
3 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Rotherham United have to build on here at AESSEAL New York Stadium in the Championship.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Rotherham, as their goalkeeper Viktor Johansson has completely shut out the opponents for 237 minutes in the Championship.
An away draw last time out for Rotherham United, facing Middlesbrough in a game that ended 0-0. Harding was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Harding won 4 of 8 duels.
Before that, Rotherham United had a home game versus Blackpool which ended with a victory 3-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Rotherham United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rotherham United as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Rotherham United has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Millwall are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Rotherham are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Rotherham United have only let in 2 goals at home.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Having won their last three away games Wigan Athletic has no reason to fear anyone.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Reading with 0-1 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. McClean was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.4. The defender McClean hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Huddersfield Town with the score of 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wigan Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Hull City.
Wigan are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Wigan Athletic as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Wigan Athletic have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Rotherham United.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wood 4 goals |  C. Ogbene 4 goals |   W. Keane 3 goals |
Rotherham United missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Rotherham United | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 3.9 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.2 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.4 | 11.6 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 8.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.4 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| 39% | 41% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | 36% |
| 12.6 | 10.6 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22 | 15.5 | 11.1 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4 | 3.2 |
- All of Rotherham United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rotherham United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rotherham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Rotherham United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rotherham United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Rotherham United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Rotherham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- 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 played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Reading | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 18 |
| 4 | Burnley | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Rotherham United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Watford | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Millwall | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 11 |
| 20 | Hull City | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 3 |
