Championship preview: Can Swansea City edge out victory against Wigan Athletic?

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Swansea.com Stadium (20827 seats)

Swansea City are enjoying their stay in the top table places while Wigan Athletic are more nervous about escaping relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Swansea City and Wigan Athletic.

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Swansea City form and stats

5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Swansea City have to build on here at Swansea.com Stadium in the Championship. After failing to beat Sheffield United here at Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

Swansea City faced defeat in their previous match, away at Preston North End (0-1). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten through three league rounds. Fulton (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Fulton hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).

1-1 away at Bristol City before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Swansea City handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

There will be little rest for Swansea City after this match as they are travelling to Birmingham City for a Championship game in only three days.

Swansea has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Wigan Athletic have produced an overall stat of 4-1-3 so far. With the Wigan Athletic losing streak of five defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Broadhead was the last player to score for the away team. Wigan Athletic haven't scored a league goal in the last 248 minutes.

Wigan Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Stoke City proved too strong as Wigan slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at The DW Stadium. Whatmough was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Whatmough won 8 of 12 duels.

A loss against Watford was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Wigan Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Coventry City.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Wigan Athletic have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Wigan Athletic in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Swansea have put together a sequence of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when playing Wigan Athletic.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
6 goals
Swansea CityJ. Ntcham
J. Ntcham
4 goals
Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
4 goals

Swansea City missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Swansea City Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 8 18
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
6 3 0 Lost L 1 3 9
23 13 5 Scored S 2 11 17
24 11 0 Conceded C 3 9 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 67%
50% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 44%
22% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 61%
22% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
28% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
6.2 6.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 3.8
4.6 3.6 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.5 4.6
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.9 10.8
4.1 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 2.8
31% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 34%
 
9.5 8.3 4.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 13.5 11.2
3.4 2.7 0.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4 3.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swansea City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  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 19 10 8 1 35 18 10 6 4 0 20 10 9 4 4 1 15 8 17 38
2 Blackburn Rovers 19 11 0 8 23 19 9 7 0 2 16 7 10 4 0 6 7 12 4 33
3 Sheffield United 18 9 5 4 29 16 8 4 3 1 17 8 10 5 2 3 12 8 13 32
4 Queens Park Rangers 18 9 4 5 25 19 8 5 2 1 14 7 10 4 2 4 11 12 6 31
5 Norwich City 19 8 5 6 26 20 10 5 3 2 17 10 9 3 2 4 9 10 6 29
6 Watford 18 8 5 5 26 21 8 5 1 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 11 12 5 29
7 Swansea City 18 8 4 6 23 24 9 5 1 3 13 11 9 3 3 3 10 13 -1 28
8 Preston North End 19 7 7 5 14 15 10 3 4 3 5 7 9 4 3 2 9 8 -1 28
9 Millwall 18 8 3 7 22 20 9 7 0 2 16 7 9 1 3 5 6 13 2 27
10 Luton Town 18 6 8 4 21 19 10 2 6 2 13 11 8 4 2 2 8 8 2 26
11 Reading 18 8 2 8 20 25 9 6 1 2 14 9 9 2 1 6 6 16 -5 26
12 Sunderland 18 6 6 6 24 21 8 2 4 2 10 9 10 4 2 4 14 12 3 24
13 Birmingham City 18 6 6 6 18 15 9 3 4 2 10 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 3 24
14 Rotherham United 18 5 7 6 22 23 9 4 3 2 16 10 9 1 4 4 6 13 -1 22
15 Bristol City 19 6 4 9 26 28 10 4 2 4 13 10 9 2 2 5 13 18 -2 22
16 Blackpool 18 6 4 8 23 27 8 3 1 4 12 12 10 3 3 4 11 15 -4 22
17 Stoke City 18 6 4 8 19 23 8 2 2 4 8 12 10 4 2 4 11 11 -4 22
18 Cardiff City 18 6 3 9 14 21 9 4 2 3 7 6 9 2 1 6 7 15 -7 21
19 Middlesbrough 18 5 5 8 23 24 9 3 4 2 10 9 9 2 1 6 13 15 -1 20
20 Coventry City 16 5 5 6 16 18 7 3 1 3 6 6 9 2 4 3 10 12 -2 20
21 Hull City 18 6 2 10 21 35 10 4 0 6 10 18 8 2 2 4 11 17 -14 20
22 Wigan Athletic 18 5 4 9 17 26 10 1 3 6 6 17 8 4 1 3 11 9 -9 19
23 West Bromwich Albion 18 3 8 7 21 24 10 2 4 4 12 14 8 1 4 3 9 10 -3 17
24 Huddersfield Town 17 4 3 10 17 24 10 4 1 5 10 10 7 0 2 5 7 14 -7 15

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.