Championship match prediction: Little separates Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 01.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 21st position in the Championship table. Visiting Birmingham City holds 13th place with 13 pts.

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 Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Wigan Athletic have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

Wigan Athletic lost their last game at Fulham (placed 10th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Before that, Wigan Athletic had a home game versus Charlton Athletic which ended with a victory 2-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wigan Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

There will be little rest for Wigan Athletic after this match as they are travelling to Sheffield Wednesday for a Championship game in only four days.

Wigan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 attempts. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Birmingham City form and stats

2-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Birmingham City in their Championship matches away.

Birmingham City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Derby County (placed 15th). A 0-1 loss hosting Preston North End before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Birmingham City playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 6 Birmingham City wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Birmingham City are hosting Middlesbrough in the Championship only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Birmingham City as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Birmingham City have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic-Birmingham City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wigan Athletic 4 wins, Birmingham City 2 wins, 4 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

C. Dunkley
3 goals
L. Jutkiewicz
3 goals
J. Bellingham
2 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Birmingham City missing players

Wigan Athletic Birmingham City
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 0 5 9
2 2 1 Won W 0 2 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 4
8 5 3 Scored S 0 4 9
15 4 2 Conceded C 0 9 12
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 67%
44% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 44%
33% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
11% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
33% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
22% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 33%
56% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
5.9 6.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 0 4.4 4.3
5.8 6 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.6 4
2.9 2.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2.8 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Birmingham City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Birmingham City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Birmingham City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Wigan Athletic
All League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 Wigan Athletic
31-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 0 - 0 Barnsley
14-09-19 CH Hull City 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic
21-09-19 CH Wigan Athletic 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic
27-09-19 CH Fulham 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic
01-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 18:45 Birmingham City
05-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 14:00 Wigan Athletic
20-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 13:00 Nottingham Forest
23-10-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Wigan Athletic
27-10-19 CH Bristol City 13:30 Wigan Athletic
Birmingham City
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 CH Swansea City 3 - 0 Birmingham City
31-08-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 1 Stoke City
14-09-19 CH Charlton Athletic 0 - 1 Birmingham City
21-09-19 CH Birmingham City 0 - 1 Preston North End
28-09-19 CH Derby County 3 - 2 Birmingham City
01-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 18:45 Birmingham City
04-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Middlesbrough
19-10-19 CH Leeds United 14:00 Birmingham City
22-10-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Blackburn Rovers
26-10-19 CH Birmingham City 14:00 Luton Town

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 9 5 4 0 17 10 4 2 2 0 9 6 5 3 2 0 8 4 7 19
2 Swansea City 9 5 3 1 13 6 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 2 2 0 4 1 7 18
3 Nottingham Forest 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 0 8 5 6 18
4 Leeds United 9 5 2 2 13 5 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 4 0 1 10 2 8 17
5 Preston North End 9 5 2 2 17 10 5 4 1 0 13 5 4 1 1 2 4 5 7 17
6 Charlton Athletic 9 5 2 2 12 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 6 5 4 17
7 Sheffield Wednesday 9 5 1 3 15 8 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 3 0 2 10 5 7 16
8 Bristol City 9 4 4 1 16 12 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 3 2 0 11 7 4 16
9 Queens Park Rangers 9 5 1 3 14 14 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 3 0 1 6 5 0 16
10 Fulham 9 4 3 2 14 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 7 15
11 Blackburn Rovers 9 4 1 4 10 10 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 2 0 2 5 6 0 13
12 Cardiff City 9 3 4 2 11 12 4 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 3 2 5 9 -1 13
13 Birmingham City 9 4 1 4 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 3 5 2 0 3 4 9 -3 13
14 Brentford 9 3 2 4 8 7 4 1 2 1 4 2 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 11
15 Derby County 9 2 5 2 11 13 5 1 3 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2 11
16 Hull City 9 2 4 3 13 13 5 1 2 2 7 9 4 1 2 1 6 4 0 10
17 Luton Town 9 3 1 5 14 17 4 1 1 2 6 9 5 2 0 3 8 8 -3 10
18 Millwall 9 2 4 3 7 12 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 0 3 2 3 9 -5 10
19 Middlesbrough 9 2 3 4 9 13 5 2 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 5 7 -4 9
20 Reading 9 2 2 5 10 12 4 1 0 3 5 7 5 1 2 2 5 5 -2 8
21 Wigan Athletic 9 2 2 5 8 15 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 0 1 4 3 11 -7 8
22 Barnsley 9 1 2 6 5 15 5 1 1 3 5 10 4 0 1 3 0 5 -10 5
23 Huddersfield Town 9 0 2 7 8 18 5 0 1 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 5 9 -10 2
24 Stoke City 9 0 2 7 9 20 5 0 1 4 6 12 4 0 1 3 3 8 -11 2

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