Approaching the top sides is on the list when these two mid-table sides fight it out. Both are trying to strenghten their league table position, Wigan Athletic in 12th and Cardiff City in 15th position.
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Championship
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
0-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Wigan Athletic so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager Richardson led his Wigan to a defeat away at Hull City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The DW Stadium. Midfielder Power was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.74 (out of ten) in that game. Power hit two key passes.
Before that match, a win away at Rotherham United.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 4 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Wigan Athletic as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Blackburn Rovers are visiting.
Wigan Athletic have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Cardiff City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cardiff City so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Harris scored in Cardiff's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-0. Harris came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Blackburn Rovers last time out, making the manager Morison feel like a tactical genius. Goalkeeper Allsop got the top player rating of the team with 7.71/10. Allsop saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Burnley.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's most recent 10 league matches have contained two goals or less.
The attacking power of Cardiff when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Cardiff City struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Wigan have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Cardiff City.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 5 goals |   C. O'Dowda 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Cardiff City missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Cardiff City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| 91% | 80% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 73% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 64% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 27% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 42% |
| 18% | 40% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 42% |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12.8 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 7.7 | 10.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.4 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.7 | 2.2 |
| 38% | 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 11.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.2 | 9.7 |
| 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 |
- Cardiff City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Championship
- Wigan Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Norwich City | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Reading | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Burnley | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Watford | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Wigan Athletic | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 16 | Millwall | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Hull City | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 19 | Birmingham City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 20 | Stoke City | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 21 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 22 | West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 7 |
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- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
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- Wales Online - (local newspaper)
