An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 23rd and the visitors in 17th place.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Championship match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Blackburn Rovers.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic have played 11 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Wigan Athletic who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Nottingham Forest, 67 days ago. Two draws in a row at home now for Wigan Athletic.
Wigan Athletic drew their last game, 0-0 away at Blackburn Rovers (placed 8th). In the match before that, Wigan Athletic hosted Huddersfield Town and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Wigan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wigan Athletic as a small favourite), we find eight games. Wigan Athletic has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Nottingham Forest in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.
Wigan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Wigan Athletic have conceded 14 goals.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-7 (11 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Derby County are looking to quickly end their 188 minutes long goal drought in the Championship.
Derby County play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Reading (placed 16th). A loss against Millwall was the result prior to that, in a home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Derby County playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were 2 Derby County wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Derby County are hosting Charlton Athletic in the Championship only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Derby County as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. The Derby County manager P. Cocu has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Derby County - Wigan Athletic 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Wigan Athletic won 3, Derby County won 6 and 1 draw. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Waghorn 6 goals |   C. Dunkley 5 goals |  T. Lawrence 5 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Derby County missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 35 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 31 |
| 91% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 70% | 73% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 74% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 39% |
| 26% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 18% | 13% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 48% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 36% | 43% |
| 22% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 39% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 64% | 39% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| 2.3 | 2.1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 249 | 114 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 93 | 238 |
| 75 | 35 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 31 | 78 |
| 27% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 23% | 27% |
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Derby County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Derby County have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Derby County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Derby County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Derby County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (20)
- Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (22)
| 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 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 50 |
| 2 | Leeds United | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 39 |
| 4 | Fulham | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Preston North End | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Brentford | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
| 7 | Swansea City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 35 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 34 |
| 11 | Hull City | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 33 |
| 13 | Millwall | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 33 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Reading | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 17 | Derby County | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -2 | 25 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 25 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -19 | 20 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 19 |
| 24 | Stoke City | 23 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
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- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- Derby County FC
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)