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 19th place.
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 Huddersfield Town.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Overall Championship stats at home this season for Wigan Athletic are 4-2-4 (wins-draw-losses).
The points were shared in Wigan Athletic's previous game, also at home. Visiting West Bromwich Albion (placed 2nd) travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Wigan Athletic lost 1-2 at Luton Town's place.
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 eight matches with the results: Won 6 Drawn 0 Lost 2.
Wigan Athletic has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Huddersfield Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Huddersfield Town play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Charlton Athletic (placed 17th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Leeds United.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Huddersfield Town playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were 1 Huddersfield Town win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Huddersfield Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Huddersfield Town have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Wigan Athletic won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Huddersfield Town has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 4Top Goalscorers
 
K. Ahearne-Grant
11 goals
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C. Dunkley
5 goals
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J. Bacuna
5 goals
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Wigan Athletic missing players
Huddersfield Town missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Huddersfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 34 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 33 |
| 95% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 81% |
| 52% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 48% |
| 29% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 19% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 70% | 62% |
| 19% | 40% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 24% |
| 38% | 30% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 229 | 108 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 85 | 203 |
| 69 | 34 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 29 | 70 |
| 28% | 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | 33% |
- Huddersfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Huddersfield Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Huddersfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Huddersfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (20)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 46 |
| 3 | Fulham | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Bristol City | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Preston North End | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Brentford | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 33 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 31 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | Swansea City | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -5 | 31 |
| 13 | Millwall | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Hull City | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 28 |
| 16 | Derby County | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 18 | Reading | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 20 | Middlesbrough | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Luton Town | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 28 | -17 | 20 |
| 22 | Stoke City | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -15 | 17 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -18 | 13 |
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