Open game expected at The DW Stadium: Wigan Athletic vs Hull City preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Championship: Tipsway are looking at an intriguing and very important battle starring Wigan Athletic and Hull City at The DW Stadium. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (42) in Championship
  • Hull City have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Championship

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 and Hull City.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. Wigan Athletic has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Touré and the players.

Wigan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Sunderland (placed 4th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Middlesbrough (1-4).

A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 12 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had goals from both sides.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Wigan Athletic here at The DW Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 24 goals have been conceded.

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Hull City form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Hull City have produced an overall stat of 4-4-4 so far. When Hull City is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Hull City, Stoke City, Bristol City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool is teams we like to compare Wigan Athletic with.

It's the second away game in a row for Hull, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Birmingham City (placed 16th) last time out. Those three points felt nice as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Seri got a match rating of 7.75 in that game, top player of the team. Seri hit five key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Blackpool.

Hull City have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Hull City have conceded 19 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Hull City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Rotherham United, Hull City, Stoke City, Bristol City, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool.

Head 2 Head

Hull City have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) facing Wigan.

The contenders have met each other before in this season, with the match result Hull City - Wigan Athletic 2-1 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Hull CityO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
10 goals
Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
9 goals
Wigan AthleticN. Broadhead
N. Broadhead
4 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Hull City missing players

Wigan Athletic Hull City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 4 12 25
6 2 1 Won W 3 4 8
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 6
13 8 2 Lost L 1 4 11
25 10 4 Scored S 10 15 28
42 24 6 Conceded C 7 19 41
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
76% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 80%
52% 46% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 52%
24% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 42% 28%
16% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 16%
68% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 56%
16% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 16%
20% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 40%
 
4.2 4.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.8 5.1
4.7 3.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.2
1.8 1.9 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.5 11.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 9.2 10.7
2.7 2.5 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3
37% 31% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 37%
 
11.4 9.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 13.6 12.7
3.7 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.7 4.7
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Championship
  • Hull City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest points (9) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (42) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Championship

  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 25 15 8 2 50 24 13 9 4 0 29 11 12 6 4 2 21 13 26 53
2 Sheffield United 25 15 5 5 43 22 12 7 3 2 26 12 13 8 2 3 17 10 21 50
3 Blackburn Rovers 25 13 0 12 29 30 12 8 0 4 19 13 13 5 0 8 10 17 -1 39
4 Sunderland 25 10 7 8 37 28 12 4 4 4 16 13 13 6 3 4 21 15 9 37
5 Watford 25 10 7 8 30 28 12 6 2 4 17 12 13 4 5 4 13 16 2 37
6 Middlesbrough 25 10 6 9 38 32 12 5 5 2 17 12 13 5 1 7 21 20 6 36
7 Luton Town 24 9 9 6 29 25 12 3 7 2 16 13 12 6 2 4 13 12 4 36
8 Norwich City 25 10 6 9 32 28 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 5 2 5 13 13 4 36
9 Millwall 24 10 6 8 29 26 12 7 3 2 17 8 12 3 3 6 12 18 3 36
10 Reading 25 11 3 11 29 35 12 8 1 3 18 12 13 3 2 8 11 23 -6 36
11 West Bromwich Albion 25 9 8 8 33 26 13 5 4 4 19 14 12 4 4 4 14 12 7 35
12 Swansea City 25 9 8 8 35 34 12 6 2 4 19 14 13 3 6 4 16 20 1 35
13 Queens Park Rangers 25 10 5 10 27 30 12 5 2 5 15 16 13 5 3 5 12 14 -3 35
14 Coventry City 24 9 7 8 26 25 12 6 3 3 14 9 12 3 4 5 12 16 1 34
15 Preston North End 25 9 7 9 23 26 13 3 4 6 8 14 12 6 3 3 15 12 -3 34
16 Birmingham City 25 8 8 9 26 26 13 4 5 4 16 13 12 4 3 5 10 13 0 32
17 Stoke City 25 8 6 11 28 33 12 3 3 6 13 17 13 5 3 5 15 16 -5 30
18 Hull City 25 8 6 11 28 41 13 4 2 7 13 22 12 4 4 4 15 19 -13 30
19 Bristol City 25 7 7 11 31 34 13 4 3 6 14 14 12 3 4 5 17 20 -3 28
20 Cardiff City 25 7 7 11 20 28 13 4 4 5 10 11 12 3 3 6 10 17 -8 28
21 Rotherham United 25 6 9 10 28 36 12 4 4 4 20 17 13 2 5 6 8 19 -8 27
22 Huddersfield Town 24 7 4 13 23 30 13 5 2 6 12 12 11 2 2 7 11 18 -7 25
23 Blackpool 25 6 7 12 27 37 12 3 2 7 13 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -10 25
24 Wigan Athletic 25 6 6 13 25 42 13 2 3 8 10 24 12 4 3 5 15 18 -17 24

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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.