Championship prediction and preview: Wigan Athletic modest favorites to beat Hull City

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 14.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Wigan Athletic fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Hull City.

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 Hull City.

Athletic are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Hull are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Wigan Athletic at their home stadium (The DW Stadium) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at The DW Stadium after three straight home wins.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Athletic, as their goalkeeper David Marshall has completely shut out the opponents for 204 minutes in the Championship.

The home team returns to The DW Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Barnsley (placed 24th) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Wigan Athletic won a home game hosting Queens Park Rangers (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Athletic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Charlton Athletic in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 21 games. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Hull City form and stats

Hull City have only collected 21 points from their away games in the Championship, after 5-6-10 (21 played). Recent form does not give Hull City much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Wigan Athletic will be a tough nut to crack. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Hull have lost on their last two travels.

Hull City failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Millwall (placed 9th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Bristol City's place.

Hull are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

A new game in only four days for Hull, the Championship home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.

Hull are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 28 away goals from 21 games (in the league). Hull have conceded 39 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Hull City - Athletic 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Wigan Athletic won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Hull City has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticK. Moore
K. Moore
7 goals
AthleticC. Dunkley
C. Dunkley
6 goals
Hull CityT. Eaves
T. Eaves
5 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Hull City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Hull City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 7 21 43
14 9 3 Won W 2 5 12
12 6 4 Drew D 2 6 9
17 6 0 Lost L 3 10 22
46 24 9 Scored S 6 28 57
53 22 3 Conceded C 9 39 75
91% 90% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 71% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 90% 79%
47% 38% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 71% 65%
21% 14% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 33%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
42% 43% 29% BTTS BTTS 57% 67% 56%
35% 43% 71% Clean Sheets C S 14% 14% 16%
33% 24% 29% Failed to Score F T 29% 19% 28%
 
5.9 6 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.4 4.7
5.2 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.8 5.7
2 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.8 1.6
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
489 250 75 Total Shots T S 74 241 511
160 79 22 Shots on Target S O 21 72 155
29% 30% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 39% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Hull City has the most conceded goals in the second half (47)
  • Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic has the most dropped points from leading position (31)

  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 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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Table
  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 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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