Wigan Athletic clashes with Luton Town fray

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic have some points to catch up on from their 24th position, and the task starts vs Luton Town. Read more!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (47) in Championship
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (19) 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 Athletic and Luton Town.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic's struggle is real here at The DW Stadium with only 9 points collected from 14 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-9. With Wigan having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Touré.

Wigan Athletic's previous match was also a home event, the loss 1-2 against Luton Town (in FA Cup).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Cardiff City that finished 1-1.

Take note: 8 of the latest 10 league games from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

Wigan have scored {11 league goals} here from 14 matches, not a lot.

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Luton Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Luton Town love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Two away games in a row for Luton, whose coach Edwards could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Wigan Athletic.

A 2-3 loss hosting West Bromwich Albion before that.

Possible goal fest! This side have played 5 consecutive league matches all having at least three goals (over 2.5 goals).

Luton Town find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league.

Head 2 Head

Luton Town - Wigan 1-2 was the score in these teams' previous head-to-head match, earlier this season. Wigan Athletic-Luton Town H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Wigan Athletic one win, Luton Town two wins, two draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownC. Morris
C. Morris
11 goals
Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
10 goals
Luton TownE. Adebayo
E. Adebayo
4 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 5 13 26
6 2 0 Won W 3 7 10
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 9
14 9 3 Lost L 2 4 7
27 11 2 Scored S 5 15 33
47 28 9 Conceded C 6 13 29
96% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
78% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 77% 77%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 42%
26% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
19% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
70% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 31% 50%
15% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 46% 35%
19% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 27%
 
4.3 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 4.3 5.7
4.6 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.6
1.8 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.3 11.1 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 9.6 12.1
2.7 2.4 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.4 4.1
38% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 34% 31%
 
11.3 9.2 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.4 12.3 12.1
3.7 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Luton Town have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Championship
  • Luton Town 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 (28) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (47) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-17) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

Wigan Athletic:
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Championship:
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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 Burnley 27 17 8 2 53 25 14 10 4 0 30 11 13 7 4 2 23 14 28 59
2 Sheffield United 27 16 6 5 47 24 13 8 3 2 29 13 14 8 3 3 18 11 23 54
3 Watford 27 12 7 8 33 28 13 7 2 4 19 12 14 5 5 4 14 16 5 43
4 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 42 33 13 6 5 2 18 12 14 6 1 7 24 21 9 42
5 Blackburn Rovers 27 14 0 13 30 34 13 9 0 4 20 13 14 5 0 9 10 21 -4 42
6 West Bromwich Albion 27 11 8 8 37 28 14 6 4 4 20 14 13 5 4 4 17 14 9 41
7 Norwich City 27 11 6 10 36 29 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 7 39
8 Millwall 26 11 6 9 32 27 13 8 3 2 20 8 13 3 3 7 12 19 5 39
9 Luton Town 26 10 9 7 33 29 13 3 7 3 18 16 13 7 2 4 15 13 4 39
10 Sunderland 27 10 8 9 39 32 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 16 7 38
11 Swansea City 27 10 8 9 39 37 13 6 2 5 20 16 14 4 6 4 19 21 2 38
12 Queens Park Rangers 27 10 7 10 30 33 13 5 3 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -3 37
13 Preston North End 27 10 7 10 24 30 14 3 4 7 8 18 13 7 3 3 16 12 -6 37
14 Reading 27 11 4 12 31 38 13 8 2 3 20 14 14 3 2 9 11 24 -7 37
15 Coventry City 26 9 8 9 27 27 13 6 4 3 15 10 13 3 4 6 12 17 0 35
16 Hull City 27 9 7 11 33 43 14 4 3 7 14 23 13 5 4 4 19 20 -10 34
17 Bristol City 27 8 8 11 36 37 14 5 3 6 18 16 13 3 5 5 18 21 -1 32
18 Birmingham City 27 8 8 11 29 33 14 4 5 5 17 16 13 4 3 6 12 17 -4 32
19 Rotherham United 27 7 9 11 32 39 13 5 4 4 24 17 14 2 5 7 8 22 -7 30
20 Stoke City 27 8 6 13 29 37 13 3 3 7 13 18 14 5 3 6 16 19 -8 30
21 Cardiff City 27 7 8 12 21 30 14 4 5 5 11 12 13 3 3 7 10 18 -9 29
22 Huddersfield Town 26 7 5 14 25 33 14 5 2 7 13 14 12 2 3 7 12 19 -8 26
23 Blackpool 27 6 8 13 28 40 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 3 5 6 14 21 -12 26
24 Wigan Athletic 27 6 7 14 27 47 14 2 3 9 11 28 13 4 4 5 16 19 -20 25

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