The home crowds await a win in this game, as the home advantage might do the trick against a stumbling visitor. Wigan Athletic are in 14th place while the guesting Middlesbrough worry at 22nd.
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Championship
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The regulars are hoping that Wigan Athletic will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Sunderland (placed 9th). Whatmough was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Whatmough hit one key pass and won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that, Wigan Athletic had a home game versus Blackburn Rovers which ended with a victory 1-0.Wigan are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Queens Park Rangers awaits in three days.
Wigan Athletic aren't scoring a lot here at The DW Stadium in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wigan Athletic defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Middlesbrough form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Middlesbrough so far with only 1 point returning home. The records show 0-1-5 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Middlesbrough as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Stoke City match.
Middlesbrough's previous game was their home loss versus Blackburn Rovers (1-2). McNair was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.62. The defender McNair hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Millwall wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Middlesbrough are hosting Huddersfield Town in the Championship only three days away.
The attacking power of Middlesbrough when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Middlesbrough have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough have put together a sequence of 11 consecutive matches without defeat (5-6-0) when facing Wigan Athletic.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 5 goals |   D. Watmore 3 goals |  C. Akpom 3 goals |
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| Wigan Athletic | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 64% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 14% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 57% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 29% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.2 | 3.7 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 12.4 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 37% | 28% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 33% |
| 10.6 | 7.1 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10 | 8.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
- Middlesbrough have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Middlesbrough have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Middlesbrough have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Middlesbrough have yet to win a game away.
- Middlesbrough haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home 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 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Blackburn Rovers | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Reading | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 22 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Swansea City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 21 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 10 | Watford | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Millwall | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -3 | 19 |
| 15 | Rotherham United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 20 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 21 | Hull City | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -13 | 14 |
| 22 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 13 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 11 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
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