Championship match prediction: Little separates Wigan Athletic and Millwall in quality

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Season ticket holders at The DW Stadium haven't seen too many victories this season, with Wigan Athletic languishing in the 22nd position so far. The guesting Millwall will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Wigan Athletic and Millwall should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

5 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Wigan Athletic have to build on here at The DW Stadium in the Championship.

An away draw last time out for Wigan Athletic, facing Cardiff City in a game that ended 2-2. Before that, Wigan Athletic drew at home versus Middlesbrough.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wigan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wigan Athletic as a small favourite), we find ten games. Wigan Athletic has won five of these, drawn three and lost two.

The manager P. Cook will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Reading in only four days.

Wigan Athletic has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 4 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

Two travels in a row for Millwall, whose manager G. Rowett could celebrate last time after the Championship win against Preston North End. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Fulham.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Millwall, four draws and four defeats.

After this away game Millwall return home for a Championship game against Birmingham City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Millwall as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league. Millwall have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Millwall - Wigan Athletic 2-2. Wigan Athletic-Millwall H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wigan Athletic two wins, Millwall four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
10 goals
MillwallT. Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
8 goals
MillwallM. Smith
M. Smith
7 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 6 Played P 4 17 33
7 5 3 Won W 0 4 12
10 5 1 Drew D 4 8 13
16 6 2 Lost L 0 5 8
33 17 9 Scored S 3 16 40
50 22 9 Conceded C 3 21 38
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
73% 81% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 76%
52% 44% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 39%
27% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 21%
6% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
55% 56% 83% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 61%
18% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 30%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 24% 15%
 
6.1 5.9 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 5.4
5.3 4.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.6 4.6
2.2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.5
4 3 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
371 183 74 Total Shots T S 33 168 349
120 61 25 Shots on Target S O 12 54 120
28% 28% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 30% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (33)
  • Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the second half (17)
  • 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 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 33 17 12 4 59 36 16 7 7 2 34 22 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 63
2 Leeds United 33 17 8 8 48 30 16 9 4 3 23 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 18 59
3 Fulham 33 16 8 9 47 36 17 10 2 5 29 21 16 6 6 4 18 15 11 56
4 Brentford 33 16 7 10 54 27 16 9 4 3 29 13 17 7 3 7 25 14 27 55
5 Nottingham Forest 33 15 10 8 45 33 16 8 3 5 20 16 17 7 7 3 25 17 12 55
6 Preston North End 33 15 8 10 47 37 17 10 3 4 32 20 16 5 5 6 15 17 10 53
7 Bristol City 33 15 8 10 48 46 16 7 4 5 24 23 17 8 4 5 24 23 2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 33 14 8 11 48 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 16 6 2 8 26 24 10 50
9 Cardiff City 33 12 14 7 48 45 16 8 7 1 24 14 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 50
10 Millwall 33 12 13 8 40 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 17 4 8 5 16 21 2 49
11 Swansea City 33 12 12 9 41 41 17 7 4 6 21 19 16 5 8 3 20 22 0 48
12 Sheffield Wednesday 33 12 8 13 41 38 16 6 5 5 14 18 17 6 3 8 27 20 3 44
13 Derby County 33 11 11 11 41 45 17 9 6 2 24 12 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 44
14 Birmingham City 33 12 8 13 42 49 16 6 4 6 23 23 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 44
15 Reading 33 11 9 13 41 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 17 5 7 5 20 16 4 42
16 Queens Park Rangers 33 12 6 15 51 58 17 7 4 6 33 30 16 5 2 9 18 28 -7 42
17 Hull City 33 11 8 14 47 51 17 6 3 8 27 28 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 41
18 Middlesbrough 33 8 13 12 34 43 17 6 7 4 16 16 16 2 6 8 18 27 -9 37
19 Charlton Athletic 33 9 9 15 41 47 17 6 5 6 22 21 16 3 4 9 19 26 -6 36
20 Huddersfield Town 33 9 9 15 38 52 17 5 5 7 18 24 16 4 4 8 20 28 -14 36
21 Stoke City 33 10 4 19 41 53 17 6 3 8 22 23 16 4 1 11 19 30 -12 34
22 Wigan Athletic 33 7 10 16 33 50 16 5 5 6 17 22 17 2 5 10 16 28 -17 31
23 Luton Town 33 9 3 21 39 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 17 3 0 14 15 41 -27 30
24 Barnsley 33 6 10 17 40 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 16 2 3 11 15 27 -18 28

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