Championship match preview: Wigan Athletic versus Norwich City

Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 14.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

The visiting Norwich City side should be favourites in this visit to Wigan Athletic, as the away team holds a 44 point advantage from their 41 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor Norwich City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The story so far for Wigan Athletic at their home stadium (The DW Stadium) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager P. Cook led his Wigan Athletic to a defeat in the Championship match away at Hull City. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The DW Stadium. 2-2 away at Bristol City before that.

Wigan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 25 goals in 20 matches. Wigan Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at The DW Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 20 matches.

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Norwich City form and stats

The away team, who have the most points (40) away in Championship, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 7 draws and only 2 losses. Norwich City has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Preston North End.

Norwich City's last game was the home draw against Reading (2-2). That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Queens Park Rangers.

Norwich City are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 37 times in 20 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Norwich City as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Norwich City - Wigan Athletic 1-0 entered in the official records. Wigan Athletic-Norwich City H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Wigan Athletic 2 wins, Norwich City 4 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pukki
26 goals / 10 assists
E. Buendía
8 goals / 10 assists
N. Powell
7 goals / 6 assists

Wigan Athletic missing players

Norwich City missing players

Wigan Athletic Norwich City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
44 25 Scored 37 84
61 19 Conceded 19 50
88% 75% Over 0.5 95% 98%
68% 55% Over 1.5 80% 78%
54% 50% Over 2.5 60% 66%
27% 20% Over 3.5 40% 49%
12% 10% Over 4.5 5% 20%
46% 40% Both teams to score 70% 63%
24% 45% Clean Sheet 30% 32%
41% 40% Failed To Score 5% 7%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Norwich City 41 25 10 6 84 50 21 14 3 4 47 31 20 11 7 2 37 19 34 85
2 Leeds United 41 24 7 10 68 42 20 13 3 4 35 18 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 79
3 Sheffield United 41 23 9 9 68 38 20 13 3 4 37 16 21 10 6 5 31 22 30 78
4 West Bromwich Albion 41 20 10 11 77 55 20 9 7 4 44 27 21 11 3 7 33 28 22 70
5 Aston Villa 41 17 15 9 75 57 20 9 8 3 46 33 21 8 7 6 29 24 18 66
6 Bristol City 40 18 11 11 54 44 21 8 7 6 27 23 19 10 4 5 27 21 10 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 16 13 12 43 36 20 7 6 7 19 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 7 61
8 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 50 20 10 7 3 31 19 20 6 5 9 24 31 5 60
9 Hull City 41 17 9 15 61 58 21 11 5 5 36 20 20 6 4 10 25 38 3 60
10 Sheffield Wednesday 41 15 14 12 52 54 21 9 8 4 31 25 20 6 6 8 21 29 -2 59
11 Nottingham Forest 41 14 15 12 55 50 20 11 4 5 29 19 21 3 11 7 26 31 5 57
12 Preston North End 41 15 12 14 59 55 21 7 9 5 34 27 20 8 3 9 25 28 4 57
13 Swansea City 40 16 8 16 55 50 20 11 4 5 35 22 20 5 4 11 20 28 5 56
14 Brentford 41 14 12 15 65 56 21 12 4 5 45 23 20 2 8 10 20 33 9 54
15 Stoke City 41 11 18 12 39 45 20 8 6 6 20 18 21 3 12 6 19 27 -6 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 41 13 11 17 55 63 21 9 6 6 28 19 20 4 5 11 27 44 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 13 15 13 57 53 21 7 9 5 28 21 20 6 6 8 29 32 4 45
18 Queens Park Rangers 41 12 9 20 46 65 20 8 3 9 28 28 21 4 6 11 18 37 -19 45
19 Millwall 40 10 11 19 45 58 20 7 7 6 24 24 20 3 4 13 21 34 -13 41
20 Reading 41 9 14 18 45 62 20 7 4 9 27 30 21 2 10 9 18 32 -17 41
21 Wigan Athletic 41 10 11 20 44 61 20 9 7 4 25 19 21 1 4 16 19 42 -17 41
22 Rotherham United 41 8 15 18 44 70 21 7 8 6 30 33 20 1 7 12 14 37 -26 39
23 Bolton Wanderers 41 8 8 25 29 68 21 4 4 13 13 32 20 4 4 12 16 36 -39 32
24 Ipswich Town 41 4 15 22 32 67 20 2 10 8 18 27 21 2 5 14 14 40 -35 27

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