Balanced ball game between Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 20.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Struggling Wigan Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nottingham Forest in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Wigan Athletic are 3-1-1 (wins-draw-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at The DW Stadium.

Wigan Athletic lost their last game at Sheffield Wednesday (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Birmingham City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wigan Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 5 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

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

The Wigan Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. From these home matches, Wigan Athletic have conceded only 4 goals.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have an excellent away record in the Championship so far with 3-3-0 from 6 games. Things are running smoothly for Nottingham Forest who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against West Bromwich Albion.

Nottingham Forest won their last game, 1-0 versus Brentford played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Blackburn Rovers.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham Forest are hosting Hull City in the Championship only three days away.

Nottingham Forest has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. Nottingham Forest have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Wigan Athletic, 3 draws and 3 wins for Nottingham Forest. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

L. Grabban
5 goals / 1 assists
C. Dunkley
3 goals
J. Lolley
3 goals / 1 assists

Wigan Athletic missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Wigan Athletic Nottingham Forest
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
3 3 0 Won W 1 3 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 4
6 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
9 6 0 Scored S 3 9 16
16 4 2 Conceded C 2 6 9
91% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 73%
36% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 36%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 17% 9%
9% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 17% 9%
27% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 64%
27% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
55% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.6 6.8 6 Corners For (avg) C F 3 2.5 4.5
5.5 6 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 9.2 7.4
2.5 1.8 5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Nottingham Forest have not yet lost a game away.
  • Nottingham Forest have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Nottingham Forest have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Nottingham Forest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Wigan Athletic
All League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
14-09-19 CH Hull City 2 - 2 Wigan Athletic
21-09-19 CH Wigan Athletic 2 - 0 Charlton Athletic
27-09-19 CH Fulham 2 - 0 Wigan Athletic
01-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 Birmingham City
05-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
20-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 13:00 Nottingham Forest
23-10-19 CH Derby County 18:45 Wigan Athletic
27-10-19 CH Bristol City 13:30 Wigan Athletic
02-11-19 CH Wigan Athletic 12:30 Swansea City
09-11-19 CH Wigan Athletic 15:00 Brentford
Nottingham Forest
All Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
21-09-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Barnsley
24-09-19 CC Arsenal 5 - 0 Nottingham Forest
27-09-19 CH Stoke City 2 - 3 Nottingham Forest
01-10-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
05-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Brentford
20-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 13:00 Nottingham Forest
23-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 18:45 Hull City
26-10-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Reading
02-11-19 CH Luton Town 15:00 Nottingham Forest
09-11-19 CH Nottingham Forest 12:30 Derby County

  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 11 6 4 1 21 13 5 3 2 0 13 8 6 3 2 1 8 5 8 22
2 Nottingham Forest 11 6 4 1 16 9 5 3 1 1 7 3 6 3 3 0 9 6 7 22
3 Preston North End 11 6 3 2 23 12 6 5 1 0 18 6 5 1 2 2 5 6 11 21
4 Swansea City 11 6 3 2 16 9 6 3 1 2 10 7 5 3 2 0 6 2 7 21
5 Leeds United 11 6 2 3 15 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 4 0 2 11 4 8 20
6 Bristol City 11 5 5 1 18 13 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 3 0 12 8 5 20
7 Fulham 11 5 4 2 20 10 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 2 2 1 8 5 10 19
8 Sheffield Wednesday 11 6 1 4 16 9 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 3 0 3 10 6 7 19
9 Queens Park Rangers 11 6 1 4 18 19 6 3 1 2 12 11 5 3 0 2 6 8 -1 19
10 Charlton Athletic 11 5 3 3 15 12 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 18
11 Cardiff City 11 4 4 3 16 16 5 4 1 0 9 3 6 0 3 3 7 13 0 16
12 Birmingham City 11 5 1 5 11 14 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 2 0 4 4 10 -3 16
13 Derby County 11 3 6 2 15 15 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 1 3 1 7 9 0 15
14 Blackburn Rovers 11 4 2 5 13 15 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 2 0 3 7 10 -2 14
15 Millwall 11 3 5 3 10 14 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 0 4 2 4 10 -4 14
16 Hull City 11 3 4 4 14 16 6 2 2 2 8 9 5 1 2 2 6 7 -2 13
17 Brentford 11 3 3 5 9 9 5 1 3 1 5 3 6 2 0 4 4 6 0 12
18 Luton Town 11 3 2 6 15 20 5 1 2 2 7 10 6 2 0 4 8 10 -5 11
19 Wigan Athletic 11 3 2 6 9 16 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 0 1 5 3 12 -7 11
20 Middlesbrough 11 2 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 5 7 5 0 2 3 6 9 -5 10
21 Huddersfield Town 11 2 2 7 12 18 6 1 1 4 6 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -6 8
22 Reading 11 2 2 7 11 17 5 1 0 4 6 11 6 1 2 3 5 6 -6 8
23 Barnsley 11 1 3 7 8 22 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 0 1 4 1 10 -14 6
24 Stoke City 11 1 2 8 11 22 6 0 1 5 6 13 5 1 1 3 5 9 -11 5

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