Here's what we know about the Wigan Athletic - Preston North End match:

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 45 points and a 20th position in the Championship table. Visiting Preston North End holds 9th place with 60 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor Preston North End 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

Wigan Athletic have collected 35 points from their home games so far after 9-8-4. Two draws in a row at home now for Wigan Athletic.

Happy days for Wigan Athletic in their previous game, a Championship match away at Leeds United that ended with a 2-1 victory. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Norwich City.

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 three games. Wigan Athletic has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Wigan Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 26 goals in 21 matches. Wigan Athletic have only conceded 20 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Preston North End form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L10 on the road this term. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Preston North End have lost on their last two travels.

Preston North End are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Championship against Ipswich Town. A 1-4 defeat away at West Bromwich Albion before that.

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

Preston North End are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 26 away goals from 21 games. Preston North End have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Preston North End - Wigan Athletic 4-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last four meetings between the teams: Wigan Athletic won 1, Preston North End won 2 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

C. Robinson
12 goals / 3 assists
A. Browne
11 goals / 4 assists
N. Powell
7 goals / 6 assists

Wigan Athletic missing players

Preston North End missing players

Wigan Athletic Preston North End
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
47 26 Scored 26 64
63 20 Conceded 32 59
88% 76% Over 0.5 100% 95%
70% 57% Over 1.5 76% 77%
53% 48% Over 2.5 52% 51%
26% 19% Over 3.5 24% 35%
12% 10% Over 4.5 19% 21%
49% 43% Both teams to score 52% 58%
23% 43% Clean Sheet 19% 23%
40% 38% Failed To Score 29% 23%
 
4.6 4.9 Corners For (avg) 4.8 5.1
6.7 6.1 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.7
2.1 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.9 1.6
4 1 Red Cards (total) 3 6
Key stats this season:
  • Preston North End hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Preston North End is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  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 43 25 12 6 87 53 22 14 4 4 49 33 21 11 8 2 38 20 34 87
2 Sheffield United 43 24 10 9 71 39 22 14 4 4 40 17 21 10 6 5 31 22 32 82
3 Leeds United 43 25 7 11 70 44 22 14 3 5 37 20 21 11 4 6 33 24 26 82
4 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 10 11 84 58 22 11 7 4 51 30 21 11 3 7 33 28 26 76
5 Aston Villa 43 19 15 9 79 58 21 10 8 3 48 34 22 9 7 6 31 24 21 72
6 Middlesbrough 43 18 13 12 45 36 22 9 6 7 21 16 21 9 7 5 24 20 9 67
7 Bristol City 42 18 12 12 56 47 22 8 8 6 28 24 20 10 4 6 28 23 9 66
8 Derby County 42 17 13 12 61 52 21 11 7 3 35 19 21 6 6 9 26 33 9 64
9 Preston North End 43 16 12 15 64 59 22 8 9 5 38 27 21 8 3 10 26 32 5 60
10 Hull City 43 17 9 17 63 62 21 11 5 5 36 20 22 6 4 12 27 42 1 60
11 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 15 13 54 57 21 9 8 4 31 25 22 6 7 9 23 32 -3 60
12 Swansea City 42 17 8 17 59 57 21 12 4 5 39 25 21 5 4 12 20 32 2 59
13 Nottingham Forest 43 14 15 14 56 54 21 11 4 6 30 21 22 3 11 8 26 33 2 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 43 15 11 17 59 65 21 9 6 6 28 19 22 6 5 11 31 46 -6 56
15 Brentford 43 14 13 16 67 59 21 12 4 5 45 23 22 2 9 11 22 36 8 55
16 Stoke City 43 11 19 13 41 48 21 8 7 6 22 20 22 3 12 7 19 28 -7 52
17 Queens Park Rangers 43 13 9 21 51 67 22 9 3 10 33 30 21 4 6 11 18 37 -16 48
18 Birmingham City 43 13 17 13 60 56 22 7 10 5 30 23 21 6 7 8 30 33 4 47
19 Reading 43 10 15 18 48 64 21 8 4 9 29 31 22 2 11 9 19 33 -16 45
20 Wigan Athletic 43 11 12 20 47 63 21 9 8 4 26 20 22 2 4 16 21 43 -16 45
21 Millwall 42 10 13 19 47 60 21 7 8 6 25 25 21 3 5 13 22 35 -13 43
22 Rotherham United 43 8 16 19 49 76 21 7 8 6 30 33 22 1 8 13 19 43 -27 40
23 Bolton Wanderers 43 8 8 27 29 74 22 4 4 14 13 34 21 4 4 13 16 40 -45 32
24 Ipswich Town 43 4 16 23 33 72 21 2 11 8 19 28 22 2 5 15 14 44 -39 28

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