Wigan Athletic vs Rotherham United pre-match information

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

This is a vital fight in the "wrong" end of the Championship, with both Wigan Athletic and Rotherham United enduring more worry than happiness. This match is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts placed 24th and the visitors in 19th place.

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (38) in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in Championship

For Wigan relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Rotherham United is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both teams have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an in-your-face game!

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 5 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats. When Wigan Athletic hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Queens Park Rangers, Wigan Athletic, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool), they have won 3 of 6 matches!

Wigan Athletic drew their last game, 1-1 away at Reading (placed 22nd). McClean (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.04/10. McClean served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Millwall.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Trench warfare? Looking at this team's last 19 league games, 16 have contained two goals or less.

Wigan aren't scoring a lot here at The DW Stadium in the league, with only {17 goals} from 22 games. Wigan Athletic have conceded 35 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Wigan Athletic has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 6 times.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Rotherham United have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-10-10 (22 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Rotherham United won their last game, 1-0 versus Middlesbrough played at home. That win felt sweet as this team had gone five league fixtures without victory. Midfielder Odofin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Odofin scored one goal and hit one key pass.

A loss against Cardiff City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Rotherham in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Rotherham United, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The attacking power of Rotherham United when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 22 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 30 goals have been conceded by Rotherham United in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wigan have avoided a loss in the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus Rotherham United.

Rotherham United - Wigan Athletic 0-2 was the scoreline in these sides' previous H2H fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
12 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Ogbene
C. Ogbene
8 goals
Rotherham UnitedC. Washington
C. Washington
5 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 11
14 6 1 Drew D 2 10 16
21 11 2 Lost L 4 10 18
38 17 6 Scored S 2 12 49
65 35 6 Conceded C 8 30 60
93% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 77% 87%
69% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 78%
38% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 36% 49%
16% 23% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 22%
11% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 4%
58% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 49%
20% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 32% 29%
29% 32% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 36%
 
4.4 4.2 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.4 4
4.6 3.1 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 7.1 6.2
1.9 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.5 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10 10.5 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.1 8.7
2.7 2.7 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 1.9 2.9
31% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 29% 38%
 
11.8 9.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 16.2 13.8
3.5 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.3 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Rotherham United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals (12) away in Championship
  • Rotherham United have the fewest scored goals in the second half (18) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest points (21) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals (38) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the fewest scored goals in the first half (16) in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-18) at home in Championship
  • Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
20 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
21 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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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 Burnley 45 28 14 3 84 35 22 15 6 1 46 15 23 13 8 2 38 20 49 98
2 Sheffield United 44 27 7 10 71 37 23 16 3 4 47 19 21 11 4 6 24 18 34 88
3 Luton Town 45 21 16 8 57 39 22 10 8 4 31 21 23 11 8 4 26 18 18 79
4 Middlesbrough 45 22 8 15 83 55 22 13 6 3 45 18 23 9 2 12 38 37 28 74
5 Coventry City 45 18 15 12 57 45 23 11 7 5 30 24 22 7 8 7 27 21 12 69
6 Millwall 45 19 11 15 54 46 22 11 6 5 31 18 23 8 5 10 23 28 8 68
7 Sunderland 45 17 15 13 65 55 23 7 9 7 33 33 22 10 6 6 32 22 10 66
8 West Bromwich Albion 45 18 12 15 57 50 23 11 7 5 31 20 22 7 5 10 26 30 7 66
9 Blackburn Rovers 45 19 9 17 48 51 23 13 4 6 27 19 22 6 5 11 21 32 -3 66
10 Swansea City 45 17 12 16 65 62 22 10 4 8 35 30 23 7 8 8 30 32 3 63
11 Preston North End 45 17 12 16 45 56 22 7 7 8 20 25 23 10 5 8 25 31 -11 63
12 Norwich City 45 17 11 17 57 53 22 8 5 9 27 26 23 9 6 8 30 27 4 62
13 Watford 45 15 15 15 54 53 22 10 6 6 33 23 23 5 9 9 21 30 1 60
14 Hull City 45 14 15 16 51 61 23 9 6 8 24 27 22 5 9 8 27 34 -10 57
15 Bristol City 45 14 14 17 53 56 23 9 7 7 30 24 22 5 7 10 23 32 -3 56
16 Stoke City 45 14 11 20 55 52 23 6 5 12 25 27 22 8 6 8 30 25 3 53
17 Birmingham City 45 14 11 20 46 56 22 7 6 9 23 22 23 7 5 11 23 34 -10 53
18 Queens Park Rangers 45 13 11 21 44 69 22 6 5 11 21 33 23 7 6 10 23 36 -25 50
19 Rotherham United 45 11 16 18 49 60 23 9 6 8 37 30 22 2 10 10 12 30 -11 49
20 Cardiff City 45 13 10 22 41 55 23 6 7 10 20 24 22 7 3 12 21 31 -14 49
21 Huddersfield Town 44 12 11 21 44 62 21 7 6 8 23 25 23 5 5 13 21 37 -18 47
22 Reading 45 13 11 21 46 66 23 10 8 5 31 24 22 3 3 16 15 42 -20 44
23 Blackpool 45 10 11 24 47 72 23 6 6 11 28 34 22 4 5 13 19 38 -25 41
24 Wigan Athletic 45 10 14 21 38 65 22 5 6 11 17 35 23 5 8 10 21 30 -27 41

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.