Wigan Athletic - Stoke City: Championship dungeon sides desperate for points and glory. Read all the interesting statistics and tables before the fixture!
- Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Wigan Athletic and Stoke City.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats. It's trouble wherever Wigan are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Wigan Athletic crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Watford here at The DW Stadium. Power (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.3/10. Power hit three key passes.
Heartbreak before that as Wigan Athletic lost 1-2 at Queens Park Rangers's place.There will be little rest for Wigan after this match as they are travelling to Swansea City for a Championship game in only three days.
Wigan Athletic aren't scoring a lot here at The DW Stadium in the league, with only {6 goals} from 9 games. Wigan Athletic have conceded 16 from these games.
Stoke City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. It's a growing despair in Stoke City as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Stoke play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Norwich City (placed 5th). It's a bit worrying for Stoke City that their goalie Bursik pulled off six saves in the Norwich City game, but still were unable to save them from a defeat.
A 0-2 loss hosting Coventry City before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Stoke City are hosting Birmingham City in the Championship only three days away.
Stoke have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Stoke City have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. When Stoke is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Hull City, Stoke City and Huddersfield Town.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Wigan Athletic won four, Stoke City were winners in three and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 6 goals |   L. Baker 4 goals |  N. Broadhead 3 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Stoke City missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Stoke City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 25 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 56% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 76% |
| 47% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 41% |
| 18% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 29% |
| 12% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 41% |
| 24% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | 29% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 35% |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 4.4 | 2.6 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 11.7 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.5 | 12.4 | 13.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 26% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 25% |
| 11.1 | 9 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 13 | 11.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
- Stoke City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest points (6) at home in Championship
- Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Championship
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-10) at home in Championship
- Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Watford | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Millwall | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Reading | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Birmingham City | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 13 | Rotherham United | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Sunderland | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 21 |
| 18 | Hull City | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 19 | Stoke City | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 24 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
- Wigan Athletic
- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- Stoke City
- StokeonTrent Live - (local newspaper)
