19th- against 10th place might not feel all that juicy. But: Here's the intelligence that makes Wigan Athletic - Watford (even) more appealing!
- Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Championship
Both squads have had time to rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an energetic match!
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic's struggle is real here at The DW Stadium with only 6 points collected from 8 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-4. Wigan Athletic has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Richardson and the players.
Wigan Athletic faced defeat in their previous match, away at Queens Park Rangers (1-2). Power (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.72/10. Power hit four key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 46 total).
Before that game, the home loss against Middlesbrough with the scoreline 1-4.An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Stoke City are coming to town in four days.
Wigan have scored {6 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 15 from these games.
Watford form and stats
Watford have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-4-3 (8 played). Watford has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The followers enjoyed Watford's previous match versus Luton Town (placed 9th), a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Watford was very dominant against Luton Town, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Davis, Sarr, Troost-Ekong and Pedro providing the goals. Midfield player Pedro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.32/10. Pedro scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.
A 0-3 defeat away at Millwall before that.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Cardiff City.
11 goals have been conceded by Watford in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Wigan Athletic victories, two draws and three Watford wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 6 goals |   I. Sarr 5 goals |  K. Davis 4 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Watford missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Watford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 24 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 20 |
| 94% | 88% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 81% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 56% |
| 19% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 19% |
| 4 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 37% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 29% | 35% |
| 10.9 | 8.4 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.4 | 12 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Wigan Athletic have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Championship
- Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Championship
- Wigan Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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 | Queens Park Rangers | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 30 |
| 3 | Burnley | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Millwall | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Norwich City | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Reading | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Watford | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Rotherham United | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Sunderland | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 16 | Hull City | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 21 | Middlesbrough | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 22 | Coventry City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 23 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
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