Wigan Athletic battle West Bromwich Albion for kudos and success.
- Wigan Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor West Bromwich Albion 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.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Three Championship home games done for Wigan Athletic, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.
Wigan Athletic's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-5 versus Burnley (placed 6th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points in four league rounds. Wigan were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Lang, a striker, was the champion performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 7.22 (out of 10). Lang hit two key passes.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Birmingham City.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Luton Town in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Wigan Athletic aren't scoring a lot here at The DW Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
The Championship season is young and West Bromwich Albion have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 2 draws and 1 defeat so far.
West Bromwich Albion has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Huddersfield Town for a 2-2 draw. An inspired comeback made the scores level in WBA's duel with Huddersfield Town. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Wallace found the equalizer. Wallace got a match rating of 8.61 in that game, top player of the team. Wallace scored two goals, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).
A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Derby County, earlier.
A quick return to home after this game, as West Bromwich Albion are hosting Burnley in the Championship only three days away.
West Bromwich Albion are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). WBA have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these sides: Wigan Athletic won four, West Bromwich Albion were winners in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 2 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 2 goals |  J. Swift 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
West Bromwich Albion missing players
| Wigan Athletic | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 80% | 67% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 40% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 20% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.2 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 7.5 |
| 4.4 | 2 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 15.3 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.3 | 14.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 25% | 20% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 37% |
| 11.2 | 8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.3 | 8.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
- All of West Bromwich Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored in all their away matches so far.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored more than double the goals of Wigan Athletic.
- West Bromwich Albion have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship
- West Bromwich Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- West Bromwich Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- West Bromwich Albion have yet to win a game away.
- Wigan Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Wigan Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Wigan Athletic have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reading | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Sheffield United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Hull City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Burnley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Preston North End | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Millwall | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Middlesbrough | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 19 | Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 22 | Swansea City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
| 23 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 1 |
- Wigan Athletic
- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- West Bromwich Albion
- Express & Star - (local newspaper)
- Boing - (supporter site)
