National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Wigan Athletic or Shrewsbury Town that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Wigan nor Shrewsbury Town 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
Wigan was eliminated in the group stage last season in the EFL Trophy.The overall League One results at home this season for Wigan Athletic are 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Wigan drew their last game, also a home match. Solihull Moors was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Before that match, a League One win away at Fleetwood Town.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Wigan matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and two defeats (from five games).
There will be little rest for Wigan after this match as they are travelling to Morecambe for a League One game in only three days.
Wigan has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Wigan are not conceding a lot of goals here at The DW Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Shrewsbury Town so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Shrewsbury, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Stratford Town in the FA Cup last time out. As mentioned above, Shrewsbury Town was the only team on the pitch versus Stratford Town in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Nathanael Ogbeta was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.52/10. Ogbeta signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Lincoln City.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Shrewsbury when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing three and winning zero games.
A new game in only three days for Shrewsbury, the League One home match versus Rotherham United. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Shrewsbury Town's away league games. Only 4 goals from 8 travels. Shrewsbury have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: three - two - one (Wigan wins - draws - Shrewsbury Town wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 7 goals |  C. Lang 5 goals |  C. Wyke 5 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 34 | ||
| 22 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 9.8 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 4 | Wolves U21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -7 | 20 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |