Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stoke City & Wigan Athletic face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Wigan Athletic could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only four sleeps ago.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The story so far in the Championship for Stoke City at their home stadium (Bet365 Stadium) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Stoke City shared the glory with Huddersfield Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Wilmot was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Wilmot served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Coventry City in the Championship.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Stoke's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Stoke City, as the Championship home game vs Swansea City is only three days away.
Stoke City has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Stoke City have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Wigan Athletic have an excellent away record in the League One so far with 10-2-1 from 13 games.
Wigan Athletic played 1-1 against Oxford United in their previous match. Naylor got a match rating of 7.15 in that game, top player of the team. Naylor dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Cheltenham Town that ended 0-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Wigan Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wigan manager Richardson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sheffield Wednesday.
Wigan Athletic have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 29 goals from 13 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Stoke City victories, four draws and four Wigan Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() W. Keane 14 goals | ![]() C. Lang 9 goals | ![]() J. Brown 7 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Stoke City | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 31 | 48 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 29% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 53 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 52 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 45 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 45 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 9 | Luton Town | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 42 |
| 10 | Coventry City | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 11 | Sheffield United | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 39 |
| 12 | Stoke City | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 39 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 38 |
| 14 | Millwall | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 37 |
| 15 | Blackpool | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 32 | -13 | 34 |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -12 | 33 |
| 18 | Hull City | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 32 |
| 19 | Swansea City | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 20 | Cardiff City | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 28 | -18 | 26 |
| 21 | Reading | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -22 | 22 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 55 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 38 | -32 | 20 |
| 23 | Derby County | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 27 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -25 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 59 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 23 | 56 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 14 | 54 |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Dons | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 52 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 50 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 47 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 46 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 38 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 38 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 37 |
| 14 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -10 | 37 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 36 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | -14 | 33 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -4 | 32 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | -4 | 31 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -7 | 30 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | -17 | 28 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -24 | 22 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -27 | 22 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 33 | -37 | 19 |
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