Football betting preview: AFC Wimbledon vs Wigan Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Plough Lane

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, AFC Wimbledon holding 24th place and Wigan Athletic lying 21st. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bristol Rovers.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

AFC Wimbledon's results here at Plough Lane in the League One have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Wimbledon, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. O. Palmer was the last player to find the net.

Wimbledon manager M. Robinson and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Bristol Rovers (placed 19th) in the League One. Before that game, the home loss against Burton Albion with the scoreline 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with AFC Wimbledon perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with AFC Wimbledon as a small favourite), we find 13 games. AFC Wimbledon has won four of these, drawn six and lost three.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Charlton Athletic are coming to town in four days.

Wimbledon are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the AFC Wimbledon defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W6-D2-L9 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

The Wigan goalkeeper Jamie Jones is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 251 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

It's the second away game in a row for Wigan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Plymouth Argyle (placed 16th) in the League One last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Milton Keynes Dons.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Wigan playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Wigan Athletic wins, two draws and two defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wigan manager L. Richardson as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Accrington Stanley.

Wigan Athletic find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Wigan have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Wimbledon and Wigan Athletic have met before this season: Wigan Athletic - AFC Wimbledon 2-3. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Wimbledon wins - draws - Wigan Athletic wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC WimbledonJ. Pigott
J. Pigott
13 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
6 goals
WimbledonR. Longman
R. Longman
5 goals

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Wimbledon Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 14 3 Played P 5 17 34
7 3 0 Won W 3 6 9
10 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
16 9 3 Lost L 1 9 19
32 15 2 Scored S 10 19 37
56 27 6 Conceded C 8 25 60
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
73% 71% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 71%
45% 64% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 53%
21% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 12% 26%
12% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 12% 26%
52% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 47%
18% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 21%
33% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 35% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.4 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 9.4 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.7 8.9
3.5 3.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.6 2.7
28% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 42% 40%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Wimbledon have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 34 18 7 9 53 34 18 8 3 7 28 23 16 10 4 2 25 11 19 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 32 17 5 10 51 39 18 11 4 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 56
6 Ipswich Town 33 16 6 11 38 33 19 10 3 6 20 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 5 54
7 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
8 Charlton Athletic 35 14 10 11 49 46 17 5 5 7 27 31 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 52
9 Oxford United 33 14 8 11 46 39 15 7 4 4 19 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 7 50
10 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
11 Gillingham 35 15 5 15 48 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 17 7 3 7 23 21 1 50
12 Blackpool 31 14 7 10 36 28 14 7 4 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 49
13 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
14 Fleetwood Town 35 12 11 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 9 47
15 Milton Keynes Dons 35 12 9 14 50 50 17 6 7 4 27 22 18 6 2 10 23 28 0 45
16 Plymouth Argyle 35 12 9 14 44 56 18 9 4 5 27 27 17 3 5 9 17 29 -12 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 33 11 7 15 43 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 17 6 5 6 22 24 -13 40
19 Bristol Rovers 34 9 7 18 34 53 17 6 2 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 34
20 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
21 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
22 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
23 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31
24 AFC Wimbledon 33 7 10 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 31

Wigan Athletic:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 36 21 5 10 61 29 18 11 2 5 21 9 18 10 3 5 40 20 32 68
2 Peterborough United 33 19 5 9 53 31 16 12 2 2 35 14 17 7 3 7 18 17 22 62
3 Lincoln City 34 18 7 9 53 34 18 8 3 7 28 23 16 10 4 2 25 11 19 61
4 Sunderland 33 16 12 5 51 26 17 8 5 4 23 16 16 8 7 1 28 10 25 60
5 Doncaster Rovers 32 17 5 10 51 39 18 11 4 3 32 19 14 6 1 7 19 20 12 56
6 Ipswich Town 33 16 6 11 38 33 19 10 3 6 20 16 14 6 3 5 18 17 5 54
7 Portsmouth 33 15 7 11 49 36 18 6 5 7 23 19 15 9 2 4 26 17 13 52
8 Charlton Athletic 35 14 10 11 49 46 17 5 5 7 27 31 18 9 5 4 22 15 3 52
9 Oxford United 33 14 8 11 46 39 15 7 4 4 19 12 18 7 4 7 27 27 7 50
10 Accrington Stanley 33 14 8 11 46 41 16 8 4 4 21 13 17 6 4 7 25 28 5 50
11 Gillingham 35 15 5 15 48 47 18 8 2 8 25 26 17 7 3 7 23 21 1 50
12 Blackpool 31 14 7 10 36 28 14 7 4 3 16 12 17 7 3 7 20 16 8 49
13 Crewe Alexandra 35 13 9 13 43 46 18 9 5 4 27 19 17 4 4 9 16 27 -3 48
14 Fleetwood Town 35 12 11 12 39 30 17 7 7 3 22 11 18 5 4 9 17 19 9 47
15 Milton Keynes Dons 35 12 9 14 50 50 17 6 7 4 27 22 18 6 2 10 23 28 0 45
16 Plymouth Argyle 35 12 9 14 44 56 18 9 4 5 27 27 17 3 5 9 17 29 -12 45
17 Shrewsbury Town 32 10 12 10 36 37 15 4 6 5 20 20 17 6 6 5 16 17 -1 42
18 Burton Albion 33 11 7 15 43 56 16 5 2 9 21 32 17 6 5 6 22 24 -13 40
19 Bristol Rovers 34 9 7 18 34 53 17 6 2 9 21 25 17 3 5 9 13 28 -19 34
20 Northampton Town 35 8 9 18 31 52 17 5 4 8 14 21 18 3 5 10 17 31 -21 33
21 Wigan Athletic 34 9 6 19 37 60 17 3 4 10 18 35 17 6 2 9 19 25 -23 33
22 Rochdale 35 7 10 18 43 64 17 1 7 9 17 35 18 6 3 9 26 29 -21 31
23 Swindon Town 35 9 4 22 41 65 19 7 1 11 21 30 16 2 3 11 20 35 -24 31
24 AFC Wimbledon 33 7 10 16 32 56 14 3 2 9 15 27 19 4 8 7 17 29 -24 31

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.