An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Burton Albion and Wigan Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 24th and the visitors in 23rd place.
- Burton Albion has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Burton and Wigan Athletic.
Burton Albion form and stats
Burton Albion's results here at Pirelli Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Burton to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Burton Albion in their previous match, an away game at Lincoln City that ended in defeat 0-4. Preceding that match was the home game against Doncaster Rovers that was lost 1-3.
Burton Albion were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Burton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost five.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Burton Albion as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Oxford United are visiting.
The Burton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Burton are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).
Wigan Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wigan Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in League One, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-6 (win-draw-lose).
Wigan played 1-1 against Shrewsbury Town in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fleetwood Town.
Wigan are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, seven draws and eleven defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wigan manager J. Sheridan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Swindon Town.
The attacking power of Wigan when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wigan Athletic have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Burton victories, two draws and one Wigan Athletic win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Akins 5 goals |  K. Hemmings 5 goals | J. Powell 3 goals |
Burton Albion missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Burton Albion | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 23 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 40 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 95% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 68% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 35% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 15% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 80% | 89% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 20% | 11% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 56% | 42% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 9.7 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 42% | 45% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
- Burton Albion has the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
- Burton Albion have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Burton Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Burton Albion have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wigan Athletic have scored away.
- Burton Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (5) away in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- 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 | Portsmouth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Hull City | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -19 | 18 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
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