Possible nail-biting contest in Milton Keynes Dons - Wigan Athletic game

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

What a game, with Milton Keynes Dons in 3rd and Wigan Athletic in 2nd. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (23) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

The overall League One statistics playing at home this season for Milton Keynes Dons are 10-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Milton Keynes Dons haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Doncaster Rovers, 49 days ago.

Milton Keynes Dons's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Cheltenham Town (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Parrott, who usually features in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that game, collecting a rating of 8.85 (out of 10). Parrott scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rotherham United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Milton Keynes Dons have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost three.

Keynes has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Milton Keynes Dons are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadium mk in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Wigan Athletic collect 36 points from their 16 away matches in the League One. 11 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

183 minutes! That's how long the Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Ben Amos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs AFC Wimbledon.

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 ten relevant matches. Results were four Wigan Athletic wins, four draws and two defeats.

Wigan Athletic have another game away from home in just three nights, a League One match versus Crewe Alexandra. A demanding schedule for the guests!

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Wigan are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic - Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 was the story when these squads last met, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Milton Keynes Dons two wins, one draw and Wigan Athletic four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
17 goals
Milton Keynes DonsS. Twine
S. Twine
14 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
12 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Wigan Athletic missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Milton Keynes Dons Wigan Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 16 34
21 10 1 Won W 3 11 22
9 4 1 Drew D 1 3 6
7 4 3 Lost L 2 2 6
62 25 4 Scored S 10 33 59
37 16 8 Conceded C 8 15 32
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
73% 61% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 88% 85%
54% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 53%
24% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 21%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 12%
59% 44% 60% BTTS BTTS 83% 62% 59%
32% 44% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 35%
14% 22% 20% Failed to Score F T 17% 12% 9%
 
4.5 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 5.7
5.2 5.3 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 3.6 3.1
1.5 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 13.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.7 12.5
4.9 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.3 4.6
34% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 48% 38%
 
10 8.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 9.8 9.1
3.2 2.7 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 2.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons have the most points from losing position (23) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Rotherham United 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

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  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 36 23 7 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 18 11 4 3 24 5 41 76
2 Wigan Athletic 34 22 6 6 59 32 18 11 3 4 26 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 37 21 9 7 62 37 18 10 4 4 25 16 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 72
4 Oxford United 37 19 8 10 71 47 19 12 4 3 43 23 18 7 4 7 28 24 24 65
5 Sunderland 37 18 9 10 64 48 18 12 2 4 37 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 16 63
6 Plymouth Argyle 35 18 8 9 58 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 19 62
7 Wycombe Wanderers 36 17 10 9 61 47 18 10 4 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 61
8 Sheffield Wednesday 35 17 10 8 53 40 17 11 4 2 30 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 13 61
9 Ipswich Town 37 16 11 10 57 39 18 9 7 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 59
10 Portsmouth 35 16 9 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 17 6 5 6 19 18 15 57
11 Bolton Wanderers 37 16 7 14 59 48 18 10 5 3 36 20 19 6 2 11 23 28 11 55
12 Accrington Stanley 35 13 7 15 44 57 18 10 4 4 32 25 17 3 3 11 12 32 -13 46
13 Cambridge United 36 11 12 13 46 52 18 7 7 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 45
14 Cheltenham Town 36 10 14 12 49 59 19 8 6 5 26 25 17 2 8 7 23 34 -10 44
15 Burton Albion 37 12 8 17 45 56 18 8 4 6 28 22 19 4 4 11 17 34 -11 44
16 Charlton Athletic 35 11 7 17 41 47 18 7 4 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 40
17 Shrewsbury Town 36 9 12 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 19 2 7 10 12 19 -4 39
18 Lincoln City 35 10 8 17 40 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 16 5 4 7 21 24 -9 38
19 Fleetwood Town 35 7 12 16 48 63 17 5 5 7 26 27 18 2 7 9 22 36 -15 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 36 6 15 15 39 56 17 2 11 4 21 24 19 4 4 11 18 32 -17 33
21 Morecambe 36 7 11 18 45 67 18 5 7 6 26 29 18 2 4 12 19 38 -22 32
22 Gillingham 36 6 12 18 28 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 17 2 7 8 16 25 -30 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 37 8 5 24 28 72 18 5 3 10 15 28 19 3 2 14 13 44 -44 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 36 6 7 23 30 66 18 4 4 10 17 32 18 2 3 13 13 34 -36 25

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