An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Milton Keynes Dons and Wigan Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 23rd and the visitors in 18th place.
It's no vacation for neither Milton nor Wigan Athletic 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.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Milton Keynes Dons have to build on here at Stadium mk in the League One.
The fans are hoping that Milton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the League One game against Blackpool (placed 17th). Heartbreak before that as Milton lost 2-3 at Oxford United's place.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Milton handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and three defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Milton as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. AFC Wimbledon are visiting.
Milton Keynes Dons has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. On the other hand, Milton have conceded 3 goals.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
1 win, 0 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Wigan Athletic playing as the away team in the League One this season. Wigan seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Wigan Athletic played 1-1 against Plymouth Argyle in their previous match. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Peterborough United.
As mentioned above, Wigan drew the match against Plymouth Argyle. Manager J. Sheridan brought on Will Keane to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
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.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Northampton Town in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Wigan's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. Wigan struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Milton Keynes Dons victories, one draw and three Wigan Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Jerome 2 goals |  B. Cargill 1 goals | D. Harvie 1 goals |
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Milton Keynes Dons | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 38% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | 37 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 38 | 74 |
| 29 | 15 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| 28% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 32% |
- All of Milton Keynes Dons's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Milton Keynes Dons haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Wigan Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lincoln City | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Hull City | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |