An important duel in the bottom section of the League One, with both Northampton Town and Wigan Athletic experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 23rd place.
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Northampton 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.
Northampton Town form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League One this season. Northampton Town, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in League One, have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM.
D. Rose was the last player to score a league goal for Northampton and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Northampton Town haven't scored in 270 minutes.
An away draw last time out for Northampton, facing Accrington Stanley in a game that ended 0-0. Heartbreak before that as Northampton lost 0-2 at Blackpool's place.
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 Northampton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn two and lost three.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Burton Albion in only four days. This game is also played here at PTS ACADEMY STADIUM.
Northampton Town have scored 8 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Northampton Town have conceded 17 goals.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Wigan Athletic's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the League One. Wigan Athletic only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Wigan Athletic as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Fleetwood Town match.
Wigan Athletic might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. AFC Wimbledon proved too strong as Wigan slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at The DW Stadium. Prior to that match, the Wigan manager L. Richardson faced defeat when travelling to Swindon Town and losing 0-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Wigan Athletic in our archives, and the results are: one win for Wigan Athletic, two draws and four defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Wigan Athletic now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Oxford United is waiting in only four days.
Wigan are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 12 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Wigan have conceded 20 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Wigan Athletic - Northampton 2-3. Last three meetings between the teams: Northampton won one, Wigan Athletic won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Joseph 5 goals |  W. Keane 5 goals |  S. Hoskins 3 goals |
Northampton Town missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Northampton Town | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 40 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | 47 |
| 84% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 68% |
| 48% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 48% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 17% | 32% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 17% | 32% |
| 40% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 42% | 48% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 8.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 9.1 | 9 |
| 3.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 26% | 32% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 46% | 42% |
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (20) in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals (8) at home in League One
- Northampton Town has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in League One
- Northampton Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | Lincoln City | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 51 |
| 2 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 48 |
| 3 | Hull City | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 48 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 25 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 46 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 45 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 41 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 40 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 39 |
| 11 | Oxford United | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 37 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 34 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 30 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -18 | 25 |
| 20 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -17 | 24 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 27 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -19 | 24 |
| 22 | Northampton Town | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -20 | 24 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -21 | 21 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 19 |