A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Peterborough United fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and Wigan Athletic's 22nd place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Peterborough United is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Wigan Athletic has the most conceded goals (57) in League One
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.
Peterborough United form and stats
This stadium, Weston Homes Stadium, has been a fortress for Peterborough United in the League One so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-2-1. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Peterborough has won five games in a row. The Shrewsbury Town match was the last time out without a victory. Peterborough are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Peterborough United, as their goalkeeper Christy Pym has completely shut out the opponents for 238 minutes in the League One.
A good away victory last time out for Peterborough, who won 3-0 against Plymouth Argyle (placed 12th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Wimbledon in a game that was won 3-0.
The manager D. Ferguson will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Oxford United in only three days.
The Peterborough manager D. Ferguson has got the team scoring with 32 from 14 home games in the league. From these home matches, Peterborough have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Playing away, Wigan Athletic, who have the most conceded goals (57) in League One, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the League One this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Wigan, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Bristol Rovers (placed 21st) in the League One last time out. A loss against Lincoln City was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Late drama in the previous game, when Scott Wootton scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Bristol Rovers.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Charlton Athletic in just three days.
The visiting Wigan have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. As for defending, Wigan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Wigan Athletic - Peterborough 0-1 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's two Peterborough victories, two draws and one Wigan Athletic win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Clarke-Harris 19 goals |  S. Szmodics 9 goals | S. Dembele 6 goals |
Peterborough United missing players
Wigan Athletic missing players
| Peterborough United | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 49 | 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 31 |
| 25 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 57 |
| 97% | 93% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 83% | 86% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 70% |
| 48% | 71% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 47% | 53% |
| 17% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 30% |
| 7% | 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 30% |
| 45% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 47% | 50% |
| 38% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 13% | 17% |
| 21% | 7% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 13.6 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 35% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 50% | 42% |
- Peterborough United has the most points (35) at home in League One
- Peterborough United has the most points from losing position (18) in League One
- Peterborough United has the most scored goals (32) at home in League One
- Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+22) at home in League One
- Peterborough United has the the best goal difference (+24) in League One
- Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Peterborough United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Peterborough United is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Wigan Athletic has the most conceded goals (57) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the most conceded goals in the second half (34) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-26) in League One
- 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 | Peterborough United | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 58 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | Hull City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 53 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 50 |
| 6 | Doncaster Rovers | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 46 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 44 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 44 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 44 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 43 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -7 | 42 |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 41 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 40 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 37 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 55 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 28 |
| 19 | Swindon Town | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 36 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -20 | 28 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -20 | 28 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -20 | 27 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -26 | 27 |
| 23 | Northampton Town | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -24 | 26 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -21 | 25 |