There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Sunderland leading Wigan Athletic by 16 points.
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Sunderland 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.
Sunderland form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Sunderland are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Sunderland.
Sunderland drew their last game, also a home match. Burton Albion (placed 22nd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Fleetwood Town that finished 1-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sunderland home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Sunderland are traveling soon after this match as the EFL Trophy match at Oldham Athletic awaits in three days.
The Sunderland fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Sunderland's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wigan Athletic, who have the fewest scored goals (10) in League One, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Wigan Athletic are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Doncaster Rovers fixture. It's all red in the travel logs of Wigan, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.
There might be some fixture complaints from Wigan Athletic as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against Lincoln City (1-2). A draw for Wigan Athletic before that, at their own venue hosting Bristol Rovers (0-0).
You'll want to know how Wigan Athletic managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and zero home wins.
Goals are few and far between in Wigan's away league games. Only 3 goals from 7 travels. In the opposite end, Wigan have conceded 12 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sunderland-Wigan Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sunderland four wins, Wigan Athletic three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Wyke 6 goals |  G. Leadbitter 3 goals | C. Maguire 3 goals |
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| Sunderland | Wigan Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 64% |
| 29% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 43% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.1 | 15 | 18.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.1 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 32% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 23% | 30% |
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wigan Athletic have scored away.
- Sunderland have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sunderland haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (10) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (3) away in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-12) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-9) away in League One
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Wigan Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Fleetwood Town | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Doncaster Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Plymouth Argyle | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 17 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 16 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 13 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 8 |