The visiting Accrington Stanley side should be favourites in this visit to Wigan Athletic, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (11) in League One
- Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic's results here at The DW Stadium in the League One have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
It's back home for Wigan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sunderland away with the result 1-0. Kyle Joseph found the net in that victory. Nobody expected Wigan to beat Sunderland in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Prior to that, an away loss at Lincoln City.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rochdale are coming to town in three days.
Wigan Athletic has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Wigan have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
As the visiting team in League One matches, Accrington Stanley have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Accrington won their last game, 3-2 versus Manchester United U21 played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Milton Keynes Dons in the League One.
Accrington has another fixture away, a League One game, against Gillingham in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Accrington Stanley are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Accrington have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Charles 5 goals |  J. Pritchard 3 goals |   K. Naismith 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Accrington Stanley missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 60% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 54% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 15% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 40% | 57% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 20% | 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 46% |
| 47% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8.2 | 8.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | 34% |
- Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (11) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Hull City | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 24 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 23 |
| 11 | Gillingham | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 19 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Swindon Town | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 21 | Oxford United | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -8 | 15 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 11 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 11 |
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