Wigan Athletic club members hope for points in home fixture facing AFC Wimbledon

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this game if the league standings is a way to look into the future. The Wigan Athletic supporters are hopeful that the gulf between 2nd and AFC Wimbledon's 20th position in the table will be visible on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in League One
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Wigan Athletic saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League One. This match was also played here at The DW Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, AFC Wimbledon have had more rest.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have played 17 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Wigan's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Fleetwood Town (placed 19th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder McClean was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.12 (out of ten) in that game. McClean scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Sunderland (0-3).

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 Wigan Athletic home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in one win, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, zero matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Sutton United is only three days away.

The Wigan Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches.

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AFC Wimbledon form and stats

AFC Wimbledon have only collected 16 points from their away games in the League One, after 4-4-9 (17 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Wimbledon, who have now gone 15 games without a victory. The Accrington Stanley game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

AFC Wimbledon played 2-2 against Doncaster Rovers in their previous match. McCormick got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, top player of the team. McCormick scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Gillingham that ended 0-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Plymouth Argyle.

Wimbledon are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. AFC Wimbledon have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

AFC Wimbledon - Wigan Athletic 0-2 was the scoreline in these teams' previous H2H match, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Wigan two wins, two draws and AFC Wimbledon one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
16 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
12 goals
Wigan AthleticJ. McClean
J. McClean
8 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

AFC Wimbledon missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic AFC Wimbledon
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
21 10 5 Won W 0 4 6
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 15
6 4 1 Lost L 4 9 13
58 25 12 Scored S 2 18 39
32 17 6 Conceded C 10 29 53
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 74%
55% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 59% 50%
21% 6% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 35%
12% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
61% 59% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 56%
33% 35% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 15%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 41% 38%
 
5.6 6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.4 3.9
3.2 2.8 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.6 5.9
2.2 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.8 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
12.2 12.6 17 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 9.5 11
4.5 4.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.7
39% 32% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 35% 31%
 
9.1 8.5 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14.3 12.6
2.5 2.1 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.8 4.1
Key stats in League One this season:
  • AFC Wimbledon have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 35 23 7 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 18 11 4 3 24 5 42 76
2 Wigan Athletic 33 21 6 6 58 32 17 10 3 4 25 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 26 69
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 36 18 8 10 67 46 18 11 4 3 39 22 18 7 4 7 28 24 21 62
5 Sheffield Wednesday 34 17 10 7 52 37 17 11 4 2 30 14 17 6 6 5 22 23 15 61
6 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 16 10 9 58 46 18 10 4 4 33 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 12 58
8 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Portsmouth 33 14 9 10 46 37 17 9 4 4 30 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 51
11 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 35 11 11 13 46 52 17 7 6 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 44
14 Burton Albion 36 12 8 16 44 52 18 8 4 6 28 22 18 4 4 10 16 30 -8 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 35 9 11 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 38
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 33 7 12 14 47 58 16 5 5 6 26 25 17 2 7 8 21 33 -11 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

Wigan Athletic:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 35 23 7 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 18 11 4 3 24 5 42 76
2 Wigan Athletic 33 21 6 6 58 32 17 10 3 4 25 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 26 69
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 36 18 8 10 67 46 18 11 4 3 39 22 18 7 4 7 28 24 21 62
5 Sheffield Wednesday 34 17 10 7 52 37 17 11 4 2 30 14 17 6 6 5 22 23 15 61
6 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
7 Wycombe Wanderers 35 16 10 9 58 46 18 10 4 4 33 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 12 58
8 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Portsmouth 33 14 9 10 46 37 17 9 4 4 30 20 16 5 5 6 16 17 9 51
11 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 35 11 11 13 46 52 17 7 6 4 23 19 18 4 5 9 23 33 -6 44
14 Burton Albion 36 12 8 16 44 52 18 8 4 6 28 22 18 4 4 10 16 30 -8 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 35 9 11 15 31 35 17 7 5 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 38
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 33 7 12 14 47 58 16 5 5 6 26 25 17 2 7 8 21 33 -11 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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