League One preview: Can Wigan Athletic edge out victory against Bolton Wanderers?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

The league standings reveals that 21 points split the two two sets of gladiators in this League One match. Wigan Athletic carry both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Wigan Athletic have performed here at The DW Stadium this season with 12 wins from 19 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 4. There’s a good atmosphere here at The DW Stadium after three straight home wins.

A nice win for Wigan Athletic last time playing, versus Morecambe. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Kerr, Keane, Humphrys and Magennis scoring for the victors. Naylor (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.64/10. Naylor signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 60 successful passes (of 67 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Crewe Alexandra.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wigan handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, one draw and three defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic, as the League One home game vs Accrington Stanley is only three days away.

Wigan Athletic have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The DW Stadium with 30 goals in 19 league matches. Wigan have only conceded 18 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 7 wins, 2 draws and 11 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Bolton Wanderers, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Bolton Wanderers play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Crewe Alexandra (placed 24th). Aimson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Aimson hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Plymouth Argyle.

We have checked recent matches where Bolton Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were one victory, two draws and seven defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Wanderers are hosting Portsmouth in the League One only three days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bolton Wanderers have scored 24 goals in 20 league games away. As opposed to that, Bolton Wanderers have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers have met previously this season: Bolton Wanderers - Wigan Athletic 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wigan four wins, four draws and Bolton Wanderers two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
19 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
12 goals
Bolton WanderersO. Afolayan
O. Afolayan
11 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 19 5 Played P 7 20 39
24 12 4 Won W 1 7 17
7 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
6 4 0 Lost L 6 11 15
66 30 8 Scored S 4 24 60
34 18 3 Conceded C 12 28 49
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
86% 84% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 57% 55% 72%
51% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 45% 51%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 14% 25% 31%
14% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 20% 15%
59% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 29% 35% 38%
35% 37% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 28%
8% 5% 0% Failed to Score F T 71% 45% 36%
 
5.7 6.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 5.5
3.2 2.7 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.9 5.2 4.6
2.2 2.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.9 1.4 1.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.4 13.4 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.1 12.1 13.8
4.6 5.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.1 3.5 4.1
39% 31% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 34% 38%
 
8.8 8.3 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.9 12.5 11.1
2.4 2.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.9 4.3 3.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Bolton Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (40) 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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

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  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 39 24 8 7 64 25 20 13 3 4 40 20 19 11 5 3 24 5 39 80
2 Wigan Athletic 37 24 7 6 66 34 19 12 3 4 30 18 18 12 4 2 36 16 32 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 22 10 7 64 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 20 12 5 3 38 21 26 76
4 Plymouth Argyle 40 22 8 10 66 40 20 13 3 4 31 14 20 9 5 6 35 26 26 74
5 Oxford United 39 20 9 10 74 49 20 12 5 3 44 24 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 69
6 Sheffield Wednesday 39 19 12 8 64 42 20 13 5 2 41 16 19 6 7 6 23 26 22 69
7 Sunderland 39 19 10 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 20 6 8 6 27 33 18 67
8 Wycombe Wanderers 39 18 12 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 19 7 7 5 28 21 15 66
9 Ipswich Town 40 17 13 10 59 40 20 10 8 2 32 19 20 7 5 8 27 21 19 64
10 Portsmouth 38 16 11 11 53 39 19 10 5 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 59
11 Bolton Wanderers 39 17 7 15 60 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 20 7 2 11 24 28 11 58
12 Cheltenham Town 40 12 14 14 56 67 20 9 6 5 29 26 20 3 8 9 27 41 -11 50
13 Accrington Stanley 39 14 8 17 48 65 20 11 4 5 35 28 19 3 4 12 13 37 -17 50
14 Charlton Athletic 39 14 7 18 46 49 20 9 4 7 27 23 19 5 3 11 19 26 -3 49
15 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 12 16 41 37 20 9 5 6 26 18 20 3 7 10 15 19 4 48
16 Cambridge United 39 12 12 15 47 59 19 7 7 5 23 20 20 5 5 10 24 39 -12 48
17 Burton Albion 39 13 8 18 48 60 19 9 4 6 31 24 20 4 4 12 17 36 -12 47
18 Lincoln City 39 11 9 19 43 52 20 5 5 10 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 27 -9 42
19 Gillingham 40 8 13 19 31 60 20 4 6 10 12 33 20 4 7 9 19 27 -29 37
20 Fleetwood Town 38 7 13 18 50 67 18 5 6 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 34
21 AFC Wimbledon 39 6 15 18 40 62 19 2 11 6 21 27 20 4 4 12 19 35 -22 33
22 Morecambe 39 7 11 21 47 79 19 5 7 7 27 32 20 2 4 14 20 47 -32 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 40 8 6 26 28 74 20 5 3 12 15 30 20 3 3 14 13 44 -46 30
24 Crewe Alexandra 39 6 7 26 30 71 20 4 4 12 17 35 19 2 3 14 13 36 -41 25

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.