This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Wigan Athletic holding 23rd place and Bristol Rovers lying 21st. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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.
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, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Wigan with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Plymouth Argyle game, 31 days ago, have they avoided a loss. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Wigan, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Wigan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Oxford United (placed 19th). Before that, Wigan Athletic played out a EFL Trophy draw 2-2 when visiting Tranmere Rovers (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wigan have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost three.
Wigan has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 10 goals have been conceded.
Bristol Rovers form and stats
Playing away, Bristol Rovers have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the League One this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Bristol as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Rochdale match.
Bristol lost away at Swindon Town (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Before that, Bristol secured a home win against Chelsea U21 with the score 4-3.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Bristol in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Bristol Rovers, eight draws and two defeats.
Bristol are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Bristol Rovers have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Wigan won one, Bristol Rovers won zero and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Daly 4 goals | B. Hanlan 3 goals |   J. Garner 2 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Bristol Rovers missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Bristol Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 83% |
| 42% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 25% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 42% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 58% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 17% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | 53 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 50 | 98 |
| 27 | 17 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 33% | 41% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | 35% |
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals (9) in League One
- Wigan Athletic has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 7 |