Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion match preview: Even contest expected at DW Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: DW Stadium

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Wigan Athletic holding 20th place and Burton Albion lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One

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 are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Burton Albion are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

With 5 League One wins, 5 draws and 11 defeats from their home games, Wigan Athletic are certainly not brimming with confidence. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Wigan Athletic has won four games in a row. The Portsmouth match was the last time out without a victory. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at DW Stadium.

Happy days for Wigan Athletic in their previous game, a League One match away at Shrewsbury Town (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Crewe Alexandra.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wigan perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wigan Athletic as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Wigan Athletic has won five of these, drawn five and lost four.

The Wigan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 21 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Wigan defense is not exactly impregnable. 37 goals conceded from 21 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Burton Albion form and stats

Playing away, Burton Albion have won 8 games, drawn 7 and suffered 6 defeats in the League One this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Lincoln City game have they lost an away game, meaning Burton has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

Burton's previous game was their home loss versus Lincoln City (0-1). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Plymouth Argyle.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Burton in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Burton Albion, five draws and four defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Burton are hosting Fleetwood Town 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 Burton have scored 28 goals in 21 league games away. Burton have conceded 26 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Burton Albion - Wigan 3-4, played this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Wigan victories, two draws and two Burton Albion wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Burton AlbionK. Hemmings
K. Hemmings
13 goals
WiganC. Lang
C. Lang
8 goals
Burton AlbionL. Akins
L. Akins
8 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Burton Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Burton Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
43 21 5 Played P 6 21 42
13 5 0 Won W 3 8 14
8 5 2 Drew D 2 7 10
22 11 3 Lost L 1 6 18
48 22 5 Scored S 9 28 54
68 37 12 Conceded C 6 26 65
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
67% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 81%
49% 52% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 43% 52%
26% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 21%
23% 33% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 10% 14%
47% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 64%
23% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 21%
37% 43% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.4 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.7 9.8 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 9.9
3.1 3.1 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.1
36% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 44% 41%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in League One

  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 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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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 Hull City 42 25 7 10 73 33 21 13 3 5 27 11 21 12 4 5 46 22 40 82
2 Peterborough United 41 24 7 10 73 39 20 15 3 2 47 16 21 9 4 8 26 23 34 79
3 Sunderland 41 19 14 8 61 34 20 9 6 5 28 20 21 10 8 3 33 14 27 71
4 Lincoln City 40 20 9 11 62 42 21 9 4 8 34 28 19 11 5 3 28 14 20 69
5 Blackpool 40 19 11 10 53 35 20 10 7 3 27 17 20 9 4 7 26 18 18 68
6 Oxford United 42 19 8 15 66 51 21 11 4 6 32 20 21 8 4 9 34 31 15 65
7 Portsmouth 41 19 8 14 57 43 21 8 5 8 28 23 20 11 3 6 29 20 14 65
8 Charlton Athletic 40 17 12 11 57 51 19 6 6 7 30 33 21 11 6 4 27 18 6 63
9 Ipswich Town 41 17 10 14 41 41 21 11 4 6 22 17 20 6 6 8 19 24 0 61
10 Doncaster Rovers 40 18 6 16 57 55 21 11 4 6 33 27 19 7 2 10 24 28 2 60
11 Gillingham 42 17 8 17 58 57 21 9 4 8 28 28 21 8 4 9 30 29 1 59
12 Milton Keynes Dons 42 16 10 16 56 58 21 9 7 5 31 25 21 7 3 11 25 33 -2 58
13 Accrington Stanley 41 16 10 15 53 60 20 9 5 6 25 21 21 7 5 9 28 39 -7 58
14 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 44 35 21 9 7 5 25 14 20 6 4 10 19 21 9 56
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 10 16 47 56 21 9 6 6 28 27 20 6 4 10 19 29 -9 55
16 Plymouth Argyle 42 14 11 17 51 67 21 11 4 6 30 30 21 3 7 11 21 37 -16 53
17 Burton Albion 41 14 10 17 54 64 20 6 3 11 26 38 21 8 7 6 28 26 -10 52
18 Shrewsbury Town 40 12 14 14 44 48 19 5 7 7 25 25 21 7 7 7 19 23 -4 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 41 11 12 18 48 63 20 6 4 10 26 32 21 5 8 8 22 31 -15 45
20 Wigan Athletic 42 12 8 22 47 68 21 5 5 11 22 37 21 7 3 11 25 31 -21 44
21 Northampton Town 42 10 10 22 35 61 21 7 5 9 17 23 21 3 5 13 18 38 -26 40
22 Rochdale 41 9 12 20 52 72 21 3 9 9 25 40 20 6 3 11 27 32 -20 39
23 Bristol Rovers 42 10 8 24 40 65 21 7 2 12 23 29 21 3 6 12 17 36 -25 38
24 Swindon Town 42 11 4 27 47 78 21 7 1 13 21 35 21 4 3 14 26 43 -31 37

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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.