A total of 14 sets of fixtures have gone by and both Wigan Athletic and Burton Albion are up there with the best. Bring it on!
- Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+14) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burton Albion have scored away.
Wigan have less rest than Burton Albion in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League One game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lincoln City, was also a home game here at The DW Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic have played 8 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With Wigan Athletic having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager L. Richardson.
Wigan's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Lincoln City (placed 12th). Tom Naylor (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Naylor hit one key pass and had 66 successful passes (of 75 total).
In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting AFC Wimbledon.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Wigan's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won one match, drawn one and lost two.
There will be little rest for Wigan after this match as they are travelling to Fleetwood Town for a League One game in only three days.
The Wigan fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. 8 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Burton Albion form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Burton Albion in their League One matches away.
Burton's previous game was their home loss versus Oxford United (1-3). Burton goalie Ben Garratt took pride in a terrific day's work vs Oxford United, but even with achieving seven saves the beating could not be helped. Midfielder Thomas Hamer was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.13. Hamer hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Fleetwood Town with the score of 1-0.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Burton when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Burton Albion have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous seven meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Wigan, three draws and two wins for Burton Albion. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 6 goals |  C. Wyke 5 goals |  C. Lang 4 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Burton Albion missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Burton Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 86% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 29% | 47% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 29% | 60% |
| 50% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.9 | 6.3 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.3 | 11.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 13.3 | 13.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 42% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 17% | 28% |
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Burton Albion have scored away.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+14) in League One
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Plymouth Argyle | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Burton Albion | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Ipswich Town | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
- Wigan Athletic
- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- Burton Albion
- Derby Telegraph - (local newspaper)