Wigan Athletic supporters put their faith in manager L. Richardson to deliver victory against Cheltenham Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

A look at the League One table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Get our Wigan Athletic - Cheltenham Town match guide!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their matches so far.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Wigan Athletic and Cheltenham Town.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

3-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Wigan Athletic, who have the the best goal difference (+7) in League One, so far this season. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Wigan are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

The Wigan Athletic fans got no joy from their last match, a Carabao Cup game also here at The DW Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Sunderland (placed 2nd). Curtis Tilt, defender, was given a rating of 6.91/10 in that game, top of the team. Tilt hit one key pass and won 12 of 18 duels.

Before that match, a League One win away at Accrington Stanley.

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 two wins, zero draws and two defeats.

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

Wigan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. As for guarding their own goal, Wigan have only let in 2 goals at home.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Cheltenham Town playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Cheltenham lost away at Preston North End (1-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Dylan Barkers was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.05. Barkers dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Oxford United in the League One.

Cheltenham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

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

Cheltenham are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Cheltenham struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
4 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
3 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
2 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Wigan Athletic Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 1 Played P 0 4 8
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
12 5 1 Scored S 0 6 11
5 2 0 Conceded C 0 6 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 88%
43% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 25%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
57% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 88%
43% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.9 3.2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.5 4.5
4.3 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 5.6
2.7 3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 8.8 4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 11.1
4 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 4.4
43% 38% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 31%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+7) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wigan Athletic 7 5 1 1 12 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 7 3 7 16
2 Sunderland 7 5 1 1 12 7 4 4 0 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 16
3 Milton Keynes Dons 8 4 3 1 16 10 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 1 3 0 10 7 6 15
4 Plymouth Argyle 8 4 3 1 12 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 6 4 6 15
5 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 14
6 Rotherham United 8 4 1 3 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 13
7 AFC Wimbledon 8 3 3 2 15 13 4 1 2 1 7 6 4 2 1 1 8 7 2 12
8 Bolton Wanderers 8 3 3 2 14 12 4 1 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 9 6 2 12
9 Cheltenham Town 8 3 3 2 11 11 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 0 12
10 Burton Albion 8 3 3 2 6 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 1 2 1 5 -2 12
11 Accrington Stanley 8 4 0 4 8 11 4 3 0 1 5 5 4 1 0 3 3 6 -3 12
12 Portsmouth 8 3 2 3 7 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 11
13 Sheffield Wednesday 7 3 2 2 6 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 11
14 Cambridge United 7 3 2 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 11
15 Oxford United 8 3 2 3 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 3 7 0 11
16 Morecambe 8 3 1 4 12 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
17 Fleetwood Town 7 2 2 3 11 11 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 8
18 Lincoln City 8 2 2 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 7 6 0 8
19 Gillingham 8 1 4 3 8 12 4 1 2 1 5 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 7
20 Ipswich Town 7 1 3 3 11 15 4 0 3 1 8 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 -4 6
21 Charlton Athletic 8 1 2 5 7 11 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 7 -4 5
22 Crewe Alexandra 8 1 2 5 5 11 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 0 1 3 1 6 -6 5
23 Shrewsbury Town 8 1 2 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 1 3 1 5 -7 5
24 Doncaster Rovers 7 1 1 5 3 9 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 4 1 7 -6 4

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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.