Match preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Wigan Athletic welcome Doncaster Rovers

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

This should be another appealing meeting at The DW Stadium in the League One. Wigan Athletic is in 5th place and host Doncaster Rovers in 24th place. Read all about the game here!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Doncaster Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Seven points from three League One home games is a great start for Wigan Athletic, who are hoping to build on that form here at The DW Stadium.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Wigan, as their goalkeeper Ben Amos has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the League One.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Wolves U21 in the EFL Trophy last time out and are looking for a win here.

Previous to that game, a League One home match hosting Portsmouth in a game that was won 1-0.

Wigan Athletic has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Wigan have only let in 1 goal at home.

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Doncaster Rovers form and stats

No League One points yet away for Doncaster Rovers, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on R. Wellens, the Doncaster manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Doncaster are looking to quickly end their 404 minutes long goal drought in the League One.

Doncaster Rovers's previous game was their home loss versus Rotherham United (0-6). Doncaster lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one.

It was a League One defeat before that one as the away game against Rotherham United wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Doncaster Rovers are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 0 goals from 3 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Doncaster have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Wigan Athletic victories, two draws and two Doncaster Rovers wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
2 goals
Wigan AthleticT. Darikwa
T. Darikwa
1 goals
Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
1 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Doncaster Rovers missing players

Wigan Athletic Doncaster Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 2 3 5
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 4
6 3 0 Scored S 0 0 1
3 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 60%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
40% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 20%
60% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 80%
 
2.4 2.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 5
5 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5 5.2
2.6 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 7.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.7 8
3 2.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 2.4
40% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 8%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Doncaster Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Doncaster Rovers have created more than twice as many corners as Wigan Athletic.
  • Doncaster Rovers have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Doncaster Rovers have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wigan Athletic have scored more than double the goals of Doncaster Rovers.
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Wigan Athletic Last season Doncaster Rovers
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
13 5   Won W   8 19
9 6   Drew D   3 7
24 12   Lost L   12 20
54 26   Scored S   29 63
77 42   Conceded C   35 67
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 98%
72% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 74%
52% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 61%
28% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 30%
24% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 17%
52% 48%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
20% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
35% 39%   Failed to Score F T   22% 24%
 
5.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.4
5.8 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.2
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10 10   Shots (avg) S (   11 11.9
3.1 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.2
38% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%

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

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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.