Wigan Athletic are flying at 3rd, while Lincoln City are loitering 12 points behind in the table. Can they crop the gap?
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League One
- Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (0) 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 form and stats
The League One stats playing at home this season for Wigan Athletic are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Wigan, their manager L. Richardson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Wigan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating AFC Wimbledon away with the result 2-0. James McClean found the net in that victory. Midfield player Callum Lang got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, the max score being 10. Lang served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Milton Keynes Dons (1-2).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 three games, won one match, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic, as the League One home game vs Burton Albion is only four days away.
Wigan Athletic has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Wigan have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Lincoln City form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Lincoln City playing as the away team in the League One this season.
Lincoln has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Sheffield Wednesday for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). Defender Lewis Montsma was the best team player with a rating of 7.72. Montsma scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A 0-1 loss hosting AFC Wimbledon before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Lincoln when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing one time, drawing zero and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Shrewsbury Town in just four days.
The visiting Lincoln City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. Lincoln City have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Wigan victories, zero draws and two Lincoln City wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Scully 7 goals |   W. Keane 6 goals | C. Wyke 5 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Lincoln City missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Lincoln City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 24 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 71% |
| 46% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 21% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 46% | 57% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 71% | 64% |
| 54% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 10.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 |
| 42% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 77% | 45% |
- Lincoln City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lincoln City have the fewest clean sheets (0) in League One
- Lincoln City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 fewest conceded goals (9) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (17) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+15) 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 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 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 17 | Morecambe | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 15 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 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 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 10 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 8 |
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