Wigan Athletic meet Morecambe as obvious favourites: Full betting guide

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

League One: Top level versus below par, at least that's what the table says. Wigan Athletic - Morecambe. Home victory or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in League One
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals (75) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Wigan Athletic nor Morecambe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at The DW Stadium as Wigan Athletic have scored 26 goals to get 36 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the League One are 11-3-4 (wins-draws-losses). Wigan Athletic has recorded two wins in a row here at The DW Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

It's back home for Wigan, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Crewe Alexandra away with the result 2-0. Keane and Magennis found the net in that victory. The attacking player Magennis won the honour of being "man of the match" for Wigan Athletic with a rating of 7.84/10. Magennis scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Milton Keynes Dons that finished 1-1.

Wigan Athletic are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew two and lost one.

Wigan has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Wigan Athletic are not conceding a lot of goals here at The DW Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches.

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Morecambe form and stats

Morecambe have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League One, after 2-4-13 (19 played). Morecambe are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Wycombe Wanderers fixture.

There might be some fixture complaints from Morecambe as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-5 against Shrewsbury Town. McCalmont got a match rating of 6.8 in that game, top player of the team. McCalmont had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Cheltenham Town.

Morecambe have conceded 43 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before in this season, with the match result Morecambe - Wigan Athletic 1-2 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

MorecambeC. Stockton
C. Stockton
19 goals
WiganW. Keane
W. Keane
18 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
12 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Morecambe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Morecambe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 7 Played P 6 19 38
23 11 6 Won W 0 2 7
7 3 0 Drew D 0 4 11
6 4 1 Lost L 6 13 20
62 26 13 Scored S 4 19 46
33 17 6 Conceded C 18 43 75
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
86% 83% 86% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 87%
50% 44% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 63% 55%
19% 6% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 47% 42%
11% 6% 14% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 21%
58% 56% 57% BTTS BTTS 33% 58% 61%
36% 39% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 13%
8% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 42% 32%
 
5.7 6.2 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.8 4.2
3.2 2.7 1.9 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 6.3
2.2 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.2 13.2 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.5 11.6 11.5
4.4 4.8 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.6 3.5
39% 30% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 16% 28% 35%
 
8.9 8.4 7.6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 16.1 14.6
2.4 2.2 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals (75) in League One
  • Morecambe have the most conceded goals in the first half (32) in League One
  • Morecambe have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in League One
  • Wigan Athletic have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

Wigan Athletic:
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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 Rotherham United 38 24 8 6 64 22 19 13 3 3 40 17 19 11 5 3 24 5 42 80
2 Wigan Athletic 36 23 7 6 62 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 18 12 4 2 36 16 29 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Plymouth Argyle 37 20 8 9 60 39 18 11 3 4 25 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 21 68
6 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
7 Sheffield Wednesday 37 18 11 8 60 41 19 12 5 2 37 15 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 65
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 11 9 62 47 20 11 5 4 34 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 15 65
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 37 16 10 11 53 39 18 10 4 4 34 20 19 6 6 7 19 19 14 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 37 14 8 15 47 59 19 11 4 4 34 26 18 3 4 11 13 33 -12 50
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Charlton Athletic 37 12 7 18 43 49 19 8 4 7 25 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -6 43
17 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 12 16 37 37 19 8 5 6 25 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 0 42
18 Lincoln City 37 11 8 18 43 51 19 5 4 10 19 25 18 6 4 8 24 26 -8 41
19 Fleetwood Town 37 7 12 18 50 67 17 5 5 7 26 27 20 2 7 11 24 40 -17 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 38 7 12 19 29 59 19 4 5 10 12 33 19 3 7 9 17 26 -30 33
22 Morecambe 38 7 11 20 46 75 19 5 7 7 27 32 19 2 4 13 19 43 -29 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 38 6 7 25 30 70 19 4 4 11 17 34 19 2 3 14 13 36 -40 25

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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.