Sports betting insights: Wigan Athletic vs Oxford United - predictions and statistics

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

League One: A pair of contenders who have done superbly thus far. Get ready for Wigan Athletic - Oxford United with this thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (4-2-0) in League One

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 Oxford United.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

7-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Wigan Athletic so far this season. Wigan Athletic haven’t lost a league-game in 19 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lincoln City, 98 days ago.

Wigan Athletic drew their last game, 0-0 away at Cheltenham Town (placed 17th). Watts was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.83 out of 10. The defender Watts won 5 of 7 duels.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wigan have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost three.

Wigan Athletic are traveling soon after this match as the FA Cup match at Stoke City awaits in four days.

Wigan Athletic have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The DW Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches.

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Oxford United form and stats

5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Oxford United in their League One matches away.

Two trips in a row for Oxford United, whose manager Robinson could celebrate last time after the win against Gillingham. Midfield player Brannagan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.25/10. Brannagan scored four goals and had 74 successful passes (of 86 total).

Before that, Oxford secured a home win against Sheffield Wednesday with the score 3-2.

Oxford United 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, four draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just four days.

Oxford United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. 18 goals have been conceded by Oxford United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Oxford United - Wigan Athletic 2-3. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Wigan Athletic wins - draws - Oxford United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WiganW. Keane
W. Keane
14 goals
Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
13 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
8 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Oxford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 4 13 28
17 7 1 Won W 2 5 14
4 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
4 3 2 Lost L 1 5 7
47 18 4 Scored S 5 20 50
24 12 5 Conceded C 5 18 33
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 89%
88% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 82%
60% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 57%
24% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 36%
16% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 14%
64% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 69% 68%
36% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 21%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 21%
 
6.2 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.8 6
3.2 3 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.8 4.7
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.5 12.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 14.5 14.3
4.6 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 5.5 5.2
41% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 28% 34%
 
9.7 9.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11.6 11.2
2.7 2.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.5 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wigan Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (30) 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.
  • Wigan Athletic is in the best form (4-2-0) in League One

  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 27 17 5 5 48 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 13 7 3 3 15 5 30 56
2 Wigan Athletic 25 17 4 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 13 10 2 1 29 12 23 55
3 Sunderland 29 16 6 7 53 39 14 11 1 2 31 9 15 5 5 5 22 30 14 54
4 Milton Keynes Dons 29 15 7 7 48 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 52
5 Wycombe Wanderers 29 15 7 7 46 34 14 9 2 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 52
6 Oxford United 28 14 7 7 50 33 15 9 4 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 20 18 17 49
7 Plymouth Argyle 28 13 8 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 19 13 15 6 5 4 28 22 12 47
8 Sheffield Wednesday 27 11 10 6 37 32 12 7 4 1 20 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 5 43
9 Ipswich Town 29 11 8 10 47 38 14 6 6 2 25 19 15 5 2 8 22 19 9 41
10 Burton Albion 28 11 6 11 35 34 14 7 3 4 23 15 14 4 3 7 12 19 1 39
11 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
12 Cambridge United 28 9 10 9 38 40 15 5 6 4 19 19 13 4 4 5 19 21 -2 37
13 Accrington Stanley 28 10 7 11 35 45 15 7 4 4 23 22 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 37
14 Bolton Wanderers 27 10 5 12 39 37 13 6 4 3 24 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 2 35
15 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
16 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 8 13 27 31 14 7 3 4 17 13 15 1 5 9 10 18 -4 32
17 Cheltenham Town 28 7 11 10 32 46 15 5 6 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 32
18 Lincoln City 27 8 7 12 32 36 14 3 3 8 13 19 13 5 4 4 19 17 -4 31
19 Fleetwood Town 28 7 9 12 42 49 15 5 4 6 25 24 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 30
20 AFC Wimbledon 27 6 11 10 32 40 13 2 8 3 16 18 14 4 3 7 16 22 -8 29
21 Morecambe 28 7 7 14 40 55 15 5 4 6 23 26 13 2 3 8 17 29 -15 28
22 Crewe Alexandra 28 5 7 16 24 47 14 4 4 6 14 21 14 1 3 10 10 26 -23 22
23 Gillingham 28 3 10 15 23 51 14 2 4 8 10 28 14 1 6 7 13 23 -28 19
24 Doncaster Rovers 28 5 4 19 20 52 14 4 3 7 12 19 14 1 1 12 8 33 -32 19

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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 27 17 5 5 48 18 14 10 2 2 33 13 13 7 3 3 15 5 30 56
2 Wigan Athletic 25 17 4 4 47 24 12 7 2 3 18 12 13 10 2 1 29 12 23 55
3 Sunderland 29 16 6 7 53 39 14 11 1 2 31 9 15 5 5 5 22 30 14 54
4 Milton Keynes Dons 29 15 7 7 48 32 14 7 3 4 18 14 15 8 4 3 30 18 16 52
5 Wycombe Wanderers 29 15 7 7 46 34 14 9 2 3 24 18 15 6 5 4 22 16 12 52
6 Oxford United 28 14 7 7 50 33 15 9 4 2 30 15 13 5 3 5 20 18 17 49
7 Plymouth Argyle 28 13 8 7 47 35 13 7 3 3 19 13 15 6 5 4 28 22 12 47
8 Sheffield Wednesday 27 11 10 6 37 32 12 7 4 1 20 10 15 4 6 5 17 22 5 43
9 Ipswich Town 29 11 8 10 47 38 14 6 6 2 25 19 15 5 2 8 22 19 9 41
10 Burton Albion 28 11 6 11 35 34 14 7 3 4 23 15 14 4 3 7 12 19 1 39
11 Portsmouth 26 10 8 8 29 25 12 6 3 3 17 12 14 4 5 5 12 13 4 38
12 Cambridge United 28 9 10 9 38 40 15 5 6 4 19 19 13 4 4 5 19 21 -2 37
13 Accrington Stanley 28 10 7 11 35 45 15 7 4 4 23 22 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 37
14 Bolton Wanderers 27 10 5 12 39 37 13 6 4 3 24 17 14 4 1 9 15 20 2 35
15 Charlton Athletic 27 9 6 12 34 32 14 6 3 5 21 15 13 3 3 7 13 17 2 33
16 Shrewsbury Town 29 8 8 13 27 31 14 7 3 4 17 13 15 1 5 9 10 18 -4 32
17 Cheltenham Town 28 7 11 10 32 46 15 5 6 4 17 22 13 2 5 6 15 24 -14 32
18 Lincoln City 27 8 7 12 32 36 14 3 3 8 13 19 13 5 4 4 19 17 -4 31
19 Fleetwood Town 28 7 9 12 42 49 15 5 4 6 25 24 13 2 5 6 17 25 -7 30
20 AFC Wimbledon 27 6 11 10 32 40 13 2 8 3 16 18 14 4 3 7 16 22 -8 29
21 Morecambe 28 7 7 14 40 55 15 5 4 6 23 26 13 2 3 8 17 29 -15 28
22 Crewe Alexandra 28 5 7 16 24 47 14 4 4 6 14 21 14 1 3 10 10 26 -23 22
23 Gillingham 28 3 10 15 23 51 14 2 4 8 10 28 14 1 6 7 13 23 -28 19
24 Doncaster Rovers 28 5 4 19 20 52 14 4 3 7 12 19 14 1 1 12 8 33 -32 19

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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.