Wigan Athletic favourites for feisty fight facing Plymouth Argyle

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

A total of 43 sets of fixtures have gone by and both Wigan Athletic and Plymouth Argyle are doing great. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+36) in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Plymouth are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a game only four days ago in the League One. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ipswich Town.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

The story so far in the League One for Wigan Athletic at their home stadium (The DW Stadium) is 13 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Wigan Athletic drew their last game, 2-2 away at Ipswich Town (placed 11th). The talented striker Keane bettered all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.42 out of 10. Keane scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the home loss against Cambridge United with the scoreline 1-2.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Wigan Athletic matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, zero draws and two defeats (from five games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Wigan Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Portsmouth in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Wigan in their home games so far, with 35 goals from 22 league matches. From these home matches, Wigan Athletic have conceded only 21 goals.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

Playing away, Plymouth Argyle have won 9 games, drawn 6 and suffered 7 defeats in the League One this season.

Plymouth aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 304 league minutes without a goal. Edwards was the last player to find the net.

Plymouth Argyle played 0-0 against Sunderland in their previous match. Camará got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Camará hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wycombe Wanderers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Plymouth Argyle playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.

Plymouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 35 times in 22 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 28 goals have been conceded by Plymouth Argyle in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Wigan Athletic and Plymouth Argyle have faced each other before this season: Plymouth Argyle - Wigan Athletic 1-2. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Wigan victories, one draw and zero Plymouth Argyle wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wigan AthleticW. Keane
W. Keane
23 goals
Plymouth ArgyleR. Hardie
R. Hardie
16 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
14 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
26 13 1 Won W 1 9 23
10 4 2 Drew D 1 6 10
7 5 3 Lost L 4 7 11
76 35 5 Scored S 7 35 67
40 21 9 Conceded C 12 28 42
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
86% 86% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 75%
53% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 45% 43%
23% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 20%
12% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 9%
60% 59% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 43%
35% 36% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 41%
9% 5% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 20%
 
5.6 6.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 5.1
3.3 2.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 5.2
2.2 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 13.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 9.8 12.5
4.5 4.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.1
39% 33% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 45% 37%
 
9 8.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15.7 13.5 12.2
2.5 2.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Plymouth Argyle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Plymouth Argyle have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+36) 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 Wigan Athletic 43 26 10 7 76 40 22 13 4 5 35 21 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 88
2 Rotherham United 43 25 8 10 65 31 22 14 3 5 41 21 21 11 5 5 24 10 34 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 44 24 11 9 71 44 22 12 5 5 32 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 27 83
4 Sheffield Wednesday 43 22 13 8 71 46 22 15 5 2 44 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 25 79
5 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
6 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
7 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
8 Oxford United 44 22 9 13 80 56 22 13 5 4 46 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 24 75
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 44 17 15 12 62 45 22 10 9 3 34 22 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 66
12 Cambridge United 44 15 12 17 53 67 22 8 7 7 26 27 22 7 5 10 27 40 -14 57
13 Charlton Athletic 44 16 8 20 53 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 -2 56
14 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
15 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
16 Burton Albion 44 14 11 19 50 63 22 10 6 6 33 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -13 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 44 7 7 30 35 80 22 5 4 13 21 39 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 28

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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 Wigan Athletic 43 26 10 7 76 40 22 13 4 5 35 21 21 13 6 2 41 19 36 88
2 Rotherham United 43 25 8 10 65 31 22 14 3 5 41 21 21 11 5 5 24 10 34 83
3 Milton Keynes Dons 44 24 11 9 71 44 22 12 5 5 32 21 22 12 6 4 39 23 27 83
4 Sheffield Wednesday 43 22 13 8 71 46 22 15 5 2 44 17 21 7 8 6 27 29 25 79
5 Plymouth Argyle 44 23 10 11 67 42 22 14 4 4 32 14 22 9 6 7 35 28 25 79
6 Wycombe Wanderers 44 21 14 9 72 50 22 13 5 4 38 26 22 8 9 5 34 24 22 77
7 Sunderland 43 22 11 10 72 51 21 15 2 4 43 17 22 7 9 6 29 34 21 77
8 Oxford United 44 22 9 13 80 56 22 13 5 4 46 26 22 9 4 9 34 30 24 75
9 Portsmouth 43 18 13 12 61 44 21 12 5 4 40 22 22 6 8 8 21 22 17 67
10 Bolton Wanderers 44 19 10 15 68 54 22 11 7 4 41 24 22 8 3 11 27 30 14 67
11 Ipswich Town 44 17 15 12 62 45 22 10 9 3 34 22 22 7 6 9 28 23 17 66
12 Cambridge United 44 15 12 17 53 67 22 8 7 7 26 27 22 7 5 10 27 40 -14 57
13 Charlton Athletic 44 16 8 20 53 55 22 9 4 9 30 28 22 7 4 11 23 27 -2 56
14 Cheltenham Town 44 13 16 15 63 76 22 10 7 5 32 28 22 3 9 10 31 48 -13 55
15 Accrington Stanley 44 15 10 19 55 76 22 11 6 5 39 32 22 4 4 14 16 44 -21 55
16 Burton Albion 44 14 11 19 50 63 22 10 6 6 33 24 22 4 5 13 17 39 -13 53
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 47 46 22 9 7 6 30 22 22 3 7 12 17 24 1 50
18 Lincoln City 44 13 10 21 52 60 22 6 5 11 23 28 22 7 5 10 29 32 -8 49
19 Morecambe 44 10 12 22 57 85 22 7 8 7 33 34 22 3 4 15 24 51 -28 42
20 Gillingham 44 8 16 20 34 64 22 4 8 10 13 34 22 4 8 10 21 30 -30 40
21 Fleetwood Town 43 8 15 20 57 74 21 5 7 9 30 33 22 3 8 11 27 41 -17 39
22 AFC Wimbledon 44 6 18 20 45 70 22 2 14 6 24 30 22 4 4 14 21 40 -25 36
23 Doncaster Rovers 44 9 7 28 34 81 22 6 3 13 18 32 22 3 4 15 16 49 -47 34
24 Crewe Alexandra 44 7 7 30 35 80 22 5 4 13 21 39 22 2 3 17 14 41 -45 28

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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.