Betting preview: Wigan Athletic vs Portsmouth should be interesting

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

Wigan Athletic welcome Portsmouth for another appealing League One game here at The DW Stadium.

The hosts Wigan saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Carabao Cup. This match was also played here at The DW Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Portsmouth have had more rest.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Wigan Athletic's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The DW Stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Wigan, who played 0-0 against Bolton Wanderers (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties). That match was also played at this venue (The DW Stadium). Kelland Watts, defender, was given a rating of 7.63/10 in that game, top of the team. Watts won 8 of 8 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Charlton Athletic and winning 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Wigan Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wigan as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Wigan Athletic has won two of these, drawn seven and lost four.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Wolves U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at The DW Stadium.

Wigan Athletic has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Four points from two away games for Portsmouth, meaning one draw and one victory in the League One so far.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Portsmouth goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu is eager to challenge this, with his 427 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Portsmouth are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Doncaster Rovers (placed 23rd). Gavin Bazunu was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.8. The agile goalkeeper Bazunu stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Shrewsbury Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portsmouth playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three Portsmouth wins, two draws and one defeat.

It's early days yet, but Portsmouth has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

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

Wigan Athletic missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Portsmouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 2 1 Scored S 0 1 4
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 75%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
2.5 2.5 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.5
5.5 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.8
3 3.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.5 11.8
3.2 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 3.5
38% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 29%
Wigan Athletic Last season Portsmouth
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
13 5   Won W   12 21
9 6   Drew D   4 9
24 12   Lost L   7 16
54 26   Scored S   36 65
77 42   Conceded C   27 51
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 91%
72% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 67%
52% 52%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
28% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 33%
24% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 9%
52% 48%   BTTS BTTS   52% 46%
20% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 33%
35% 39%   Failed to Score F T   22% 30%
 
5.1 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.6
5.8 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.5
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10 10   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 12.2
3.1 3.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.1
38% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5 10
2 Wycombe Wanderers 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 10
3 Portsmouth 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 10
4 Accrington Stanley 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
5 Sunderland 4 3 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 9
6 Burton Albion 4 3 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 9
7 Bolton Wanderers 4 2 2 0 9 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 8
8 Plymouth Argyle 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
9 Wigan Athletic 4 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 7
10 Oxford United 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 7
11 Rotherham United 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
12 Cambridge United 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 5
13 Milton Keynes Dons 4 1 2 1 8 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 5 5 0 5
14 AFC Wimbledon 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 5
15 Gillingham 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
16 Morecambe 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 4
17 Lincoln City 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 4
18 Cheltenham Town 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 4
19 Fleetwood Town 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
20 Ipswich Town 4 0 2 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
21 Charlton Athletic 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 1
22 Crewe Alexandra 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
23 Doncaster Rovers 4 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 1
24 Shrewsbury Town 4 0 0 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 46 27 8 11 80 38 23 14 4 5 32 14 23 13 4 6 48 24 42 89
2 Peterborough United 46 26 9 11 83 46 23 15 5 3 52 22 23 11 4 8 31 24 37 87
3 Blackpool 46 23 11 12 60 37 23 12 7 4 30 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 23 80
4 Sunderland 46 20 17 9 70 42 23 9 8 6 32 25 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 77
5 Lincoln City 46 22 11 13 69 50 23 9 5 9 35 30 23 13 6 4 34 20 19 77
6 Oxford United 46 22 8 16 77 56 23 13 4 6 39 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 21 74
7 Charlton Athletic 46 20 14 12 70 56 23 8 7 8 36 37 23 12 7 4 34 19 14 74
8 Portsmouth 46 21 9 16 65 51 23 9 5 9 29 24 23 12 4 7 36 27 14 72
9 Ipswich Town 46 19 12 15 46 46 23 12 5 6 25 18 23 7 7 9 21 28 0 69
10 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 63 60 23 10 5 8 31 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 3 67
11 Accrington Stanley 46 18 13 15 63 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 23 8 6 9 32 42 -5 67
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 18 12 16 56 61 23 10 7 6 32 30 23 8 5 10 24 31 -5 66
13 Milton Keynes Dons 46 18 11 17 64 62 23 10 7 6 36 28 23 8 4 11 28 34 2 65
14 Doncaster Rovers 46 19 7 20 63 67 23 11 4 8 34 32 23 8 3 12 29 35 -4 64
15 Fleetwood Town 46 16 12 18 49 46 23 9 8 6 26 17 23 7 4 12 23 29 3 60
16 Burton Albion 46 15 12 19 61 73 23 7 4 12 32 42 23 8 8 7 29 31 -12 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 46 13 15 18 50 57 23 5 8 10 28 31 23 8 7 8 22 26 -7 54
18 Plymouth Argyle 46 14 11 21 53 80 23 11 4 8 31 39 23 3 7 13 22 41 -27 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 46 12 15 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 23 5 10 8 22 31 -16 51
20 Wigan Athletic 46 13 9 24 54 77 23 5 6 12 26 42 23 8 3 12 28 35 -23 48
21 Rochdale 46 11 14 21 61 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 23 7 5 11 34 36 -17 47
22 Northampton Town 46 11 12 23 41 67 23 8 5 10 20 26 23 3 7 13 21 41 -26 45
23 Swindon Town 46 13 4 29 55 89 23 8 1 14 25 38 23 5 3 15 30 51 -34 43
24 Bristol Rovers 46 10 8 28 40 70 23 7 2 14 23 32 23 3 6 14 17 38 -30 38

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

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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.