Wigan Athletic have performed better than Sheffield Wednesday so far this season, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you need ahead of kickoff:
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.
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 and Sheffield Wednesday.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic have played 5 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Wigan Athletic has won five games in a row. The Wycombe Wanderers match was the last time out without a victory.
Wigan's last game was hosting Cheltenham Town (placed 14th) and winning 2-0. The versatile forward Charlie Wyke edged out all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.13 out of 10. Wyke scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Sunderland that was lost 0-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Wigan Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won three, drawn seven and lost four.
Wigan are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Gillingham awaits in four days.
Wigan has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Wigan have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Sheffield Wednesday form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Sheffield Wednesday has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Ipswich Town for a League One game that ended a draw (1-1). Lewis Wing got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Wing hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 51 total).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shrewsbury Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Sheffield in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Sheffield Wednesday, three draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oxford United in just four days.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sheffield have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings between these teams: Wigan Athletic won four, Sheffield Wednesday triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 4 goals |  C. Lang 3 goals |  C. Wyke 3 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Sheffield Wednesday missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 88% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 62% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 20% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 38% |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 9.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.6 | 9.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| 41% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 35% |
- Sheffield Wednesday have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wigan Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Wigan Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sheffield Wednesday have scored away.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals (5) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the the best goal difference (+9) in League One
- Wigan Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Wigan Athletic is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Rotherham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Sheffield Wednesday | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 21 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 22 | Charlton Athletic | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
- Wigan Athletic
- Wigan Today - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Wednesday
- The Star - (local newspaper)
- Sheffield Telegraph - (local newspaper)