Wigan Athletic should be favourites to win this home match against Shrewsbury Town, if the league positions are thought to provide some clues. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in League One
- Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Wigan Athletic have to build on here at The DW Stadium in the League One.
A good away victory last time out for Wigan, who won 2-1 against Colchester United.
1-1 away at Accrington Stanley (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Wigan, as the League One home game vs Ipswich Town is only three days away.
Wigan are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. From these home matches, Wigan have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Shrewsbury Town have only collected 2 points from their away games in the League One, after 0-2-7 (9 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Shrewsbury Town, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Carlisle United in the FA Cup last time out.
Before that, Shrewsbury Town secured a home win against Charlton Athletic with the score 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Shrewsbury now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Doncaster Rovers is waiting in only three days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Shrewsbury Town as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. As for defending, Shrewsbury rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four Wigan Athletic victories, two draws and one Shrewsbury Town win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Keane 9 goals |  C. Lang 7 goals |  C. Wyke 5 goals |
Wigan Athletic missing players
Shrewsbury Town missing players
| Wigan Athletic | Shrewsbury Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 34 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 42% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 44% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 32% |
| 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13.3 | 12.7 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 40% | 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 19% | 26% |
| 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Shrewsbury Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Shrewsbury Town have yet to win a game away.
- Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 Shrewsbury Town have scored away.
- Wigan Athletic have scored in all their matches so far.
- Wigan Athletic have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in League One
- Wigan Athletic have the most scored goals in the second half (25) 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.
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 38 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 34 |
| 7 | Oxford United | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 27 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 15 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 21 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 19 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -8 | 15 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 13 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 12 |