Season ticket holders at The DW Stadium haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Wigan Athletic languishing in the 23rd position so far. The guesting Shrewsbury Town will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
The visiting Shrewsbury Town played their last game only four days ago, a League One match. That game, against Doncaster Rovers, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Shrewsbury Town.
Wigan Athletic form and stats
Wigan Athletic's struggle is real here at The DW Stadium with only 8 points collected from 9 League One games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5.
The home team returns to The DW Stadium after being equal after 90 minutes with Fleetwood Town (placed 10th) on their last time out; the League One game ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Rochdale with the scoreline 0-5.
The hometeam coach J. Sheridan made a successful contribution in the game against Fleetwood Town, bringing on Oliver Crankshaw who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The manager J. Sheridan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Burton Albion in only three days.
The Wigan Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Wigan Athletic are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (18 from 9 played).
Shrewsbury Town form and stats
Playing away, Shrewsbury Town have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. Shrewsbury Town have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
289 minutes! That's how long the Shrewsbury goalkeeper Matija Sarkic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Shrewsbury play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Doncaster Rovers (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Lincoln City with the score of 1-0.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Blackpool in just three days.
The attacking power of Shrewsbury when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Shrewsbury have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Wigan Athletic-Shrewsbury Town H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Wigan two wins, Shrewsbury Town one win, one draw. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Pierre 4 goals | S. Whalley 4 goals |   T. James 3 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 | 1 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 94% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 40% | 61% |
| 44% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 30% | 39% |
| 22% | 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 44% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 11% |
| 44% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 61% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 28% |
| 44% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 7.4 | 10.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.2 | 2.9 |
| 39% | 42% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | 36% |
- Wigan Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Hull City | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 34 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Ipswich Town | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 30 |
| 9 | Crewe Alexandra | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| 11 | Sunderland | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 28 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Plymouth Argyle | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 21 | Northampton Town | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -19 | 18 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -13 | 17 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -13 | 13 |