Delightful dogfight as daring Wigan Athletic duels with determined Swindon Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: DW Stadium

This match features two teams living in the basement of the League One, Wigan Athletic holding 20th place and Swindon Town lying 23rd. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (86) in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Wigan can neither be promoted or relegated from League One. For Swindon it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

With 5 League One wins, 6 draws and 11 defeats from their home games, Wigan Athletic are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Burton Albion that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wigan Athletic have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost two.

The Wigan Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 22 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 38 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Swindon Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Swindon Town, who have the most conceded goals (86) in League One, so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-15 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Swindon Town, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Milton Keynes Dons's place.

Swindon are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Swindon have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 22 league away games 26 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Swindon, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Swindon Town - Wigan Athletic 1-0 entered in the official records. Last three meetings between the teams: Wigan won two, Swindon Town won one and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownB. Pitman
B. Pitman
11 goals
WiganW. Keane
W. Keane
9 goals
Wigan AthleticC. Lang
C. Lang
9 goals

Wigan Athletic missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Wigan Athletic Swindon Town
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
45 22 6 Played P 6 22 45
13 5 0 Won W 1 4 12
9 6 3 Drew D 1 3 4
23 11 3 Lost L 4 15 29
51 23 6 Scored S 9 26 51
73 38 13 Conceded C 15 48 86
93% 86% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 68% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 86% 80%
51% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 68% 64%
27% 32% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 41% 33%
22% 32% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 18%
51% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 83% 64% 58%
20% 27% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 9% 9%
36% 41% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.9 9.9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.5 9.2
3.1 3.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3 3.2
37% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 40% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (2) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the fewest clean sheets (4) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the fewest matches under the total-line (16) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (48) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals (86) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (47) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the most matches over the total-line (28) in League One
  • Swindon Town have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in League One
  • Swindon Town have the the worst goal difference (-35) in League One
  • Swindon Town 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 Hull City 45 27 8 10 80 37 23 14 4 5 32 14 22 13 4 5 48 23 43 89
2 Peterborough United 45 25 9 11 79 45 23 15 5 3 52 22 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 84
3 Sunderland 45 20 16 9 69 41 22 9 7 6 31 24 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 76
4 Lincoln City 44 22 10 12 68 47 22 9 4 9 35 30 22 13 6 3 33 17 21 76
5 Blackpool 44 21 11 12 57 37 21 10 7 4 27 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 20 74
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 65 50 22 9 5 8 29 23 23 12 4 7 36 27 15 72
7 Oxford United 45 21 8 16 73 56 22 12 4 6 35 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 17 71
8 Charlton Athletic 44 18 14 12 66 55 21 6 7 8 32 36 23 12 7 4 34 19 11 68
9 Milton Keynes Dons 45 18 11 16 64 59 22 10 7 5 36 25 23 8 4 11 28 34 5 65
10 Ipswich Town 44 18 11 15 43 45 22 11 5 6 22 17 22 7 6 9 21 28 -2 65
11 Gillingham 45 18 10 17 62 60 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 2 64
12 Doncaster Rovers 44 19 7 18 62 61 22 11 4 7 33 28 22 8 3 11 29 33 1 64
13 Accrington Stanley 45 17 13 15 62 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 64
14 Crewe Alexandra 45 17 12 16 53 59 22 9 7 6 29 28 23 8 5 10 24 31 -6 63
15 Fleetwood Town 45 16 12 17 48 43 23 9 8 6 26 17 22 7 4 11 22 26 5 60
16 Burton Albion 45 15 12 18 61 69 23 7 4 12 32 42 22 8 8 6 29 27 -8 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 13 14 17 48 54 22 5 7 10 28 31 22 8 7 7 20 23 -6 53
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 53 79 23 11 4 8 31 39 22 3 7 12 22 40 -26 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 12 14 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 22 5 9 8 22 31 -16 50
20 Wigan Athletic 45 13 9 23 51 73 22 5 6 11 23 38 23 8 3 12 28 35 -22 48
21 Rochdale 45 10 14 21 58 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 22 6 5 11 31 36 -20 44
22 Northampton Town 45 11 11 23 40 66 23 8 5 10 20 26 22 3 6 13 20 40 -26 44
23 Swindon Town 45 12 4 29 51 86 23 8 1 14 25 38 22 4 3 15 26 48 -35 40
24 Bristol Rovers 45 10 8 27 40 69 23 7 2 14 23 32 22 3 6 13 17 37 -29 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 Hull City 45 27 8 10 80 37 23 14 4 5 32 14 22 13 4 5 48 23 43 89
2 Peterborough United 45 25 9 11 79 45 23 15 5 3 52 22 22 10 4 8 27 23 34 84
3 Sunderland 45 20 16 9 69 41 22 9 7 6 31 24 23 11 9 3 38 17 28 76
4 Lincoln City 44 22 10 12 68 47 22 9 4 9 35 30 22 13 6 3 33 17 21 76
5 Blackpool 44 21 11 12 57 37 21 10 7 4 27 18 23 11 4 8 30 19 20 74
6 Portsmouth 45 21 9 15 65 50 22 9 5 8 29 23 23 12 4 7 36 27 15 72
7 Oxford United 45 21 8 16 73 56 22 12 4 6 35 21 23 9 4 10 38 35 17 71
8 Charlton Athletic 44 18 14 12 66 55 21 6 7 8 32 36 23 12 7 4 34 19 11 68
9 Milton Keynes Dons 45 18 11 16 64 59 22 10 7 5 36 25 23 8 4 11 28 34 5 65
10 Ipswich Town 44 18 11 15 43 45 22 11 5 6 22 17 22 7 6 9 21 28 -2 65
11 Gillingham 45 18 10 17 62 60 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 9 5 9 32 30 2 64
12 Doncaster Rovers 44 19 7 18 62 61 22 11 4 7 33 28 22 8 3 11 29 33 1 64
13 Accrington Stanley 45 17 13 15 62 68 23 10 7 6 31 26 22 7 6 9 31 42 -6 64
14 Crewe Alexandra 45 17 12 16 53 59 22 9 7 6 29 28 23 8 5 10 24 31 -6 63
15 Fleetwood Town 45 16 12 17 48 43 23 9 8 6 26 17 22 7 4 11 22 26 5 60
16 Burton Albion 45 15 12 18 61 69 23 7 4 12 32 42 22 8 8 6 29 27 -8 57
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 13 14 17 48 54 22 5 7 10 28 31 22 8 7 7 20 23 -6 53
18 Plymouth Argyle 45 14 11 20 53 79 23 11 4 8 31 39 22 3 7 12 22 40 -26 53
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 12 14 19 54 70 23 7 5 11 32 39 22 5 9 8 22 31 -16 50
20 Wigan Athletic 45 13 9 23 51 73 22 5 6 11 23 38 23 8 3 12 28 35 -22 48
21 Rochdale 45 10 14 21 58 78 23 4 9 10 27 42 22 6 5 11 31 36 -20 44
22 Northampton Town 45 11 11 23 40 66 23 8 5 10 20 26 22 3 6 13 20 40 -26 44
23 Swindon Town 45 12 4 29 51 86 23 8 1 14 25 38 22 4 3 15 26 48 -35 40
24 Bristol Rovers 45 10 8 27 40 69 23 7 2 14 23 32 22 3 6 13 17 37 -29 38

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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.