Professional Development League preview: Can Watford U23 edge out victory against Wigan U23?

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Competition: England Professional Development League
Date: Thu 26.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Watford U23 will battle it out with Wigan U23 in this Professional Development League game. All you need to know about the match can be found here!

It's no vacation for neither Watford U23 nor Wigan U23 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Watford U23 form and stats

3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Professional Development League numbers at home for Watford U23, who have the most scored goals (11) at home in Professional Development League, so far this season.

The Watford U23 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Wigan U23 here in a Professional Development League match. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bristol City U23 in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Watford U23 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 6 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.

Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Watford U23 has scored 11 goals here in 4 attempts. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Watford U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Wigan U23 form and stats

Wigan U23 are yet to lose a point on their Professional Development League travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. It’s been three wins in a row for Wigan U23 on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's the second away game in a row for Wigan U23, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Watford U23 (placed 2nd) in the Professional Development League last time out. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Barnsley U23.

We have checked recent matches where Wigan U23 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were W1-D0-L0.

The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Wigan U23 alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (11 from 3 played). It's not easy to score on Wigan U23 as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Watford U23 and Wigan U23 have met before this season: Watford U23 - Wigan U23 1-4. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's {0 Watford U23 victories}, 0 draws and {1 Wigan U23 wins}. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 0 matches with two goals or less.

Watford U23 missing players

Wigan U23 missing players

Watford U23 Wigan U23
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
6 4 1 Played P 0 3 5
4 3 1 Won W 0 3 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
13 11 2 Scored S 0 11 14
13 6 1 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 75% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 60%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 67% 60%
67% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 80%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 5.3 9 Corners For (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.5
5 1.7 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.5
0.8 0.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Watford U23's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Wigan U23's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Watford U23 have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Watford U23 have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Watford U23 have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Watford U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wigan U23 have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Wigan U23 have won all their away matches so far.
  • Wigan U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wigan U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Watford U23
19-08-19 PDL Sheffield Utd U23 1 - 2 Watford U23
23-08-19 PDL Watford U23 3 - 1 Sheffield Wed U23
16-09-19 PDL Leeds U23 6 - 0 Watford U23
20-09-19 PDL Watford U23 2 - 1 Bristol City U23
26-09-19 PDL Watford U23 1 - 4 Wigan U23
03-10-19 PLC Plymouth U23 18:00 Watford U23
09-10-19 PDL Crewe U23 12:00 Watford U23
10-10-19 PLC Fulham U23 11:00 Watford U23
14-10-19 PDL Crystal Palace U23 12:00 Watford U23
21-10-19 PDL Coventry U23 12:00 Watford U23
Wigan U23
12-09-17 PLC Wigan U23 1 - 3 Bournemouth U23
12-08-19 PDL Colchester U23 0 - 3 Wigan U23
19-08-19 PDL Wigan U23 1 - 4 Bristol City U23
16-09-19 PDL Wigan U23 2 - 1 Charlton U23
20-09-19 PDL Barnsley U23 1 - 4 Wigan U23
30-09-19 PDL Wigan U23 13:00 Birmingham U23
06-10-19 PLC Liverpool U23 14:00 Wigan U23
14-10-19 PDL Wigan U23 18:00 Burnley U23
17-10-19 PDL Wigan U23 13:00 Coventry U23
21-10-19 PDL Nottingham U23 18:00 Wigan U23

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Coventry U23 5 4 1 0 10 5 3 3 0 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 13
2 Watford U23 6 4 0 2 13 13 4 3 0 1 11 6 2 1 0 1 2 7 0 12
3 Bristol City U23 7 3 1 3 11 9 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 10
4 Charlton U23 6 2 2 2 13 12 2 0 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 10 8 1 8
5 Queens Park Rangers U23 7 2 2 3 11 13 4 2 1 1 9 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 -2 8
6 Crystal Palace U23 7 2 2 3 9 11 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 2 0 2 7 7 -2 8
7 Millwall U23 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 7
8 Cardiff U23 5 2 0 3 7 12 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 2 5 9 -5 6
9 Colchester U23 6 1 1 4 8 15 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 0 0 2 2 7 -7 4
10 Ipswich U23 6 0 0 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 2 7 -10 0

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