League One
Here is where Wigan stand: 21st in the League One, on 11 points from 14 league games. Back Wigan with the facts in hand: the goals profile and the players behind the goals.
Wigan
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Wigan, founded in 1932, wear blue and white and are known as The Latics, a League One side.
Wigan sit in a relegation place, and the first safe spot is one point above them.
11 league goals from 14 games puts Wigan below the league scoring rate of 1.40 per game.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 |
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| 4 |
| 6 |
| 9 |
| 21 |
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| 13 |
| +2 |
| 19 | Blackpool | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 12 | +1 |
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| 20 | Doncaster | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 12 | +1 |
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| 21 | Wigan | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 11 | – |
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| 22 | Peterborough | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | −12 | 10 | −1 |
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| 23 | Barnsley | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 9 | −2 |
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| 24 | Bromley | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 9 | −2 |
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League average this season: 1.40 goals scored per team per game, 2.8 per match (all 24 clubs' goals over their games played).
Look at who Wigan beat: 2 of the 3 wins were against teams in 19th place or worse.
Even so, Wigan are averaging 1.4 points a game over the last five, up from 0.8 for the season (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA Cup | A | Boreham Wood (A) | 3–0 | W | |
| League One | H | Mansfield Town (H) | 0–0 | D | |
| League One | H | Bromley (H) | 3–2 | W | |
| League One | A | Leicester (A) | 0–3 | L | |
| League One | A | Huddersfield (A) | 1–2 | L | |
| League One | A | Oxford United (A) | 1–2 | L | |
| League One | H | Reading (H) | 1–0 | W | |
| League One | A | Stevenage (A) | 0–1 | L | |
| EFL Trophy | H | Blackpool (H) | 3–2 | W | |
| League One | H | Wycombe (H) | 0–1 | L |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Wigan have not won away in seven attempts (league matches).
Travel is the problem: Wigan take 0.1 points per away game, compared with 1.4 at home (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1.43 |
| Away | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0.14 |
| All | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 0.79 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
The league BTTS rate is 57%; in their league games for Wigan it is 36%.
Wigan matches are tight: 10 of the last 20 finished with a one-goal margin (all competitions).
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| Goals conceded per game | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Total goals per game | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 50% | 80% | 40% |
| Both teams scored | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| Clean sheets | 25% | 40% | 20% |
| Failed to score | 50% | 40% | 53% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The League One average this season is 2.8 goals per match. Across 158 finished League One matches this season, 53% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 57%. In Wigan's 14 League One matches, 50% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 36%.
5 assists make Connor Barrett the main supplier of goals for Wigan (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Saydee | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Hogan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| K'Marni Miller | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jensen Weir | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Connor Barrett | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Dara Costelloe | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
All competitions since 15 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFL Trophy | A | Crewe (A) | – | – | |
| League One | H | Barnsley (H) | 23rd | LLLLD | |
| League One | A | Blackpool (A) | 19th | LLWLD | |
| League One | H | Plymouth (H) | 5th | WLLWD | |
| League One | A | Burton Albion (A) | 15th | LDDWL |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
Wigan Athletic were formed in 1932, the year after Wigan Borough were wound up. It took 34 failed election attempts, one of them a 1972 bid to join the Scottish League Second Division, before the club got into the Football League in 1978, after a re-vote that Wigan won 29–20 over Southport. The 2002–03 season brought 100 points and a Division Two title, and a Premier League spell ran through to 2013. On 7 May 2012 a 1–0 win at Ewood Park kept them up and sent Blackburn Rovers down, and in 2013 the club made its debut in an FA Cup final. IEC completed its takeover in November 2018, after 23 years under the Whelan family.
Wigan moved for the 1999–2000 season into the stadium now called the Brick Community Stadium, officially opened on 4 August 1999, after Springfield Park, once Wigan Borough's ground, came down that June. The first competitive match there came on 7 August 1999 against Scunthorpe United. The ground holds 25,138, and the record crowd for a Wigan game is 25,133, for Manchester United's visit on 11 May 2008, when it was the JJB Stadium. It became the DW Stadium after an announcement on 25 March 2009 and took its present name on 13 May 2024.
Bolton Wanderers are Wigan's primary derby, a rivalry built since the club got into the League in 1978. Beyond that the local grudges run to Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers, Oldham Athletic, Blackpool and Rochdale. Chorley carry a longer story: a rivalry from the non-League days of the Northern Premier League, now largely forgotten, though an FA Cup tie in 2020 saw Chorley beat a Wigan side struggling in administration.
