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Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Live Stream, Predictions
Wigan will be at Memorial Stadium on Tuesday for the League One meeting with hosts Bristol Rovers.
Our Bristol Rovers v Wigan predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - as well as the best betting odds.
📏 Form Guide
Bristol Rovers
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Bristol Rovers, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 3-1 League One triumph against Portsmouth.
For Bristol Rovers, goals were scored by Jonah Ayunga (34', 44') and Luke Leahy (70'). John Marquis (26') was the scorer for Portsmouth.
Bristol Rovers have netted a sum total of 5 times over their last 6 outings. At the other end, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that time is 11.
Leading up to this clash, Bristol Rovers:
- have not been beaten in the league by Wigan Athletic in their previous 2 matches.
- have not beaten Wigan Athletic in their last 8 matches in the league.
Wigan Athletic
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Lincoln City in League One action, Wigan and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
The only player to score from Wigan Athletic was Callum Lang (33'). Anthony Scully (34') and Tom Hopper (74') scored for Lincoln City.
The stats don’t lie, and Wigan have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 13 goals in all. In defence, The Latics certainly have room for improvement. It will be interesting to see if that trend will be sustained in this game.
Ahead of this meeting, Wigan Athletic have not lost to Bristol Rovers when they've played them away from home in the last 3 league matches.
↔️ Head to head
There have been a high number of draws between the two sides. In their head to head clashes going back to 04/03/2000, the records show 5 of these. That’s a very high 83% of games ending as stalemates.
In all, 7 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 2 for The Pirates and 5 netted by The Latics. The average goals per game has been 1.17.
The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was League One match day 14 on 24/11/2020 and the score finished Wigan Athletic 0-0 Bristol Rovers.
The match was refereed by James Bell.
🗞️ Team News: Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match owing to a completely injury-free squad to pick from.
📰 Team News: Wigan
Thanks to a fully healthy group available to choose from, Wigan boss Leam Richardson has zero fitness worries to report coming into this game.
✨ Prediction
We’re envisaging that Wigan may well find it hard to breach the defence of this Bristol Rovers side who we think will likely manage to score & go ahead.
That’s why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Bristol Rovers at the end of this one.
Looking forward to this.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:12 19/02/2021

⚽️ Team Focus:
Bristol Rovers
Formed: 1883
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (12,300)
Captain: Max Ehmer
Chairman: Wael al-Qadi
Competitions: League One position 18
🔑 Key Player: Brandon Hanlan

Normally deployed in the Striker position, Brandon Hanlan was born in Chelsea, England. After having made a senior debut playing for Charlton Athletic in the 2016 - 2017 season, the dangerous Forward has got 6 league goals in this League One 2020 - 2021 campaign so far in 26 appearances.
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28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 56 | LWDDW |
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28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 55 | LWWWW |
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30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 53 | LDLWD |
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27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 49 | WLLLD |
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28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 48 | WDWLL |
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28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 47 | DDLWW |
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27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 46 | DLDWD |
8 |
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27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 44 | WLWWD |
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29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 44 | WLWLD |
10 |
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29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 42 | DDWWD |
11 |
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29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 41 | WDWWW |
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27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 41 | DWLDD |
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26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 40 | WWLWW |
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29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 40 | LDWLL |
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29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | -2 | 40 | DLWLW |
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29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 36 | LDWLD |
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26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 34 | WLWWD |
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29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 27 | WLLLD |
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28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 27 | LDLWL |
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29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | -20 | 27 | LWLLW |
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27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -21 | 25 | DLLWL |
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29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -24 | 25 | DLLDL |
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29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -27 | 24 | LWLLL |
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27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -22 | 22 | WLWWL |
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Portsmouth |
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Oxford United |
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Lincoln City |
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Oxford United |
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Rochdale |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 43 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 46 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 2.4 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Brandon Hanlan | 7 |
Luke Leahy | 5 |
Sam Nicholson | 5 |
James Daly | 3 |
Luke McCormick | 3 |
Kyle Joseph | 5 |
Will Keane | 5 |
Callum Lang | 5 |
Joe Garner | 3 |
Tom James | 3 |
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Doncaster Rovers |
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