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The League One clash at The DW Stadium on Saturday will see home side Wigan go into battle with opponents Bristol Rovers.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Wigan Athletic v Bristol Rovers are shown on this page - as well as up-to-date odds.
📏 Form Guide
Wigan Athletic
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Wigan will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-2 League One victory versus Portsmouth.
For Wigan Athletic, the goalscorers were Luke Chambers (22') and Josh Magennis (83'). Kusini Yengi (85') was the scorer for Portsmouth.
Wigan Athletic have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Wigan Athletic have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained here.
Their prior results show that Wigan Athletic:
- are unbeaten in their last 6 home league matches.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
Bristol Rovers
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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Peterborough United in League One competition, Bristol Rovers and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
Joel Randall (41') and Ricky-Jade Jones (95') scored for Peterborough United.
Over the course of 5 of the prior six clashes involving Bristol Rovers, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and opposing teams. The overall average goals scored per game within that period is a mere 1.83, with the number of goals averaged by The Pirates being 0.67.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Looking over their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 17/02/2001 shows us that Wigan have won 2 of them and Bristol Rovers 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.
A combined total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 7 of them from The Latics and 6 being from The Pirates. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.17.
The previous league clash between the two was League One match day 9 on 23/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Bristol Rovers 4-1 Wigan Athletic.
The referee was Geoff Eltringham.
ℹ️ Team News: Wigan
The Wigan boss Shaun Maloney will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all before this match owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from.
🗞️ Team News: Bristol Rovers
Thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from, the Bristol Rovers manager Matt Taylor doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash.
🔮 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Bristol Rovers would be disappointed if they were not to put a goal past this Wigan Athletic side, although it might not be enough to avoid a loss.
We think that it’s going to be a 2-1 winning margin for Wigan Athletic by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 11:03 27/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Wigan
Formed: 1932
Stadium: The DW Stadium (25,133)
Captain: Josh Magennis
Chairman: Mike Danson
Manager: Shaun Maloney
Competitions: League One position 13
⭐ Star Man: Thelo Aasgaard
Generally taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Thelo Aasgaard was born in Norway. Having played his first senior match for Wigan Athletic in the 2022 - 2023 season, the accomplished Forward has netted 8 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 34 appearances.
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45 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 35 | 94 | DWDWL |
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45 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 89 | WDDWW |
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45 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 86 | WWDDW |
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45 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 83 | WLWWL |
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45 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 75 | LLDLL |
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45 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 74 | WDLWW |
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45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 74 | WWWLD |
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45 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 73 | DWWWW |
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45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 68 | DLWLD |
10 |
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45 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 62 | DWWWD |
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45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 62 | LWDLL |
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45 | 17 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 61 | WWDWW |
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45 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 59 | LDDWW |
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45 | 17 | 8 | 20 | -9 | 59 | LWWLL |
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45 | 16 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 57 | LLWWL |
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45 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 53 | DWDDD |
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45 | 15 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 50 | LDWDL |
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45 | 13 | 9 | 23 | -30 | 48 | DLLDD |
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45 | 12 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 47 | LDLLD |
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45 | 12 | 10 | 23 | -25 | 46 | LLWLW |
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45 | 12 | 8 | 25 | -23 | 44 | LLWLW |
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45 | 9 | 13 | 23 | -26 | 40 | LLWLW |
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45 | 10 | 10 | 25 | -33 | 40 | DLLLL |
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45 | 7 | 9 | 29 | -38 | 30 | LLWLL |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 44 |
Time first goal conceded | 31 |
Yellow cards | 2.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 47 |
Time first goal conceded | 44 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0.2 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Stephen Humphrys | 9 |
Thelo Aasgaard | 8 |
Charlie Wyke | 7 |
Josh Magennis | 6 |
Martial Godo | 4 |
Chris Martin | 16 |
Antony Evans | 6 |
Luke Thomas | 5 |
John Marquis | 4 |
Scott Sinclair | 4 |
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