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Full-Time Result Prediction
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Wigan to Win
The League One fixture at The DW Stadium on Saturday will see home side Wigan take to the field against opponents Port Vale.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Wigan Athletic v Port Vale match are shown here (plus the best game odds).
Over/Under 2.5 Goals Prediction
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Under 2.5
📏 Form Guide
Wigan Athletic
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Wigan will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-1 League One loss in their previous game against Cambridge United.
The only name on the scoresheet from Wigan Athletic was Martial Godo (65'). Gassan Ahadme (11', 57') and Danny Andrew (83') scored for Cambridge United.
Over their past six fixtures, Shaun Maloney's Wigan Athletic have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a combined total of 6 times giving them an average number of goals per match of 1.
Coming into this meeting, Wigan Athletic have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches at home.
Port Vale
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After tasting defeat last time out to Northampton Town in League One competition, Port Vale will be aiming to make amends here.
Mitch Pinnock (34') and Shaun McWilliams (94') scored for Northampton Town.
The attacking players from Port Vale have had real problems scoring goals in their past six games, netting the poor return of just 4. In those matches, The Valiants have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 6.
👥 Head to head
A look at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 26/08/2002 tells us that Wigan have won 2 of these games & Port Vale 4, with the tally of drawn games being 0.
A sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 9 of them from The Latics and 10 netted by The Valiants. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.
The previous league encounter featuring the two was League One match day 22 on 16/12/2023 when it ended Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic.
The referee was Marc Edwards.
ℹ️ Team News: Wigan
The Wigan manager Shaun Maloney does not have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: Port Vale
Owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Port Vale manager Darren Moore has no fitness worries to report before this match.
💭 Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Port Vale will do well to break down this Wigan Athletic side who we think will manage to score & go ahead.
We’ve gone for a good tussle with a 1-0 victory for Wigan Athletic at the end of this one.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 13:03 06/04/2024
Correct Score Prediction
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1-0
🏟️ Team Focus:
Wigan
Formed: 1932
Stadium: The DW Stadium (25,133)
Captain: Josh Magennis
Chairman: Mike Danson
Manager: Shaun Maloney
Competitions: League One position 12
🔑 Key Man: Thelo Aasgaard
Customarily taking to the field in the Left Wing position, Thelo Aasgaard was born in Norway. After having played his first senior match for Wigan Athletic in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has contributed 8 league goals in this League One 2023 - 2024 season so far from a total of 29 appearances.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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| 1 |
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41 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 87 | DWWWD |
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42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 82 | WWLWD |
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41 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 78 | DWLDW |
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40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 74 | WWLLW |
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40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 74 | LWDLW |
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41 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 26 | 67 | WWWWW |
| 7 |
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41 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 67 | WLWDW |
| 8 |
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41 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 64 | LLDDD |
| 9 |
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41 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 61 | DWLLD |
| 10 |
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41 | 16 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 58 | LDWLL |
| 11 |
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42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 56 | LLWLW |
| 12 |
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41 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 51 | WLWDL |
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40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 51 | WWWLD |
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40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 51 | LDLLD |
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41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | -18 | 51 | DWWDW |
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41 | 10 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 47 | WWDDD |
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41 | 13 | 7 | 21 | -26 | 46 | WLWDD |
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41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 45 | LLWWL |
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40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | -19 | 45 | DLLWW |
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41 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -22 | 40 | LLLDL |
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40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -25 | 39 | DLWWL |
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39 | 10 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 38 | LLDWL |
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41 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -25 | 34 | DDDLL |
| 24 |
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41 | 6 | 9 | 26 | -34 | 27 | LLDWL |
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| Goals scored | 1.3 |
| Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 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 | 0.7 |
| Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| Time first goal scored | 52 |
| Time first goal conceded | 46 |
| Yellow cards | 2 |
| Red cards | 0.1 |
| Subs used | 4.2 |
| Biggest victory | 3-2 |
| Biggest defeat | 7-0 |
| Stephen Humphrys | 9 |
| Thelo Aasgaard | 8 |
| Charlie Wyke | 7 |
| Josh Magennis | 6 |
| Martial Godo | 4 |
| Ethan Chislett | 9 |
| Ben Garrity | 9 |
| James Wilson | 4 |
| Baylee Dipepa | 3 |
| Ollie Arblaster | 2 |
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