Stevenage welcome Wigan to the SPORTA Arena for round 10 of League One. Stevenage enters the match as the clear favourite with a 44% win probability two days before kickoff.
Current Form - Stevenage
Stevenage sits in 13th place with nine points. In their last league match, the team lost 0-1 away at Leyton Orient. In their last five, they have recorded two wins, two draws, and one loss.
Current Form - Wigan
Wigan are 24th in the league with four points. In their last league match, they suffered a 0-1 loss at home against Wycombe. In their last five, they have a record of one win, one draw, and three losses, and they are currently on a three-match winless run.
Head-to-Head Record
There is an average of 1.8 goals per meeting between the two clubs. Across their last five matches, Stevenage have a record of two wins, two draws, and one loss. Stevenage won 1-0 at home when these teams last met last season. Stevenage were unbeaten in their last two meetings against Wigan, a run of one win and one draw.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Stevenage midfielder Daniel Kemp has three goals and one assist at an average rating of 6.7, with all of them scored in his last three matches at a 7.3 average match rating. Forward Oliver Sanderson has contributed three goals, while Josh Magennis has recorded two goals and one assist. The team will be without Jordan Roberts for the upcoming match.
Wigan midfielder Max Power provides one goal and one assist at an average rating of 7.1. Bradley-Paul Burrowes has registered one assist, and Jensen Weir, the team's top scorer, has two goals. Wigan is missing Akeel Higgins and Luke Harris, who is sidelined with an injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Shot accuracy: Stevenage 36% vs Wigan 22%
Stevenage
➕ Headed goals: 0.43 per match (3rd best, league average 0.23)
➕ Expected goals conceded (xGA): 0.99 per match (3rd best, league average 1.42)
➕ Duel win rate: 57% (best in the league, league average 50%)
➖ Total shots: 10.6 per match (4th worst, league average 13.1)
Wigan
➕ Through passes: 1.6 per match (5th best, league average 0.8)
➖ Big chance conversion: 13% (worst in the league, league average 39%)
Match Notes
James Carragher has picked up three yellow cards in his last six appearances for Wigan. Matthew Smith joined Stevenage from Wigan, where he scored three league goals in 84 appearances across three seasons. Finley Burns now plays for Wigan after a spell at Stevenage, where he made 37 league appearances over one season.
Betting Insights
The 2.5 goal line carries a 43% chance of being exceeded in this match. A 49% probability is assigned by the markets to both teams scoring.
Goals implied by the odds: 2.4
These figures come from the pre-match odds two days before kickoff.
This content was generated using AI.
