Championship

Championship | Gameweek 35

Mar 4, 2023 at 3pm UK

The DW Stadium

Wigan
1 - 1
Birmingham

Fletcher (59')
Sinani (13'), McClean (66')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Bacuna (4')
Bacuna (30'), Chang (43')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Wigan Athletic

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 2-1 Wigan
Saturday, February 25 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Birmingham City

All competitions

Last Game: Birmingham 0-1 Luton
Saturday, February 25 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Birmingham City

Wigan showed glimpses of good play in their defeat at Preston last weekend, and they will certainly be targeting the visit of struggling Birmingham as a game to collect maximum points from as they bid to stay in the Championship. Blues have a host of injury doubts hovering over them ahead of a massively important afternoon in Wigan on Saturday, but given the full week to prepare, we believe that Eustace's should be able to earn a point in this one. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Wigan Athletic win with a probability of 38.06%. A win for Birmingham City had a probability of 34.75% and a draw had a probability of 27.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.18%) and 2-0 (6.82%). The likeliest Birmingham City win was 0-1 (10.16%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.89%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with a 12.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-1 draw for this match.

Result
Wigan Athletic	Draw	Birmingham City
38.06% ( 1.23)	27.19% ( -0.28)	34.75% ( -0.95)

Both teams to score 50.23% (

0.79)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

44.81% (

1.02)

55.19% (

-1.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

23.57% (

0.83)

76.43% (

-0.83)

Wigan Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.89% (

1.22)

28.11% (

-1.22)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

36.21% (

1.53)

63.79% (

-1.52)

Birmingham City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.87% (

-0.09)

30.13% (

0.1)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.73% (

-0.11)

66.27% (

0.12)

Score Analysis

Wigan Athletic 38.06%

Birmingham City 34.75%

Draw 27.18%

Wigan Athletic	Draw	Birmingham City
1-0 @ 10.74% ( -0.06) 2-1 @ 8.18% ( 0.21) 2-0 @ 6.82% ( 0.19) 3-1 @ 3.46% ( 0.2) 3-0 @ 2.88% ( 0.18) 3-2 @ 2.08% ( 0.12) 4-1 @ 1.1% ( 0.1) 4-0 @ 0.92% ( 0.09) Other @ 1.88% Total : 38.06%	1-1 @ 12.89% ( -0.1) 0-0 @ 8.47% ( -0.34) 2-2 @ 4.91% ( 0.11) Other @ 0.91% Total : 27.18%	0-1 @ 10.16% ( -0.43) 1-2 @ 7.74% ( -0.08) 0-2 @ 6.1% ( -0.28) 1-3 @ 3.09% ( -0.04) 0-3 @ 2.44% ( -0.12) 2-3 @ 1.96% ( 0.04) 1-4 @ 0.93% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.34% Total : 34.75%