EFL Cup

EFL Cup | First Round

Aug 9, 2022 at 7.45pm UK

Highbury Stadium

Fleetwood
1 - 0
Wigan

Garner (24')
Rooney (10'), Batty (51')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Nyambe (19'), Shinnie (51'), Hughes (70')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's EFL Cup clash between Fleetwood Town and Wigan Athletic, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Fleetwood Town

Last Six:

Last Game: Fleetwood 2-1 Plymouth
Saturday, August 6 at 3pm in League One

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
8	Bristol Rovers	2	3	3
9	Fleetwood Town	2	0	3
10	Forest Green Rovers	2	0	3

Wigan Athletic

Last Six:

Last Game: Norwich 1-1 Wigan
Saturday, August 6 at 12.30pm in Championship

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
15	Luton Town	2	0	2
16	Wigan Athletic	2	0	2
17	Preston North End	2	0	2

We said: Fleetwood Town 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Although we expect Wigan to make a number of changes to their side, we still think that they have enough quality to edge out their League One opponents on Tuesday. 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 49.87%. A win for Fleetwood Town had a probability of 26.26% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-2 with a probability of 9.59%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (9.53%) and 0-2 (8.15%). The likeliest Fleetwood Town win was 2-1 (6.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.21%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.6% likelihood.

Result
Fleetwood Town	Draw	Wigan Athletic
26.26% ( -0.01)	23.87% ( 0.01)	49.87% ( -0.01)

Both teams to score 56.66% (

-0.05)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.1% (

-0.06)

44.9% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.75% (

-0.06)

67.25% (

0.05)

Fleetwood Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.17% (

-0.04)

30.83% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.89% (

-0.05)

67.1% (

0.04)

Wigan Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.92% (

-0.03)

18.08% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

50.99% (

-0.04)

49% (

0.04)

Score Analysis

Fleetwood Town 26.26%

Wigan Athletic 49.87%

Draw 23.86%

Fleetwood Town	Draw	Wigan Athletic
2-1 @ 6.6% ( -0) 1-0 @ 6.56% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 3.86% ( 0) 3-1 @ 2.59% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.21% ( -0) 3-0 @ 1.51% ( -0) Other @ 2.92% Total : 26.26%	1-1 @ 11.21% 2-2 @ 5.65% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 5.57% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.26% ( -0) Other @ 0.17% Total : 23.86%	1-2 @ 9.59% ( -0) 0-1 @ 9.53% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 8.15% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 5.47% ( -0) 0-3 @ 4.65% ( 0) 2-3 @ 3.22% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 2.34% ( -0) 0-4 @ 1.99% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.38% ( -0) Other @ 3.55% Total : 49.87%