League One

League One | Gameweek 29

Jan 20, 2024 at 3pm UK

The DW Stadium

Wigan
1 - 0
Reading

Aasgaard (32')
Humphrys (69'), Sessegnon (90+2')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Savage (88')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's League One clash between Wigan Athletic and Reading, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Wigan Athletic

All competitions

League One

Last Game: Doncaster 1-1 Wigan (4-2 pen.)
Tuesday, January 16 at 7pm in EFL Trophy

Goals
for

Top scorers

Reading

All competitions

League One

Last Game: Reading 0-0 Port Vale
Saturday, January 13 at 3pm in League One

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Reading

Given their points deductions and recent improvements, these two sides are arguably both better than the current league standings suggest, and we anticipate a tight contest on Saturday and see a share of the spoils as the most likely outcome. 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 Reading win with a probability of 39.72%. A win for Wigan Athletic had a probability of 35.73% and a draw had a probability of 24.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Reading win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.65%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8%) and 0-2 (6.06%). The likeliest Wigan Athletic win was 2-1 (8.13%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.4%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 7.5% likelihood.

Result
Wigan Athletic	Draw	Reading
35.73% ( -0.03)	24.55% ( 0.01)	39.72% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 59.28% (

-0.05)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

56.35% (

-0.06)

43.65% (

0.06)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.96% (

-0.06)

66.04% (

0.06)

Wigan Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.97% (

-0.04)

24.03% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.7% (

-0.06)

58.3% (

0.07)

Reading Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

78.03% (

-0.02)

21.97% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

44.74% (

-0.02)

55.27% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Wigan Athletic 35.73%

Reading 39.72%

Draw 24.54%

Wigan Athletic	Draw	Reading
2-1 @ 8.13% ( -0) 1-0 @ 7.53% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 5.37% 3-1 @ 3.87% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.93% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 2.55% ( -0) 4-1 @ 1.38% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.04% ( -0) 4-0 @ 0.91% ( -0) Other @ 2.03% Total : 35.73%	1-1 @ 11.4% ( 0.01) 2-2 @ 6.16% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 5.28% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.48% ( -0) Other @ 0.22% Total : 24.54%	1-2 @ 8.65% ( 0) 0-1 @ 8% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 6.06% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 4.37% ( -0) 2-3 @ 3.11% ( -0) 0-3 @ 3.06% ( 0) 1-4 @ 1.66% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.18% ( -0) 0-4 @ 1.16% ( 0) Other @ 2.47% Total : 39.72%