League One

League One | Gameweek 2

Aug 12, 2023 at 3pm UK

The DW Stadium

Wigan
2 - 1
Northampton

Hughes (72'), McManaman (79')
Lang (45+3'), Humphrys (62'), Pearce (87'), Sze (90+2')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Hoskins (24')
Sowerby (27'), Brady (28'), Leonard (60'), Odimayo (61'), Guthrie (68')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Wigan Athletic

All competitions

League One

Last Game: Wrexham 1-0 Wigan (4-2 pen.)
Tuesday, August 8 at 8pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

Northampton Town

All competitions

League One

Last Game: Swansea 3-0 Northampton
Tuesday, August 8 at 7.30pm in EFL Cup

Goals
for

We said: Wigan Athletic 1-2 Northampton Town

While Wigan did suffer a somewhat unexpected defeat in midweek, we expect that they will bounce back with a solid performance in this one. The hosts have looked poor over their past two matches this season, and while we feel they will get on the scoresheet, the visitors should outscore them by the final whistle. 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 36.88%. A win for Northampton Town had a probability of 35.65% and a draw had a probability of 27.5%.

The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.97%) and 2-0 (6.64%). The likeliest Northampton Town win was 0-1 (10.6%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Wigan Athletic would win this match.

Result
Wigan Athletic	Draw	Northampton Town
36.88% ( -0.01)	27.48% ( -0)	35.65% ( 0.02)

Both teams to score 49.39% (

0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

43.73% (

0.02)

56.27% (

-0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.69% (

0.01)

77.31% (

-0.01)

Wigan Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.66% (

29.34% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.68%

65.32%

Northampton Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.9% (

0.02)

30.1% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.76% (

0.02)

66.24% (

-0.02)

Score Analysis

Wigan Athletic 36.87%

Northampton Town 35.64%

Draw 27.48%

Wigan Athletic	Draw	Northampton Town
1-0 @ 10.82% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 7.97% ( -0) 2-0 @ 6.64% ( -0) 3-1 @ 3.26% 3-0 @ 2.71% ( -0) 3-2 @ 1.96% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1% Other @ 2.51% Total : 36.87%	1-1 @ 13% 0-0 @ 8.83% ( -0) 2-2 @ 4.79% ( 0) Other @ 0.86% Total : 27.48%	0-1 @ 10.6% 1-2 @ 7.81% ( 0) 0-2 @ 6.37% ( 0) 1-3 @ 3.12% ( 0) 0-3 @ 2.55% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.92% ( 0) 1-4 @ 0.94% ( 0) Other @ 2.35% Total : 35.64%