Ace Football previews the League One game between Wigan and Reading who meet up on Tuesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Wigan enjoy home advantage, when visitors Reading swing by on Tuesday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Form: Wigan vs Reading
Wigan Form
In their last three matches, Wigan lost 2-0 against Wycombe, 0-1 against Lincoln City and 6-1 against Peterborough. Wigan just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six League One matches at the The Brick Community Stadium. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored two and conceded five goals.
Reading Form
Reading have a win and a draw to show from their last three matches. They first finished even in a 2-2 draw with Exeter, before they won a game against Northampton with a 0-2 scoreline. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 3-2 defeat at the hands of AFC Wimbledon. Reading won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League One. The scoreline from these matches says ten goals conceded and ten scored.
Betting stats and facts for Wigan and Reading
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Wigan and Reading. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 41 of the last 43 Wigan home matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Wigan home matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 17 of the last 18 Wigan matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 16 of the last 18 Wigan home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Wigan matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Reading matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 3 Reading matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Reading away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Reading matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 3 Reading matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 2.5
Players on top: Wigan vs Reading
It’s been a great season for Jack Marriott so far with 12 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target four times in his last six games, and no doubt Reading want him to continue this productive spell against Wiganthis coming Tuesday.
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Full-time result
Wigan claimed a modest two wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing four. Reading won three of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost four of the games in this run. Reading scored at least one goal in their last 10 matches.
Both teams to score
Wigan scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Reading scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Reading managed three wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Wigan, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Reading, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of two times goals per game. Wigan conceded a goal in their previous 7 matches. Reading scored at least once in their previous 10 matches on the bounce.
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