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Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic go head to head at the Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with both Brian Barry-Murphy and Ryan Lowe aiming for victory in the League One. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market using the tabs below changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, allowing you do find the bet that suits you best.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Cardiff
54%
--
Draw
22%
--
Wigan
23%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Cardiff 2-1
10%
--
Cardiff 1-0
9%
--
Cardiff 2-0
8%
--
Cardiff 3-1
6%
--
Wigan 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Wigan 1-0
5%
--
Cardiff 3-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Cardiff 3-2
4%
--
Wigan 2-0
3%
--
Cardiff 4-1
3%
--
Cardiff 4-0
3%
--
Wigan 3-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
59%
--
BTTS - No
41%
--
BTTS - Home Win
28%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
77%
--
Away/draw
46%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
70%
--
Away DNB
39%
--
Cardiff win to nil
26%
--
Wigan win to nil
10%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Cardiff have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 13, drawn 2 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Cardiff have outscored their opponents by 37 goals to 22 goals.

Home League Performance

Cardiff have played 10 games at home winning 8, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 26 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Wigan are in 14th position in the League One on 26 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 16 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 4 and won 2. Wigan have conceded 16 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 5 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Cardiff
Wigan
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2013251541 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
Jan 4
2
Lincoln211155838 
Mar 7
l
 
2-1A
Jan 31
d
 
2-2F
3
Bradford201073937 
l
 
1-3A
Jan 17
Mar 14
Dec 26
4
Stevenage191054935 
Dec 29
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
5
Stockport201055335 
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
6
Bolton20974934 
Apr 11
l
 
1-0A
Jan 17
l
 
4-1A
7
Huddersfield21948431 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 28
Feb 28
d
 
1-1A
8
Luton21858-229 
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
Feb 17
l
 
1-0A
9
Wycombe21777628 
Mar 17
Jan 1
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
10
Barnsley18846328 
Jan 27
-
Jan 1
Mar 17
11
L Orient21849028 
w
 
4-3F
Jan 10
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
12
Northampton20839027 
Apr 25
w
 
1-3F
w
 
3-1F
Apr 6
13
AFC Wim20839-527 
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
Apr 25
w
 
1-2A
14
Wigan20686-126 
Jan 4
w
 
0-2F
-
-
15
Reading20677-225 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 18
-
Mar 28
16
Peterborough208111-325 
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
w
 
2-0F
Feb 7
17
Plymouth218112-725 
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
Jan 10
d
 
1-1A
18
Rotherham21669-624 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
Feb 14
d
 
2-2F
19
Burton20668-824 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 31
w
 
1-0F
Dec 29
20
Exeter207211123 
Dec 26
Mar 14
Mar 21
d
 
1-1F
21
Mansfield20659-223 
w
 
3-0F
May 2
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
22
Blackpool216510-623 
Mar 21
l
 
3-1A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 7
23
Doncaster216411-1422 
w
 
4-3A
Feb 28
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
24
Port Vale203611-1115 
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff4 - 3Doncaster
Cardiff3 - 2Huddersfield
Cardiff3 - 0Mansfield
Cardiff2 - 1Reading
Cardiff4 - 3L Orient
Cardiff0 - 1Burton
Cardiff1 - 3Bradford
Cardiff4 - 0Plymouth
Cardiff3 - 0Rotherham
Cardiff2 - 1Peterborough
Cardiff0 - 0West Brom
Cardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
Cardiff0 - 1Stoke
Cardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
Cardiff1 - 2Luton
Cardiff1 - 2Burnley
Cardiff1 - 0Hull
Cardiff1 - 1Bristol C
Cardiff2 - 1Derby
Cardiff3 - 0Swansea
Goals: Scored
37
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACardiff1 - 2Lincoln
HCardiff4 - 3Doncaster
ACardiff1 - 0Stevenage
HCardiff3 - 2Huddersfield
HCardiff3 - 0Mansfield
ACardiff3 - 1Northampton
ACardiff1 - 3Blackpool
ACardiff0 - 1Bolton
HCardiff2 - 1Reading
HCardiff4 - 3L Orient
HCardiff0 - 1Burton
ACardiff2 - 0Wigan
HCardiff1 - 3Bradford
ACardiff1 - 1Stockport
HCardiff4 - 0Plymouth
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
Wigan 14TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
2
Draw
13
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield1 - 1Wigan
AFC Wim1 - 2Wigan
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
Mansfield1 - 1Wigan
Plymouth1 - 1Wigan
Bolton4 - 1Wigan
Lincoln2 - 2Wigan
Rotherham2 - 2Wigan
Luton1 - 0Wigan
L Orient2 - 0Wigan
Northampton1 - 1Wigan
Burton1 - 1Wigan
Shrewsbury0 - 1Wigan
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
L Orient0 - 0Wigan
Charlton2 - 1Wigan
Mansfield0 - 0Wigan
Wycombe0 - 0Wigan
Crawley1 - 1Wigan
Peterborough1 - 0Wigan
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWigan0 - 2Blackpool
AWigan1 - 1Huddersfield
HWigan1 - 0Burton
HWigan0 - 0Stevenage
AWigan2 - 1AFC Wim
AWigan1 - 1Exeter
AWigan1 - 1Mansfield
HWigan1 - 0Port Vale
HWigan0 - 1Wycombe
AWigan1 - 1Plymouth
HWigan0 - 2Cardiff
AWigan1 - 4Bolton
HWigan3 - 0Doncaster
AWigan2 - 2Lincoln
HWigan1 - 1Stockport
AWigan2 - 2Rotherham
AWigan0 - 1Luton
HWigan2 - 0Peterborough
AWigan0 - 2L Orient
HWigan3 - 1Northampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Cardiff since 2003
Cardiff
Wigan
Goals: Scored
4
6
Games: Scored
3 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
3 / 6
CAR
1
D
3
WIG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Wigan
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 2Wigan
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Wigan since 2004
Wigan
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
9
9
Games: Scored
4 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
3 / 7
CAR
3
D
1
WIG
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
0 - 2Cardiff
1 - 3Cardiff
Wigan3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Cardiff
Wigan2 - 1
Wigan3 - 0
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.9 against Wigan Athletic on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Cardiff 1st Wigan 14th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
15%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 85% probability that Cardiff will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+13
Cardiff have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
-19
Wigan have scored 19% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Cardiff
PG (predicted goals)
Wigan
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
31%
better
CAR
WIG
view stats
Games scored17
14
Failed to score3
6
Scored first10
8
Goals scored37
22
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.1
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for18
13
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+31%
Defence rating
14%
better
CAR
WIG
view stats
Games conceded12
15
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first9
11
Goals conceded22
23
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+14%

Cardiff v Wigan League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191064
J BaganY SalechR. KpakioJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF2012
4
-
Y Salech FWD20104
2
-
C Robinson FWD194
1
-
I Davies FWD1931
-
N Trott GLK18
1
-
W Fish DEF181
1
-
R. Kpakio DEF1816
3
-
R Wintle MID1813
2
-
D Turnbull MID183
-
C. Ashford MID1832
-
J Colwill MID171
3
-
C Willock FWD1733
2
-
D. Lawlor DEF161
2
-
R Colwill MID1533
3
-
P Ng DEF132
2
-
O Kellyman MID122
1
-
C Chambers DEF11
3
-
A Robertson MID8
2
-
G Osho DEF5
1
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD3
-
M. Turner GLK2
1
-
E King MID1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
Wigan League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20435
S TickleP MullinC SaydeeM Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK201
-
P Mullin FWD2041
1
-
F Murray MID1941
4
-
W Aimson DEF18
2
-
C Saydee FWD1823
2
1
M Fox DEF173
1
1
C Wright MID1722
1
-
D Costelloe FWD171
2
1
J Kerr  DEF161
1
-
M Smith MID141
5
-
J Weir MID141
1
-
J Hungbo FWD142
1
-
R Rodrigues FWD121
1
-
M. Asamoah FWD1111
-
L Robinson DEF9
2
-
O Cooper MID91
-
R Trevitt MID91
1
-
J Carragher DEF8
-
T Francois MID8
1
-
S Sessegnon DEF7
2
1
B Adeeko MID7
-
C McManaman FWD7
-
I Mabaya DEF2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Blackpool v Doncaster
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Burton v Wigan
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Plymouth v Wycombe
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Stockport v Doncaster
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Peterborough v Reading
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Huddersfield v Northampton
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Bradford v Port Vale
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Reading v Burton
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Rotherham v Peterborough
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Port Vale v Blackpool
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Northampton v Stockport
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Wycombe v Cardiff
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Rotherham v Mansfield
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