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

Sat 27th Sep, 15:00 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Brian Priske guides his Cardiff City side to the DW Stadium in the League One on Saturday afternoon, with Ryan Lowe's Wigan Athletic waiting for them. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our 20+ year database and found the statistics that matter the most. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds are there to ensure you get the best price.


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Wigan
49%
--
Draw
29%
--
Cardiff
22%
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Wigan 1-0
16%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Draw 0-0
12%
--
Wigan 2-0
11%
--
Cardiff 1-0
10%
--
Wigan 2-1
8%
--
Cardiff 2-1
5%
--
Wigan 3-0
5%
--
Cardiff 2-0
4%
--
Wigan 3-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Wigan 4-0
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
1%
--
Cardiff 3-1
1%
--
Wigan 4-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
35%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
65%
--
Home 1st Goal
53%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
9%
--
BTTS - Yes
40%
--
BTTS - No
60%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
8%
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Home/draw
78%
--
Away/draw
51%
--
Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
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Home DNB
69%
--
Away DNB
42%
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Wigan win to nil
33%
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Cardiff win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League One table
Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Cardiff
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff75201017 
Sep 27
Jan 4
-
-
2
Bradford8521417 
Mar 14
Dec 26
Sep 20
Jan 17
3
Barnsley7511516 
Jan 1
Mar 17
Jan 27
Oct 11
4
Stevenage7511516 
Nov 29
May 2
Dec 29
Dec 9
5
Doncaster8512116 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
Dec 13
Feb 28
6
Huddersfield8503415 
Feb 28
Dec 13
Nov 15
Mar 28
7
Lincoln8431315 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2F
Mar 7
Dec 20
8
Luton7403412 
Feb 17
l
 
1-0A
Feb 14
w
 
0-1F
9
Wigan8332412 
-
-
Jan 4
Sep 27
10
Stockport8332112 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
11
AFC Wim8404012 
Apr 25
Nov 22
Feb 17
w
 
0-1F
12
Bolton8251311 
Jan 17
Sep 20
Apr 11
Oct 25
13
Mansfield8323211 
Apr 11
Oct 25
Nov 29
May 2
14
L Orient8323-311 
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
Oct 4
Jan 10
15
Northampton7313-110 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 6
Apr 25
Nov 22
16
Exeter830509 
Mar 21
Nov 8
Dec 26
Mar 14
17
Plymouth8305-69 
Jan 10
Oct 4
w
 
4-0F
Feb 21
18
Rotherham7214-47 
Feb 14
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
19
Reading7124-55 
Nov 15
Mar 28
Oct 18
Apr 18
20
Wycombe8125-35 
Oct 11
Jan 27
Mar 17
Jan 1
21
Port Vale8125-35 
Oct 18
Apr 18
Apr 3
d
 
0-00-0
22
Burton6114-54 
Dec 9
Dec 29
-
Jan 31
23
Blackpool7115-74 
Dec 20
Mar 7
Mar 21
Nov 8
24
Peterborough8116-94 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 7
w
 
2-1A
Apr 6
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Wigan 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan3 - 0Doncaster
Wigan1 - 1Stockport
Wigan2 - 0Peterborough
Wigan3 - 1Northampton
Wigan1 - 1Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0Rotherham
Wigan0 - 0Wrexham
Wigan0 - 1Bolton
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Wigan1 - 0Cambridge
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Wigan2 - 1Huddersfield
Wigan0 - 2Stockport
Wigan1 - 1Lincoln
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Wigan1 - 2Burton
Wigan0 - 3Birmingham
Wigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
Wigan0 - 2L Orient
Wigan2 - 1Northampton
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
10
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWigan3 - 0Doncaster
AWigan2 - 2Lincoln
HWigan1 - 1Stockport
AWigan2 - 2Rotherham
AWigan0 - 1Luton
HWigan2 - 0Peterborough
AWigan0 - 2L Orient
HWigan3 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 1Burton
HWigan1 - 1Blackpool
HWigan1 - 0Rotherham
AWigan1 - 0Shrewsbury
HWigan0 - 0Wrexham
AWigan1 - 1Exeter
AWigan0 - 0L Orient
HWigan0 - 1Bolton
HWigan1 - 1Barnsley
AWigan1 - 2Charlton
HWigan1 - 0Cambridge
Cardiff 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
W
4
Draw
10
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stockport1 - 1Cardiff
Luton0 - 1Cardiff
AFC Wim0 - 1Cardiff
Port Vale0 - 0Cardiff
Norwich4 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Utd2 - 0Cardiff
Preston2 - 2Cardiff
QPR0 - 0Cardiff
Blackburn1 - 2Cardiff
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Plymouth1 - 1Cardiff
Portsmouth2 - 1Cardiff
Leeds7 - 0Cardiff
Millwall2 - 2Cardiff
M'Boro1 - 1Cardiff
Watford1 - 2Cardiff
Oxford Utd3 - 2Cardiff
Stoke2 - 2Cardiff
Coventry2 - 2Cardiff
Sheff Wed1 - 1Cardiff
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACardiff1 - 1Stockport
HCardiff4 - 0Plymouth
ACardiff1 - 0Luton
ACardiff1 - 0AFC Wim
HCardiff3 - 0Rotherham
ACardiff0 - 0Port Vale
HCardiff2 - 1Peterborough
ACardiff2 - 4Norwich
HCardiff0 - 0West Brom
HCardiff1 - 1Oxford Utd
ACardiff0 - 2Sheff Utd
HCardiff0 - 1Stoke
ACardiff2 - 2Preston
ACardiff0 - 0QPR
HCardiff1 - 1Sheff Wed
ACardiff2 - 1Blackburn
HCardiff1 - 2Luton
ACardiff1 - 2Sunderland
HCardiff1 - 2Burnley
HCardiff1 - 0Hull
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2004
Wigan
Cardiff
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
WIG
3
D
1
CAR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
1 - 3Cardiff
Wigan3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Cardiff
Wigan2 - 1
Wigan3 - 0
League games at Cardiff since 2003
Cardiff
Wigan
Goals: Scored
4
6
Games: Scored
3 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
3 / 6
WIG
2
D
3
CAR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cardiff
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Wigan
Cardiff1 - 0
0 - 2Wigan
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Cardiff City's defensive record is to be admired, Brian Priske's men having conceded 1 or less in 6 consecutive League One games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Wigan Athletic makes sense in this context.

Wigan 9th Cardiff 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
0
45%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 81% probability of Cardiff scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Wigan’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+9
Cardiff’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.1
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Cardiff
1.3
0.8
Attack rating
WIG
CAR
10%
better
view stats
Games scored3
4
Failed to score2
1
Scored first3
3
Goals scored7
7
Avg. goals scored0.9
1
Avg. shots per game6
7
Avg. shots per goal6
7
Conversion rate for16
15
Avg. XG for1.5
1.6
KickOff rating
+10%
Defence rating
WIG
CAR
63%
better
view stats
Games conceded4
1
Clean sheets1
4
Conceded first2
1
Goals conceded6
1
Avg. goals conceded0.8
0.1
Avg. shots/game conceded6
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
39
Conversion rate against13%
3%
Avg. XG against1.3
0.8
KickOff rating
+63%

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

Wigan League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8322
S TickleF MurrayJ HungboS Sessegnon
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK81
-
D Costelloe FWD81
1
-
P Mullin FWD82
1
-
J Hungbo FWD82
-
J Kerr  DEF71
1
-
R Trevitt MID7
1
-
C Wright MID711
1
-
F Murray MID731
-
C Saydee FWD721
1
M. Asamoah FWD71
-
M Fox DEF61
1
-
W Aimson DEF6
-
J Weir MID51
-
B Adeeko MID5
-
T Francois MID5
1
-
S Sessegnon DEF4
1
1
M Smith MID31
1
-
I Mabaya DEF2
-
J Carragher DEF2
-
L Robinson DEF2
-
O Cooper MID2
-
R Rodrigues FWD2
-
C McManaman FWD1
-
Cardiff League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7333
R ColwillR ColwillD TurnbullJ Bagan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Bagan DEF7
3
-
W Fish DEF7
-
D. Lawlor DEF7
2
-
R. Kpakio DEF71
1
-
J Colwill MID7
1
-
C. Ashford MID711
-
R Colwill MID731
1
-
R Wintle MID711
-
Y Salech FWD721
1
-
C Robinson FWD7
-
I Davies FWD72
-
N Trott GLK6
-
C Willock FWD622
-
C Chambers DEF5
1
-
D Turnbull MID53
-
O Tanner FWD41
1
-
P Ng DEF2
1
-
M. Turner GLK1
-
D. Mafico MID1
1
-
E King MID1
-
T. Nyakuhwa FWD1
-