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

Tue 10th Feb, 19:45 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Wigan Athletic and their manager Ryan Lowe will be aiming to beat Leam Richardson and his Reading side on Saturday afternoon, as the pair meet at the DW Stadium in the League One. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've sifted through our expansive database and pulled out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds from leading bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Wigan and Reading will score at least a couple of between them during the standard 90 mins. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as past records of their head-to-head clashes. We give it a probability of 73%. Bookmakers have it available at 1.35.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Wigan are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.20.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Wigan
49%
-6/5
Draw
25%
-12/5
5%
Reading
26%
-23/10
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
-5/1
Wigan 1-0
11%
-11/2
Wigan 2-1
9%
-7/1
Wigan 2-0
9%
-8/1
Reading 1-0
8%
-15/2
Draw 0-0
7%
-7/1
7%
Reading 2-1
6%
-9/1
9%
Draw 2-2
5%
-12/1
Wigan 3-1
5%
-14/1
Wigan 3-0
5%
-14/1
Reading 2-0
4%
-12/1
Wigan 3-2
3%
-22/1
Reading 3-1
2%
-20/1
Wigan 4-1
2%
-28/1
Wigan 4-0
2%
-28/1
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
-1/1
2%
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
-8/11
2%
Home 1st Goal
52%
-4/5
Away 1st Goal
43%
-13/10
3%
No 1st Goal
5%
-7/1
7%
BTTS - Yes
52%
-5/6
1%
BTTS - No
48%
-10/11
3%
BTTS - Home Win
22%
-17/5
BTTS - Draw
18%
-17/5
BTTS - Away Win
12%
-5/1
8%
Home/draw
74%
-1/3
2%
Away/draw
51%
-4/6
Home/away
75%
-3/10
2%
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
-1/3
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
-21/10
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
-5/2
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
-2/7
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
-6/1
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
-1/12
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
-12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
-1/66
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
-1/16
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
-7/1
7%
Home DNB
67%
-11/20
1%
Away DNB
43%
-13/10
3%
Wigan win to nil
28%
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Reading win to nil
14%
--
Wigan / Wigan
23%
-12/5
Wigan / Reading
3%
-25/1
Wigan / Draw
6%
-11/1
Draw / Wigan
15%
-17/4
5%
Draw / Reading
11%
-6/1
Draw / Draw
17%
-18/5
5%
Reading / Wigan
4%
-20/1
Reading / Reading
15%
-4/1
5%
Reading / Draw
6%
-12/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 6 and won 2. Wigan have conceded 18 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wigan have played 11 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 9th place on 35 points in the League One league table having played 24 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 6 and losing 3 games. They have scored 24 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 16 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

Reading have played 11 away games, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Reading
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Cardiff2416351851 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 18
l
 
2-1F
2
Lincoln2514651448 
Jan 31
d
 
2-2F
Apr 6
l
 
2-0A
3
Bradford241374946 
Mar 14
l
 
2-1A
Feb 28
l
 
2-0A
4
Huddersfield2511681139 
Feb 28
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 3
5
Bolton241095939 
Jan 17
l
 
4-1A
Feb 17
d
 
1-1A
6
Stockport241167339 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 21
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
7
Stevenage221075837 
d
 
0-00-0
May 2
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
8
Luton241059435 
Feb 17
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-2F
Mar 7
9
Reading24987435 
Feb 10
Mar 28
-
-
10
Wycombe25898433 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 27
Feb 14
d
 
2-2A
11
Mansfield23959332 
Apr 11
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1A
Jan 10
12
Peterborough2410212-332 
w
 
2-0F
Feb 7
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
13
AFC Wim249411-631 
Apr 25
w
 
1-2A
l
 
1-2A
Feb 7
14
Exeter249312230 
Mar 21
d
 
1-1F
Jan 27
d
 
1-1F
15
Wigan24798-130 
-
-
Mar 28
Feb 10
16
Plymouth259313-730 
Mar 10
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
w
 
1-4F
17
Barnsley21858029 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 17
Jan 24
l
 
3-2A
18
Blackpool258512-629 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 7
May 2
w
 
0-3F
19
Northampton248511-629 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 6
w
 
1-0F
Jan 31
20
L Orient248412-628 
Apr 3
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
21
Burton247611-1127 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 17
22
Rotherham246612-1324 
Feb 14
d
 
2-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
23
Doncaster246513-1723 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
d
 
1-1A
Apr 11
24
Port Vale234613-1318 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 18
w
 
1-0F
Feb 21
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Wigan 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan1 - 0Port Vale
Wigan0 - 1Wycombe
Wigan0 - 2Cardiff
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
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
9
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AWigan1 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 1Burton
HWigan1 - 1Blackpool
HWigan1 - 0Rotherham
AWigan1 - 0Shrewsbury
Reading 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff2 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 1Reading
Stockport1 - 1Reading
Barnsley3 - 2Reading
Wycombe2 - 2Reading
Bolton1 - 1Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Mansfield1 - 5Reading
Northampton0 - 0Reading
Shrewsbury1 - 3Reading
Blackpool3 - 0Reading
Crawley1 - 1Reading
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
L Orient2 - 0Reading
Charlton0 - 0Reading
Cambridge1 - 3Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
7
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading1 - 0Stevenage
HReading1 - 1Doncaster
HReading1 - 0Northampton
AReading1 - 2Cardiff
AReading1 - 1Exeter
HReading1 - 1Mansfield
AReading1 - 1Stockport
HReading2 - 1L Orient
AReading2 - 3Barnsley
HReading1 - 0Port Vale
AReading2 - 2Wycombe
AReading1 - 1Bolton
HReading1 - 2AFC Wim
HReading0 - 2Huddersfield
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading2 - 4Barnsley
AReading2 - 0Bristol R
AReading5 - 1Mansfield
HReading0 - 1Lincoln
AReading0 - 0Northampton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2003
Wigan
Reading
Goals: Scored
15
16
Games: Scored
8 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
5 / 13
WIG
5
D
3
RDG
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
1 - 2Reading
Wigan1 - 0
0 - 1Reading
1 - 3Reading
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Reading
Draw2 - 2Draw
Wigan3 - 0
Wigan3 - 2
Draw0 - 0Draw
Wigan1 - 0
Wigan3 - 1
0 - 2Reading
League games at Reading since 2003
Reading
Wigan
Goals: Scored
17
16
Games: Scored
10 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
3 / 13
WIG
4
D
2
RDG
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading2 - 0
Reading2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Wigan
Reading3 - 2
Reading1 - 0
0 - 1Wigan
1 - 2Wigan
0 - 3Wigan
Reading2 - 1
Reading3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Reading1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Reading of late. It has been 7 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Wigan Athletic.

Wigan 12th Reading 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Wigan will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-10
Wigan’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Reading have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.1
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season
Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.6
1.1
Attack rating
WIG
RDG
19%
better
view stats
Games scored17
21
Failed to score7
3
Scored first10
12
Goals scored26
32
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.3
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
15
Avg. XG for1.3
1.2
KickOff rating
+19%
Defence rating
WIG
RDG
1%
better
view stats
Games conceded18
18
Clean sheets6
6
Conceded first13
12
Goals conceded27
28
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1.2
1.4
KickOff rating
+1%

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

Wigan League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24446
S TickleF MurrayC SaydeeM Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK241
-
F Murray MID2342
4
-
W Aimson DEF22
4
-
C Saydee FWD2224
2
1
M Fox DEF213
1
1
C Wright MID2133
2
-
D Costelloe FWD213
2
1
P Mullin FWD2041
1
-
J Weir MID171
2
1
J Kerr  DEF161
1
-
R Rodrigues FWD161
1
-
J Hungbo FWD163
1
-
M Smith MID151
5
1
M. Asamoah FWD1511
-
J Carragher DEF12
-
T Francois MID12
1
-
L Robinson DEF9
2
-
O Cooper MID91
-
R Trevitt MID91
1
-
C McManaman FWD9
-
S Sessegnon DEF7
2
1
B Adeeko MID7
-
I Mabaya DEF2
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24845
L WingL WingL WingD Kyerewaa
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Savage MID2421
4
-
L Wing MID2484
2
-
K Doyle MID2332
2
-
D Kyerewaa MID2333
5
-
J Pereira GLK21
-
J Dorsett DEF211
2
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD203
4
-
K Abrefa DEF192
2
-
F Burns DEF17
3
-
M O’Mahony FWD16
1
-
D Williams DEF151
3
-
M Jacob DEF14
4
-
P O'Connor DEF14
2
-
A Yiadom DEF14
4
-
L Fraser MID141
-
J Marriott FWD1483
-
P Lane FWD1311
1
-
M Ritchie MID124
5
-
M Camará MID111
1
-
G. Garcia DEF91
1
-
A. Ahmed DEF9
3
-
B Elliott MID8
1
-
M Stickland DEF4
1
-
J Stevens GLK3
-
B Tuma FWD1
-