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

Sat 15th Nov, 15:00 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Leam Richardson is aiming for a vital away win in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as he takes his Reading side to the DW Stadium to visit Wigan Athletic and Ryan Lowe. Analysing both sides' last 20 League One matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the betting market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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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.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Wigan 49%	-	2.20
Draw 25%	-	3.40 5%
Reading 26%	-	3.30 3%
Draw 1-1 12%	-	6.00
Wigan 1-0 11%	-	6.50
Wigan 2-1 9%	-	8.00
Wigan 2-0 9%	-	9.00
Reading 1-0 8%	-	8.50
Draw 0-0 7%	-	8.00 7%
Reading 2-1 6%	-	10.00 9%
Draw 2-2 5%	-	13.00
Wigan 3-1 5%	-	15.00
Wigan 3-0 5%	-	15.00
Reading 2-0 4%	-	13.00
Wigan 3-2 3%	-	23.00
Reading 3-1 2%	-	21.00
Wigan 4-1 2%	-	29.00
Wigan 4-0 2%	-	29.00
Over 2.5 Goals 49%	-	2.00 2%
Under 2.5 Goals 51%	-	1.73 2%
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	1.80
Away 1st Goal 43%	-	2.30 3%
No 1st Goal 5%	-	8.00 7%
BTTS - Yes 52%	-	1.83 1%
BTTS - No 48%	-	1.91 3%
BTTS - Home Win 22%	-	4.40
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	4.40
BTTS - Away Win 12%	-	6.00 8%
Home/draw 74%	-	1.33 2%
Away/draw 51%	-	1.67
Home/away 75%	-	1.30 2%
Over 1.5 Goals 74%	-	1.33 1%
Under 1.5 Goals 26%	-	3.10 3%
Over 3.5 Goals 27%	-	3.50 3%
Under 3.5 Goals 73%	-	1.29 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	7.00
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	1.08
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	13.00
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	1.02
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	1.06 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	8.00 7%
Home DNB 67%	-	1.55 1%
Away DNB 43%	-	2.30 3%
Wigan win to nil 28%	-	-
Reading win to nil 14%	-	-
Wigan / Wigan 23%	-	3.40
Wigan / Reading 3%	-	26.00
Wigan / Draw 6%	-	12.00
Draw / Wigan 15%	-	5.25 5%
Draw / Reading 11%	-	7.00
Draw / Draw 17%	-	4.60 5%
Reading / Wigan 4%	-	21.00
Reading / Reading 15%	-	5.00 5%
Reading / Draw 6%	-	13.00

Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost 1 match. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Wigan have outscored their opponents by 18 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Wigan have played 7 games at home winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 10 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 5 goals at home.

Reading are in 17th position in the League One on 18 points having played 15 matches so far this season. Reading are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 1 of those game.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

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. Reading have conceded 16 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Wigan Reading
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Stockport	15	8	4	3	5	28	d 1-1A	Feb 21	Jan 4	d 1-1A
2	Bradford	15	7	6	2	6	27	Mar 14	Dec 26	Feb 28	Dec 13
3	Bolton	15	7	5	3	8	26	Jan 17	l 4-1A	Feb 17	d 1-1A
4	Cardiff	14	8	2	4	8	26	l 0-2A	Jan 4	Apr 18	l 2-1F
5	Stevenage	13	8	2	3	7	26	Nov 29	May 2	w 1-0F	Mar 21
6	Lincoln	15	7	4	4	4	25	Jan 31	d 2-2F	Apr 6	l 2-0A
7	AFC Wim	15	8	1	6	-1	25	Apr 25	Nov 22	l 1-2A	Feb 7
8	Mansfield	15	6	4	5	5	22	Apr 11	d 1-1A	d 1-1A	Jan 10
9	Luton	14	7	1	6	3	22	Feb 17	l 1-0A	Dec 18	Mar 7
10	Huddersfield	14	7	1	6	2	22	Feb 28	Dec 13	l 0-2A	Apr 3
11	Barnsley	13	6	3	4	2	21	Jan 1	Mar 17	Jan 24	l 3-2A
12	Rotherham	15	6	3	6	0	21	Feb 14	d 2-2F	Nov 22	Apr 25
13	Northampton	15	6	2	7	-2	20	w 3-1F	Apr 6	w 1-0F	Jan 31
14	Wycombe	15	5	4	6	5	19	l 0-1A	Jan 27	Feb 14	d 2-2A
15	Burton	15	5	4	6	-4	19	Dec 9	Dec 29	Jan 1	Mar 17
16	Wigan	15	4	6	5	-1	18	-	-	Mar 28	Nov 15
17	Reading	15	4	6	5	-3	18	Nov 15	Mar 28	-	-
18	Doncaster	15	5	3	7	-7	18	w 3-0F	Jan 24	d 1-1A	Apr 11
19	Exeter	15	5	2	8	0	17	Mar 21	d 1-1F	Jan 27	d 1-1F
20	L Orient	15	5	2	8	-5	17	Apr 3	l 2-0A	w 2-1F	Jan 17
21	Blackpool	15	4	3	8	-7	15	Dec 20	Mar 7	May 2	Nov 29
22	Peterborough	14	4	1	9	-7	13	w 2-0F	Feb 7	Dec 9	Dec 29
23	Port Vale	15	3	4	8	-8	13	w 1-0F	Apr 18	w 1-0F	Feb 21
24	Plymouth	15	4	1	10	-10	13	Jan 10	d 1-1A	Mar 14	Dec 26

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Win / draw / win form

Reading have not won in 7 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan	1 - 0	Port Vale
Wigan	0 - 1	Wycombe
Wigan	0 - 2	Cardiff
Wigan	3 - 0	Doncaster
Wigan	1 - 1	Stockport
Wigan	2 - 0	Peterborough
Wigan	3 - 1	Northampton
Wigan	1 - 1	Blackpool
Wigan	1 - 0	Rotherham
Wigan	0 - 0	Wrexham
Wigan	0 - 1	Bolton
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 0	Cambridge
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading
Wigan	2 - 1	Huddersfield
Wigan	0 - 2	Stockport
Wigan	1 - 1	Lincoln
Wigan	2 - 0	Bristol R
Wigan	1 - 2	Burton
Wigan	0 - 3	Birmingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Wigan	1 - 1	Exeter
A	Wigan	1 - 1	Mansfield
H	Wigan	1 - 0	Port Vale
H	Wigan	0 - 1	Wycombe
A	Wigan	1 - 1	Plymouth
H	Wigan	0 - 2	Cardiff
A	Wigan	1 - 4	Bolton
H	Wigan	3 - 0	Doncaster
A	Wigan	2 - 2	Lincoln
H	Wigan	1 - 1	Stockport
A	Wigan	2 - 2	Rotherham
A	Wigan	0 - 1	Luton
H	Wigan	2 - 0	Peterborough
A	Wigan	0 - 2	L Orient
H	Wigan	3 - 1	Northampton
A	Wigan	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Wigan	1 - 1	Burton
H	Wigan	1 - 1	Blackpool
H	Wigan	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Wigan	1 - 0	Shrewsbury

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cardiff	2 - 1	Reading
Exeter	1 - 1	Reading
Stockport	1 - 1	Reading
Barnsley	3 - 2	Reading
Wycombe	2 - 2	Reading
Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading
Bristol R	0 - 2	Reading
Mansfield	1 - 5	Reading
Northampton	0 - 0	Reading
Shrewsbury	1 - 3	Reading
Blackpool	3 - 0	Reading
Crawley	1 - 1	Reading
Wigan	1 - 2	Reading
Huddersfield	0 - 0	Reading
Burton	3 - 2	Reading
L Orient	2 - 0	Reading
Charlton	0 - 0	Reading
Cambridge	1 - 3	Reading
Lincoln	2 - 0	Reading

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Reading	1 - 0	Stevenage
H	Reading	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Reading	1 - 0	Northampton
A	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Reading	1 - 1	Exeter
H	Reading	1 - 1	Mansfield
A	Reading	1 - 1	Stockport
H	Reading	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Reading	2 - 3	Barnsley
H	Reading	1 - 0	Port Vale
A	Reading	2 - 2	Wycombe
A	Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
H	Reading	1 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Reading	0 - 2	Huddersfield
A	Reading	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
A	Reading	2 - 0	Bristol R
A	Reading	5 - 1	Mansfield
H	Reading	0 - 1	Lincoln
A	Reading	0 - 0	Northampton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Wigan

Reading

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 13

Clean sheets

5 / 13

WIG

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
	1 - 2	Reading
Wigan	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Reading
	1 - 3	Reading
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 3	Reading
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Wigan	3 - 0
Wigan	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Wigan	1 - 0
Wigan	3 - 1
	0 - 2	Reading

Reading

Wigan

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 13

9 / 13

Clean sheets

4 / 13

3 / 13

WIG

RDG

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Reading
Reading	2 - 0
Reading	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 3	Wigan
Reading	3 - 2
Reading	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Wigan
	1 - 2	Wigan
	0 - 3	Wigan
Reading	2 - 1
Reading	3 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Reading	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by 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 have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Wigan Athletic.

	Wigan 16th	Reading 17th
	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

WIG

RDG

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Games scored	11		13
Failed to score	4		2
Scored first	7		6
Goals scored	18		16
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		9
Avg. shots per goal	7		8
Conversion rate for	15		12
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.1
KickOff rating		+3%

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WIG

RDG

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Games conceded	12		12
Clean sheets	3		3
Conceded first	8		9
Goals conceded	19		19
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	15%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+2%

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

Wigan League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	4	3	5
S Tickle	F Murray	M Fox	M Smith

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
S Tickle GLK	15		1	-
P Mullin FWD	15	3		1 -
F Murray MID	14	4	1	3 -
J Hungbo FWD	14		2	1 -
W Aimson DEF	13			2 -
J Kerr DEF	13	1		1 -
C Wright MID	13	2	1	1 -
C Saydee FWD	13	2	2	1 1
M Fox DEF	12		3	1 1
D Costelloe FWD	12	1		1 1
M. Asamoah FWD	11	1	1	-
M Smith MID	10	1		5 -
R Trevitt MID	9		1	1 -
J Weir MID	9	1		-
S Sessegnon DEF	7			2 1
L Robinson DEF	7			1 -
B Adeeko MID	7			-
O Cooper MID	7	1		-
R Rodrigues FWD	7			-
T Francois MID	5			1 -
C McManaman FWD	5			-
J Carragher DEF	4			-
I Mabaya DEF	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	9	3	10
F Murray	C Wright	M Fox	F Murray

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Murray MID	4	8	1	10
P Mullin FWD	3	8
C Wright MID	2	9	1
C Saydee FWD	2	4	2	6
J Kerr DEF	1	3
D Costelloe FWD	1	5
M. Asamoah FWD	1	2	1	1
M Smith MID	1	3
J Weir MID	1	4		2
O Cooper MID	1	1
S Tickle GLK			1	1
J Hungbo FWD		2	2	2
W Aimson DEF		3		1
M Fox DEF		3	3	4
R Trevitt MID		2	1	4
R Rodrigues FWD		2
C McManaman FWD				1
J Carragher DEF		1
I Mabaya DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
549	35	86
J Kerr	F Murray	F Murray

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Kerr DEF	549	19	86
W Aimson DEF	521	16	70
M Fox DEF	470	23	47
S Tickle GLK	443	1	6
F Murray MID	317	35	86
M Smith MID	316	21	42
R Trevitt MID	259	14	32
S Sessegnon DEF	243	12	33
C Wright MID	235	12	45
J Hungbo FWD	232	12	42
J Weir MID	185	14	41
C Saydee FWD	155	11	67
T Francois MID	134	15	30
D Costelloe FWD	101	3	34
O Cooper MID	89	9	14
B Adeeko MID	85	9	14
P Mullin FWD	81	4	27
L Robinson DEF	80	12	25
R Rodrigues FWD	66	5	20
J Carragher DEF	39	1	8
M. Asamoah FWD	38	3	18
C McManaman FWD	12	5	6
I Mabaya DEF	11		4

Reading League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
15	5	3	5
C Savage	J Marriott	L Wing	D Kyerewaa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Kyerewaa MID	15	1	2	5 -
C Savage MID	15	1	1	4 -
L Wing MID	15	3	3	1 -
M Jacob DEF	14			4 -
K Doyle MID	14	1	1	1 -
P Lane FWD	13	1	1	1 -
J Pereira GLK	12			-
F Burns DEF	12			3 -
J Dorsett DEF	12			1 -
K Abrefa DEF	12		2	-
M O’Mahony FWD	12			1 -
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	12	1		1 -
D Williams DEF	9			3 -
A. Ahmed DEF	8			3 -
L Fraser MID	8	1		-
B Elliott MID	8			1 -
M Ritchie MID	7		3	4 -
M Camará MID	7	1		1 -
J Marriott FWD	7	5	1	-
P O'Connor DEF	5			-
A Yiadom DEF	5			-
M Stickland DEF	4			1 -
G. Garcia DEF	4	1		1 -
J Stevens GLK	3			-
B Tuma FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	10	3	4
J Marriott	L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Marriott FWD	5	9	1	1
L Wing MID	3	10	3	4
D Kyerewaa MID	1	4	2
C Savage MID	1	8	1	3
K Doyle MID	1	3	1	4
P Lane FWD	1	7	1	1
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	1	4		3
L Fraser MID	1	3
M Camará MID	1	1
G. Garcia DEF	1	1
M Jacob DEF		1		1
J Dorsett DEF		1		1
K Abrefa DEF		2	2
M O’Mahony FWD		3
D Williams DEF		1
A. Ahmed DEF				1
B Elliott MID		2		1
M Ritchie MID		1	3	1
P O'Connor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
815	36	79
L Wing	L Wing	L Wing

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Wing MID	815	36	79
C Savage MID	672	30	40
F Burns DEF	567	23	75
J Pereira GLK	455		9
M Jacob DEF	418	14	62
D Williams DEF	355	10	48
K Abrefa DEF	278	22	44
D Kyerewaa MID	277	7	44
J Dorsett DEF	245	5	28
P O'Connor DEF	209	4	49
A. Ahmed DEF	206	14	35
P Lane FWD	192	9	29
K Doyle MID	191	14	46
B Elliott MID	189	13	37
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD	131	5	48
M Stickland DEF	123	3	14
L Fraser MID	112	8	17
M Ritchie MID	100	3	11
J Stevens GLK	85		1
J Marriott FWD	73	3	11
M Camará MID	66	3	17
M O’Mahony FWD	50	6	32
A Yiadom DEF	43	3	13
G. Garcia DEF	24	2	6
B Tuma FWD	3		1