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

Tue 29th Apr, 19:45 BST, Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Lee Bowyer and Shaun Maloney meet in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as Burton Albion face Wigan Athletic at the Pirelli Stadium. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with additional weight assigned to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are designed specifically for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) statistics for this fixture are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Correct Score
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Burton
39%
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Draw
28%
--
Wigan
33%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Burton 1-0
12%
--
Wigan 1-0
11%
--
Draw 0-0
10%
--
Burton 2-1
8%
--
Burton 2-0
7%
--
Wigan 2-1
7%
--
Wigan 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Burton 3-1
3%
--
Burton 3-0
3%
--
Wigan 3-1
3%
--
Wigan 3-0
2%
--
Burton 3-2
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
--
BTTS - No
53%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
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Home/draw
67%
--
Away/draw
61%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
67%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
33%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
20%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
90%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
10%
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Home DNB
59%
--
Away DNB
52%
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Burton win to nil
24%
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Wigan win to nil
20%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Burton have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 10 and won 8. Burton have conceded 51 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 12 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Burton have played 20 games at home, winning 5, drawing 5 and losing 10 fixtures. They have scored 26 goals, conceded 30 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Wigan lay in 17th place on 47 points in the League One league table having played 41 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored 15 goals and kept 5 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Wigan have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Wigan have played 20 away games, winning 5, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Burton
Wigan
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham4029834495 
Apr 21
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
2
Wrexham42241082782 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
3
Wycombe42231273081 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
4
Stockport42221192677 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
5
Charlton422210102076 
l
 
0-1A
May 3
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
6
Reading42191211869 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
7
L Orient42206161866 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
8
Bolton4220616166 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
9
Huddersfield42197161064 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
10
Blackpool411515111060 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
3-0A
Apr 26
d
 
2-2F
11
Barnsley4216917-457 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-1F
12
Lincoln42141315855 
l
 
2-3F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
13
Rotherham4215918-554 
w
 
4-2A
d
 
2-2F
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
14
Stevenage41141017-652 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
15
Exeter42141018-1352 
l
 
1-2F
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
16
Peterborough4113919-1048 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
17
Wigan Away41111416-447 
Apr 29
w
 
1-2A
-
-
18
Mansfield4113820-1047 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
3-3A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
0-00-0
19
Northampton42111417-1747 
l
 
0-1A
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
May 3
20
Burton Home41101219-1542 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Apr 29
21
Bristol R4212624-2642 
l
 
1-3F
l
 
3-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
22
Crawley429924-3236 
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
23
Cambridge4281123-2635 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-0A
24
Shrewsbury427926-3430 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Burton 20TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton3 - 0Huddersfield
Burton2 - 1L Orient
Burton1 - 2Bolton
Burton1 - 1Mansfield
Burton1 - 1Blackpool
Burton3 - 2Reading
Burton4 - 2Rotherham
Burton0 - 1Northampton
Burton2 - 2Peterborough
Burton1 - 2Exeter
Burton0 - 1Wrexham
Burton0 - 1Charlton
Burton0 - 3Stockport
Burton2 - 0Shrewsbury
Burton0 - 0Crawley
Burton2 - 3Wycombe
Burton1 - 3Bristol R
Burton1 - 2Barnsley
Burton0 - 0Stevenage
Burton2 - 3Lincoln
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBurton3 - 0Huddersfield
ABurton0 - 3Wrexham
HBurton2 - 1L Orient
ABurton1 - 2Stockport
ABurton2 - 0Shrewsbury
HBurton1 - 2Bolton
ABurton0 - 2Wycombe
HBurton1 - 1Mansfield
ABurton1 - 0Lincoln
ABurton1 - 0Stevenage
ABurton1 - 3Bristol R
HBurton1 - 1Blackpool
ABurton0 - 0Barnsley
HBurton3 - 2Reading
HBurton4 - 2Rotherham
ABurton2 - 1Wigan
ABurton1 - 1Crawley
HBurton0 - 1Northampton
HBurton2 - 2Peterborough
ABurton1 - 1Huddersfield
Wigan 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter1 - 1Wigan
L Orient0 - 0Wigan
Charlton2 - 1Wigan
Mansfield0 - 0Wigan
Wycombe0 - 0Wigan
Crawley1 - 1Wigan
Peterborough1 - 0Wigan
Stevenage1 - 2Wigan
Wrexham2 - 1Wigan
Rotherham0 - 1Wigan
Bolton0 - 2Wigan
Huddersfield1 - 0Wigan
Barnsley0 - 1Wigan
Blackpool2 - 2Wigan
Cambridge2 - 0Wigan
Stockport0 - 0Wigan
Lincoln0 - 0Wigan
Bristol R0 - 4Wigan
Birmingham2 - 1Wigan
Reading2 - 0Wigan
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWigan0 - 0Wrexham
AWigan1 - 1Exeter
AWigan0 - 0L Orient
HWigan0 - 1Bolton
HWigan1 - 1Barnsley
AWigan1 - 2Charlton
HWigan1 - 0Cambridge
AWigan0 - 0Mansfield
HWigan1 - 2Reading
HWigan2 - 1Huddersfield
AWigan0 - 0Wycombe
AWigan1 - 1Crawley
HWigan0 - 2Stockport
HWigan1 - 1Lincoln
AWigan0 - 1Peterborough
HWigan2 - 0Bristol R
HWigan1 - 2Burton
AWigan2 - 1Stevenage
HWigan0 - 3Birmingham
AWigan1 - 2Wrexham
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Burton since 2016
Burton
Wigan
Goals: Scored
6
8
Games: Scored
3 / 5
4 / 5
Clean sheets
1 / 5
2 / 5
BAL
1
D
2
WIG
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Burton
Burton2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
3 - 4Wigan
0 - 2Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Wigan since 2015
Wigan
Burton
Goals: Scored
5
5
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
BAL
2
D
3
WIG
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
1 - 2Burton
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wigan2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Burton
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Burton Albion of late. It has been 8 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.0 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against Wigan Athletic.

Burton 20th Wigan 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Burton will score no more than 1 goal
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
=0
Burton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-20
Wigan have scored 20% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
0.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Burton
PG (predicted goals)
Wigan
1.2
1.1
Attack rating
15%
better
BAL
WIG
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Games scored27
23
Failed to score14
18
Scored first16
18
Goals scored44
35
Avg. goals scored1.1
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
6
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for16
13
Avg. XG for0.9
1
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
BAL
WIG
23%
better
view stats
Games conceded30
25
Clean sheets11
16
Conceded first20
15
Goals conceded59
39
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
8
Conversion rate against15%
12%
Avg. XG against1.5
1
KickOff rating
+23%

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

Burton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
388411
R SweeneyR BurrellO DodgsonT Vancooten
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Sweeney DEF3822
3
-
M Crocombe GLK37
8
-
U Godwin-Malife DEF3612
4
-
T Kalinauskas FWD3613
4
-
J Armer DEF331
6
-
K Chauke MID331
3
-
T Vancooten DEF301
8
3
C Webster MID305
5
2
M Bennett FWD281
6
-
R Burrell FWD2582
-
D Willis DEF201
3
-
O Dodgson DEF1614
8
-
J McKiernan MID1511
5
-
N. Akoto DEF14
1
-
J Sraha DEF12
3
-
C Gilligan MID121
3
-
K Lofthouse DEF11
3
-
J Bödvarsson FWD1041
-
J. Larsson FWD71
-
A Forde MID6
-
J Jones MID4
1
-
F Tavares FWD41
-
H Isted GLK3
-
G Bajrami DEF1
1
-
Wigan League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
397711
S TickleD TaylorD TaylorS Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK39
4
-
J Kerr  DEF381
6
-
W Aimson DEF36
7
-
S Smith MID36
11
-
D Taylor FWD3677
4
-
J Smith FWD3035
-
J Carragher DEF2611
5
-
J Weir MID261
5
1
T Sibbick DEF251
5
-
B Adeeko MID241
5
-
S. Thomas FWD242
2
-
C McManaman FWD211
5
-
D Rankine MID201
1
-
M Smith MID1913
4
-
L Robinson DEF161
2
-
J Mellish DEF14
-
O Norburn MID14
4
-
S Sessegnon DEF13
1
-
L Chambers DEF1211
-
R Darcy MID111
1
-
H McHugh MID11
2
-
O Dale FWD111
4
-
J Hungbo FWD111
1
-
M. Asamoah FWD91
1
-
C Sze MID71
1
-
W Goodwin FWD6
1
-
T Francois MID51
1
-
K. Payne MID2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
Exeter v Burton
Fri 18th Apr, 13:00
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Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Wrexham v Bristol R
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Stevenage v Blackpool
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Wigan
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Rotherham v Mansfield
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Reading v Lincoln
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Peterborough v Stockport
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
L Orient v Barnsley
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Huddersfield v Cambridge
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Charlton v Northampton
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Bolton v Wycombe
Fri 18th Apr, 15:00
Mansfield v Reading
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Northampton v Shrewsbury
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Stockport v Huddersfield
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Wigan v Rotherham
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Wycombe v Charlton
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Lincoln v Bolton
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Crawley v Exeter
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Cambridge v L Orient
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Burton v Birmingham
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Bristol R v Stevenage
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Blackpool v Wrexham
Mon 21st Apr, 15:00
Barnsley v Peterborough
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Stevenage v Birmingham
Thu 24th Apr, 19:45
Bristol R v Reading
Sat 26th Apr, 12:30
L Orient v Wycombe
Sat 26th Apr, 12:30
Wigan v Blackpool
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Stockport v Lincoln
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Peterborough v Bolton
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Exeter v Huddersfield
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Crawley v Northampton
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Burton v Cambridge
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Barnsley v Shrewsbury
Sat 26th Apr, 15:00
Wrexham v Charlton
Sat 26th Apr, 17:30
Stevenage v Rotherham
Sun 27th Apr, 14:00
Birmingham v Mansfield
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Tue 29th Apr, 19:45
Blackpool v Birmingham
Wed 30th Apr, 19:45
Mansfield v Peterborough
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