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

Sat 1st Mar, 15:00 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Wigan Athletic and Reading clash at the DW Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with both Shaun Maloney and Allan Dybczak aiming for victory in the League One. Form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are all shown below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. Here we've gone for , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Wigan
35%
--
Draw
27%
--
Reading
38%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Reading 1-0
11%
--
Wigan 1-0
10%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Reading 2-1
8%
--
Wigan 2-1
8%
--
Reading 2-0
7%
--
Wigan 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Reading 3-1
3%
--
Wigan 3-1
3%
--
Reading 3-0
3%
--
Wigan 3-0
2%
--
Reading 3-2
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
15%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
--
Home/draw
62%
--
Away/draw
65%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
57%
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Wigan win to nil
20%
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Reading win to nil
21%
--
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 5 and won 4. Wigan have conceded 22 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 10 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wigan have played 15 games at home, winning 4, drawing 4 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 13 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 7 times in home league games.

Reading lay in 9th place on 49 points in the League One league table having played 31 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 35 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Reading have conceded 22 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Reading have played 16 away games, winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 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
Birmingham2921623269 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
2
Wycombe3118942763 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 22
Apr 5
d
 
1-1A
3
Wrexham3117771958 
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
Mar 11
l
 
3-0A
4
Stockport3216971957 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-3A
l
 
4-1A
5
Huddersfield3116781755 
Feb 25
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
6
L Orient31165102053 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
7
Charlton3114891050 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
w
 
2-0F
d
 
0-00-0
8
Bolton3115511250 
Apr 1
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
l
 
5-2A
9
Reading Away3114710349 
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
-
-
10
Lincoln32111011343 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 18
l
 
2-0A
11
Barnsley3112712043 
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
May 3
d
 
2-2A
12
Blackpool319148141 
Apr 26
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-3A
Apr 1
13
Stevenage3111812-341 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
14
Rotherham3110813-238 
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-1F
15
Mansfield3111515-638 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
16
Wigan Home309813-335 
-
-
w
 
2-0F
Mar 1
17
Exeter3010515-1235 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 8
Mar 4
w
 
1-2F
18
Bristol R3110516-1635 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
19
Northampton318914-1833 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
w
 
4-1F
Apr 12
20
Peterborough318716-1131 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Mar 29
w
 
1-2F
21
Burton3261115-1529 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 22
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-2A
22
Crawley317816-2029 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
4-1F
Mar 8
23
Shrewsbury327619-2127 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
Mar 22
24
Cambridge315818-2623 
Mar 8
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-3F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Wigan 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan0 - 2Stockport
Wigan1 - 1Lincoln
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Wigan1 - 2Burton
Wigan0 - 3Birmingham
Wigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
Wigan0 - 2L Orient
Wigan2 - 1Northampton
Wigan0 - 1Wycombe
Wigan1 - 2Mansfield
Wigan3 - 0Peterborough
Wigan0 - 0Exeter
Wigan0 - 0Stevenage
Wigan1 - 0Crawley
Wigan0 - 1Charlton
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Wigan0 - 0Port Vale
Wigan1 - 1Burton
Wigan1 - 0Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0L Orient
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWigan1 - 1Crawley
HWigan0 - 2Stockport
HWigan1 - 1Lincoln
AWigan0 - 1Peterborough
HWigan2 - 0Bristol R
HWigan1 - 2Burton
AWigan2 - 1Stevenage
HWigan0 - 3Birmingham
AWigan1 - 2Wrexham
AWigan1 - 0Rotherham
HWigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
AWigan2 - 0Bolton
HWigan0 - 2L Orient
AWigan0 - 1Huddersfield
HWigan2 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 0Barnsley
HWigan0 - 1Wycombe
AWigan2 - 2Blackpool
HWigan1 - 2Mansfield
AWigan0 - 2Cambridge
Reading 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
39
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Huddersfield0 - 0Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
L Orient2 - 0Reading
Charlton0 - 0Reading
Cambridge1 - 3Reading
Lincoln2 - 0Reading
Wycombe1 - 1Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Peterborough1 - 2Reading
Stevenage1 - 1Reading
Stockport4 - 1Reading
Exeter1 - 2Reading
Rotherham2 - 1Reading
Bolton5 - 2Reading
Wrexham3 - 0Reading
Birmingham1 - 1Reading
Burton3 - 2Reading
Barnsley2 - 2Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Bolton5 - 2Reading
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HReading2 - 1Rotherham
HReading1 - 1Shrewsbury
AReading0 - 0Huddersfield
HReading1 - 0Bolton
AReading2 - 3Burton
AReading0 - 2L Orient
HReading1 - 3Stockport
AReading0 - 0Charlton
AReading3 - 1Cambridge
HReading2 - 1Mansfield
HReading4 - 1Northampton
AReading0 - 2Lincoln
HReading0 - 3Blackpool
AReading1 - 1Wycombe
HReading3 - 0Cambridge
AReading2 - 2Barnsley
AReading2 - 1Peterborough
AReading1 - 1Stevenage
AReading1 - 4Stockport
HReading1 - 0Bristol R
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2003
Wigan
Reading
Goals: Scored
14
14
Games: Scored
7 / 12
7 / 12
Clean sheets
5 / 12
5 / 12
WIG
5
D
3
RDG
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
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
Wigan 16th Reading 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Reading will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-29
Wigan have scored 29% fewer goals at home than predicted
+9
Reading’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.9
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Reading
1.2
1.3
Attack rating
WIG
RDG
30%
better
view stats
Games scored16
24
Failed to score13
7
Scored first13
16
Goals scored27
46
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.5
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for13
19
Avg. XG for1.1
1.3
KickOff rating
+30%
Defence rating
18%
better
WIG
RDG
view stats
Games conceded18
24
Clean sheets11
7
Conceded first12
13
Goals conceded30
43
Avg. goals conceded1
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
7
Conversion rate against14%
14%
Avg. XG against1
1.6
KickOff rating
+18%

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

Wigan League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
30678
S TickleD TaylorD TaylorS Smith
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK30
3
-
J Kerr  DEF29
4
-
W Aimson DEF27
6
-
S Smith MID27
8
-
D Taylor FWD2767
3
-
S. Thomas FWD242
2
-
T Sibbick DEF22
4
-
J Smith FWD2132
-
J Carragher DEF2011
4
-
J Weir MID201
5
1
M Smith MID1913
4
-
B Adeeko MID191
5
-
D Rankine MID171
1
-
C McManaman FWD151
4
-
S Sessegnon DEF13
1
-
L Chambers DEF1011
-
L Robinson DEF9
2
-
J Hungbo FWD81
1
-
J Mellish DEF7
-
O Norburn MID6
2
-
H McHugh MID6
1
-
W Goodwin FWD6
1
-
M. Asamoah FWD6
-
T Francois MID51
1
-
C Sze MID4
1
-
R Darcy MID31
-
K. Payne MID2
-
O Dale FWD2
1
-
Reading League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
311167
T. BindonH KnibbsL WingA Mbengue
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T. Bindon DEF311
2
-
L Wing MID3146
4
-
C Savage MID3044
2
-
M Craig MID292
3
-
H Knibbs FWD28112
3
-
C Campbell MID2632
2
-
J Pereira GLK25
1
-
G. Garcia MID251
4
-
A Mbengue DEF241
7
-
J Wareham FWD222
2
-
M Camará MID2031
1
-
B Elliott MID1925
4
-
K Ehibhatiomhan FWD1922
4
1
H Dean DEF181
2
-
K Abrefa DEF17
1
-
J Dorsett DEF13
-
A. Kanu DEF10
-
A. Akande FWD101
-
D Button GLK5
-
A. Ahmed DEF5
1
-
L Holzman DEF5
1
1
T Rushesha MID5
-
B Tuma FWD4
-
B Bodin FWD3
-
C Boyce-Clarke GLK1
-
E. Osho DEF1
-
S. Spencer FWD1
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
Rotherham v Barnsley
Sat 22nd Feb, 12:30
Reading v Birmingham
Sat 22nd Feb, 12:30
Blackpool v Crawley
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Wycombe v Wigan
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Stevenage
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Northampton v Bristol R
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Lincoln v Burton
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Huddersfield v Peterborough
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Charlton v Exeter
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Cambridge v Stockport
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Bolton v L Orient
Sat 22nd Feb, 15:00
Mansfield v Wrexham
Sun 23rd Feb, 15:00
Northampton v Barnsley
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Birmingham v L Orient
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Wigan v Huddersfield
Tue 25th Feb, 19:45
Wrexham v Bolton
Sat 1st Mar, 12:30
Birmingham v Wycombe
Sat 1st Mar, 12:30
Wigan v Reading
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Stockport v Blackpool
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Stevenage v Huddersfield
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Peterborough v Shrewsbury
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
L Orient v Charlton
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Exeter v Northampton
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Crawley v Cambridge
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Burton v Mansfield
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Bristol R v Rotherham
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Barnsley v Lincoln
Sat 1st Mar, 15:00
Mansfield v Wigan
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Northampton v Stockport
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Rotherham v L Orient
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Shrewsbury v Bristol R
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Lincoln v Crawley
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Huddersfield v Wrexham
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Charlton v Barnsley
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Cambridge v Stevenage
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Bolton v Birmingham
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Blackpool v Peterborough
Tue 4th Mar, 19:45
Wycombe v Burton
Tue 4th Mar, 20:00
Reading v Exeter
Tue 4th Mar, 20:00