Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Burton Albion FC vs Wigan Athletic FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2024-25
Burton Albion FC
1 – 1
Full Time
Wigan Athletic FC
Tue 29 Apr 2025 · 18:45 UTC Pirelli Stadium 3,506 HT 45' · FT 45'
Rumarn Burrell 57' 1–0
1–1 90+6' Ronan Darcy
Mason Bennett 60' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Burton Albion FC vs Wigan Athletic FC — League One at Pirelli Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Darren Drysdale
  • Assistant 1 Grant Taylor
  • Assistant 2 Thomas Harty

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Bradford City AFC 7 15
2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 7 14
3 Stockport County FC 8 13
4 Plymouth Argyle FC 8 13
5 Cambridge United FC 8 13
6 Huddersfield Town AFC 7 12
7 Burton Albion FC 8 12
8 AFC Wimbledon 8 12
9 Reading FC 7 11
10 Oxford United FC 6 11
11 Leyton Orient FC 7 10
12 Wycombe Wanderers FC 8 10
13 Stevenage FC 7 9
14 Leicester City FC 7 9
15 Blackpool FC 7 8
16 Luton Town FC 7 8
17 Mansfield Town FC 7 8
18 Barnsley FC 7 8
19 Bromley FC 7 8
20 Notts County FC 7 7
21 Doncaster Rovers FC 7 6
22 Milton Keynes Dons FC 7 6
23 Peterborough United FC 8 5
24 Wigan Athletic FC 7 4

Head-to-Head

2
4
4
Burton Albion FC 10 games · Avg 2.4 goals Wigan Athletic FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-04-29 Burton Albion FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2025-01-21 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Burton Albion FC 2024-03-29 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Burton Albion FC 2023-10-03 Burton Albion FC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2022-04-12 Burton Albion FC 0–0 Wigan Athletic FC

Recent Form

Burton Albion FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Apr Wigan Athletic FC H 1–1 D
26 Apr Cambridge United FC H 2–1 W
21 Apr Birmingham City FC H 1–2 L
18 Apr Exeter City FC A 0–0 D
12 Apr Huddersfield Town AFC H 3–0 W
05 Apr Wrexham AFC A 0–3 L
Wigan Athletic FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Apr Burton Albion FC A 1–1 D
26 Apr Blackpool FC H 1–1 D
21 Apr Rotherham United FC H 1–0 W
18 Apr Shrewsbury Town FC A 1–0 W
12 Apr Wrexham AFC H 0–0 D
08 Apr Exeter City FC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Burton Albion FC Wigan Athletic FC
#7 Position #24
12 Points 4
8 Played 7
3 / 3 / 2 W / D / L 1 / 1 / 5
13 Scored 5
12 Conceded 12
+1 GD -7
1.50 PPG 0.57
38% Win % 14%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
30% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
13% Clean Sheets
Burton Albion FC this season
14% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

Burton Albion FC are 7th (12 pts). Wigan Athletic FC are 24th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Burton Albion FC
0-15
1/–
16-30
5/1
31-45
–/3
46-60
1/–
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Wigan Athletic FC
0-15
–/3
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/1
46-60
1/2
61-75
3/1
76+
–/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Burton Albion FC
Jack Armer 2 G 1 A
Finn Delap 2 G
Matthew Dennis 1 G
Kgaogelo Chauke 1 G
Wigan Athletic FC
Jensen Weir 2 G
Sonny Perkins 1 G
Akeel Higgins 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Burton Albion FC have kicked off against Wigan Athletic FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Wigan Athletic FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 10' Wigan Athletic FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 15' Burton Albion FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Wigan Athletic FC backline.
  • 20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Burton Albion FC and Wigan Athletic FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 25' Wigan Athletic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
  • 30' It’s high time Gary Bowyer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' Burton Albion FC is showing some good football. However, Burton Albion FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jon Mellish, as he is very good at scoring at Pirelli Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 46' Jon Bodvarsson makes way for Mason Bennett at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Burton Albion FC.
  • 51' Ronan Darcy, a England , has 8 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 56' Wigan Athletic FC come into this ranked 16 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 57' What a strike from Rumarn Burrell! The score is 1-0.
  • 60' Burton Albion FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 60.
  • 65' It is a substitution in Wigan Athletic FC team. Jensen Weir is replaced by Harry McHugh on 65 minute.
  • 66' Wigan Athletic FC ring the changes. Jon Mellish has done his job and it is now time for Ronan Darcy to step up.
  • 69' Jason Sraha is replacing Ryan Sweeney for the Burton Albion FC side.
  • 74' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 79' The energy levels are beginning to show. Gary Bowyer might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 84' Dale Taylor is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Burton Albion FC so far.
  • 85' Time for substitution for Burton Albion FC. Charlie Webster is replaced by Anthony Forde.
  • 90' Fabio Tavares gets the nod from Burton Albion FC. He replaces Rumarn Burrell and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Burton Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Bowyer

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ryan Lowe

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kyle Joseph 3
Joe Powell 3
Rumarn Burrell 2
Will Keane 2
John Brayford 2
James McClean 1
Curtis Tilt 1
Charlie Hughes 1

Head to Head

2025-04-29 Burton Albion FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2025-01-21 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Burton Albion FC 2024-03-29 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Burton Albion FC 2023-10-03 Burton Albion FC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2022-04-12 Burton Albion FC 0–0 Wigan Athletic FC

Burton Albion FC Form

2025-04-29 Burton Albion FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D 2025-04-26 Burton Albion FC 2–1 Cambridge United FC W 2025-04-21 Burton Albion FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC L 2025-04-18 Exeter City FC 0–0 Burton Albion FC D 2025-04-12 Burton Albion FC 3–0 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2025-04-05 Wrexham AFC 3–0 Burton Albion FC L

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2025-04-29 Burton Albion FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D 2025-04-26 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Blackpool FC D 2025-04-21 Wigan Athletic FC 1–0 Rotherham United FC W 2025-04-18 Shrewsbury Town FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC W 2025-04-12 Wigan Athletic FC 0–0 Wrexham AFC D 2025-04-08 Exeter City FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.72 Burton Albion FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.85 Wigan Athletic FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Burton Albion FC54% Draw26% Wigan Athletic FC20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes48% 0% No52%
Avg goals/match: 2.57
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

Burton Albion FC or Draw
80%
Draw or Wigan Athletic FC
46%
Burton Albion FC or Wigan Athletic FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Burton Albion FC39% Draw46% Wigan Athletic FC15%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
12.4%
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
11.1%
0 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
9.3%
3 – 0
6.2%
0 – 1
5.5%
3 – 1
5.4%
1 – 2
4.5%
2 – 2
4%
4 – 0
2.7%
0 – 2
2.7%

Asian Handicap — Burton Albion FC

Handicap Burton Albion FC covers Push Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 24% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 83% — 17%
+1 83% 11% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Burton Albion FC keeps clean sheet
43% ✓
Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.