Cardiff City FC vs Wigan Athletic FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Cardiff City FC

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Wigan Athletic FC

Sun 4 Jan 2026 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Cardiff City FC vs Wigan Athletic FC — League One .

Cardiff City FC 46 games · 91 pts (2026/27)
Wigan Athletic FC 15 games · 14 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Will Finnie

5 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 12.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town AFC	14	29
2	Stockport County FC	15	29
3	Oxford United FC	13	26
4	Luton Town FC	14	24
5	Sheffield Wednesday FC	14	23
6	Plymouth Argyle FC	15	23
7	Reading FC	15	22
8	Bradford City AFC	13	22
9	Milton Keynes Dons FC	14	21
10	Cambridge United FC	14	21
11	Leicester City FC	13	19
12	Mansfield Town FC	13	19
13	Wycombe Wanderers FC	13	18
14	Leyton Orient FC	13	17
15	Burton Albion FC	15	17
16	Stevenage FC	12	16
17	AFC Wimbledon	14	16
18	Notts County FC	12	14
19	Wigan Athletic FC	15	14
20	Blackpool FC	13	12
21	Doncaster Rovers FC	13	12
22	Peterborough United FC	13	10
23	Barnsley FC	13	9
24	Bromley FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

Cardiff City FC 6 games · Avg 3.0 goals Wigan Athletic FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-01-04 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2025-09-27 Wigan Athletic FC 0–2 Cardiff City FC 2023-01-14 Cardiff City FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2022-10-08 Wigan Athletic FC 1–3 Cardiff City FC 2020-02-15 Cardiff City FC 2–2 Wigan Athletic FC

Recent Form

Cardiff City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Wigan Athletic FC	H	1–0	W
01 Jan	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	1–1	D
29 Dec	Stevenage FC	H	2–1	W
26 Dec	Exeter City FC	H	1–0	W
20 Dec	Lincoln City FC	A	1–2	L
13 Dec	Doncaster Rovers FC	H	4–3	W

Wigan Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Cardiff City FC	A	0–1	L
01 Jan	Barnsley FC	H	1–1	D
29 Dec	Burton Albion FC	A	2–0	W
26 Dec	Bradford City AFC	A	1–2	L
20 Dec	Blackpool FC	H	0–2	L
13 Dec	Huddersfield Town AFC	A	1–1	D

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC

0-15

–/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/4

46-60

2/4

61-75

6/2

76+

1/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC

Jensen Weir	2 G
Sonny Perkins	1 G
Akeel Higgins	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Cardiff City FC and Wigan Athletic FC.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Wigan Athletic FC.

Lineups

Cardiff City FC Lineups

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kieffer Moore	2
Josh Murphy	1
Charlie Wyke	1
Callum Robinson	1
Ryan Wintle	1
Lee Evans	1
Sheyi Ojo	1
Michael Jacobs	1

Head to Head

Cardiff City FC Form

2026-01-04 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC W 2026-01-01 Wycombe Wanderers FC 1–1 Cardiff City FC D 2025-12-29 Cardiff City FC 2–1 Stevenage FC W 2025-12-26 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Exeter City FC W 2025-12-20 Lincoln City FC 2–1 Cardiff City FC L 2025-12-13 Cardiff City FC 4–3 Doncaster Rovers FC W

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2026-01-04 Cardiff City FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2026-01-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Barnsley FC D 2025-12-29 Burton Albion FC 0–2 Wigan Athletic FC W 2025-12-26 Bradford City AFC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC L 2025-12-20 Wigan Athletic FC 0–2 Blackpool FC L 2025-12-13 Huddersfield Town AFC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.44 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.95 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC52% Draw27% Wigan Athletic FC21%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.39

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	69%	31%
± 2.5	43%	57%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

79%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

48%

Cardiff City FC or Wigan Athletic FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC33% Draw49% Wigan Athletic FC18%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.4%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

11.2%

2 – 0

9.2%

2 – 1

8.7%

0 – 1

7.5%

1 – 2

5.7%

3 – 0

4.3%

3 – 1

4.3%

2 – 2

4.2%

0 – 2

3 – 2

2.1%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	23%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	15%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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