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 1 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Will Finnie

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Lincoln City FC	46	103
2	Cardiff City FC	46	91
3	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
4	Exeter City FC	46	49
5	Port Vale FC	46	42
6	Rotherham United FC	46	41
7	Northampton Town FC	46	35
8	Huddersfield Town AFC	1	3
9	Stockport County FC	1	3
10	Bradford City AFC	1	3
11	Luton Town FC	1	3
12	Cambridge United FC	1	3
13	Mansfield Town FC	1	3
14	Sheffield Wednesday FC	1	3
15	Bromley FC	1	3
16	Oxford United FC	1	1
17	Milton Keynes Dons FC	1	1
18	Stevenage FC	1	1
19	Wycombe Wanderers FC	1	1
20	Blackpool FC	1	1
21	Burton Albion FC	1	1
22	Leicester City FC	1	1
23	Notts County FC	1	1
24	Reading FC	1	0
25	Wigan Athletic FC	1	0
26	Doncaster Rovers FC	1	0
27	Leyton Orient FC	1	0
28	Barnsley FC	1	0
29	Plymouth Argyle FC	1	0
30	Peterborough United FC	1	0
31	AFC Wimbledon	1	0

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

Season Stats

Cardiff City FC		Wigan Athletic FC
#2	Position	#25
91	Points	0
46	Played	1
27 / 10 / 9	W / D / L	0 / 0 / 1
90	Scored	2
50	Conceded	3
+40	GD	-1
1.98	PPG	0.00
59%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts). Wigan Athletic FC are 25th (0 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC

0-15

–/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

2/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Cardiff City FC have kicked off against Wigan Athletic FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
The final score is 1-0.

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

2 / 4

3.37 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Cardiff City FC to win 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC72% Draw15% Wigan Athletic FC13%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 4.59

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	46%	54%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

88%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

28%

Cardiff City FC or Wigan Athletic FC

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC59% Draw30% Wigan Athletic FC11%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–0 not predicted

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

7.8%

2 – 1

7.1%

3 – 0

6.6%

4 – 1

6.5%

2 – 0

6.1%

4 – 0

5.4%

1 – 1

4.9%

3 – 2

4.7%

5 – 1

4.4%

2 – 2

4.3%

4 – 2

5 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	40%	—	60%
-2	40%	19%	41%
-1.5	59%	—	41%
-1	59%	17%	24%
-0.5	76%	—	24%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	6%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✗

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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