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 46 games · 56 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	Stockport County FC	46	77
4	Bradford City AFC	46	77
5	Bolton Wanderers FC	46	75
6	Stevenage FC	46	75
7	Luton Town FC	46	74
8	Plymouth Argyle FC	46	73
9	Huddersfield Town AFC	46	67
10	Mansfield Town FC	46	65
11	Wycombe Wanderers FC	46	63
12	Reading FC	46	63
13	Blackpool FC	46	60
14	Doncaster Rovers FC	46	60
15	Barnsley FC	46	59
16	Wigan Athletic FC	46	56
17	Burton Albion FC	46	54
18	Peterborough United FC	46	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	53
20	Leyton Orient FC	46	52
21	Exeter City FC	46	49
22	Port Vale FC	46	42
23	Rotherham United FC	46	41
24	Northampton Town FC	46	35

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	#16
91	Points	56
46	Played	46
27 / 10 / 9	W / D / L	14 / 14 / 18
90	Scored	49
50	Conceded	58
+40	GD	-9
1.98	PPG	1.22
59%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Cardiff City FC are 2nd (91 pts). Wigan Athletic FC are 16th (56 pts).

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
Sheyi Ojo	1
Michael Jacobs	1
Will Keane	1
Josh Windass	1
Callum O'Dowda	1
Joe Ralls	1
Omar Bogle	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

1.88 Cardiff City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.85 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Cardiff City FC to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Cardiff City FC61% Draw23% Wigan Athletic FC16%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes49% 0% No51%

Avg goals/match: 2.73

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	50%	50%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Cardiff City FC or Draw

84%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

39%

Cardiff City FC or Wigan Athletic FC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Cardiff City FC42% Draw44% Wigan Athletic FC14%

Actual: Cardiff City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

11.3%

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

9.4%

0 – 0

8.4%

3 – 0

6.9%

3 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

4.7%

1 – 2

4.2%

2 – 2

4 – 0

3.3%

4 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Cardiff City FC

Handicap	Cardiff City FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	17%	—	83%
-2	17%	19%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	24%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Cardiff City FC keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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