Northampton Town FC vs Wigan Athletic FC, League One 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2025-26

Northampton Town FC

1 – 3

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Wigan Athletic FC

Mon 6 Apr 2026 · 14:00 UTC Sixfields Stadium 6,126 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 15' Callum Wright

0–2 45+1' Jon Guthrie og

Jake Evans 80' 1–2

1–3 88' Will Aimson

Y 14' James Carragher

Y 83' Callum Wright

Overview

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Northampton Town FC vs Wigan Athletic FC — League One at Sixfields Stadium.

Northampton Town FC 46 games · 35 pts (2026/27)
Wigan Athletic FC 46 games · 56 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Alex Chilowicz
Assistant 1 Kevin Howick
Assistant 2 Kieran Forrest (England)

3 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 4.0 goals/game

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

Northampton Town FC 8 games · Avg 3.0 goals Wigan Athletic FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-06 Northampton Town FC 1–3 Wigan Athletic FC 2025-08-02 Wigan Athletic FC 3–1 Northampton Town FC 2025-05-03 Northampton Town FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2024-11-26 Wigan Athletic FC 2–1 Northampton Town FC 2024-01-13 Northampton Town FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC

Recent Form

Northampton Town FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Wigan Athletic FC	H	1–3	L
03 Apr	Bradford City AFC	A	0–1	L
21 Mar	Mansfield Town FC	A	1–4	L
17 Mar	Stockport County FC	A	1–2	L
14 Mar	Burton Albion FC	H	0–2	L
08 Mar	AFC Wimbledon	A	0–1	L

Wigan Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Northampton Town FC	A	3–1	W
02 Apr	Leyton Orient FC	H	0–0	D
28 Mar	Reading FC	A	0–3	L
21 Mar	Exeter City FC	H	2–0	W
17 Mar	Barnsley FC	A	1–1	D
14 Mar	Bradford City AFC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

Northampton Town FC		Wigan Athletic FC
#24	Position	#16
35	Points	56
46	Played	46
9 / 8 / 29	W / D / L	14 / 14 / 18
39	Scored	49
74	Conceded	58
-35	GD	-9
0.76	PPG	1.22
20%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

88% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Northampton Town FC are 24th (35 pts). Wigan Athletic FC are 16th (56 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Wigan Athletic FC gets underway.
5' Northampton Town FC is showing some good football. However, Northampton Town FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
10' It’s high time Gary Caldwell made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
14' The referee calls foul for James Carragher. He receives a card.
15' Goal! Callum Wright scores his 16 goal in 145 matches.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Northampton Town FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Joe Taylor made 7 appearances and scored 14 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
40' Wigan Athletic FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Will Aimson scoring 1 goals.
45' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
46' Goal! Jon Guthrie scores his 20 goal in 65 matches.
46' It is a substitution in Northampton Town FC team. Sam Hoskins is replaced by Tom Eaves on 46 minute.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
56' Northampton Town FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
66' Another substitution for Northampton Town FC to replace Michael Jacobs by Kyle Edwards on 66 minute.
71' Caylan Vickers has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 47 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
72' Caylan Vickers has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dara Costelloe on 72 minute.
77' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Wigan Athletic FC winning 100% of all matches.
78' The supporters are chanting for Nesta Guinness-Walker. He replaces Kyle Edwards on 78 minute.
80' Jake Evans puts Northampton Town FC on the lead.
83' It’s a booking for Wigan Athletic FC player. Callum Wright gets a card.
85' Another substitution for Wigan Athletic FC to replace Joe Taylor by Christian Saydee on 85 minute.
88' Goal! Will Aimson scores his 12 goal in 4 matches.
90' Joseph Hungbo is replacing James Carragher for the Wigan Athletic FC side.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-3.

Lineups

Northampton Town FC Lineups

4-5-1

Starting XI

Bench

34
Ross Fitzsimons
22
Kyle Edwards ↑ 66'
9
Tom Eaves ↑ 46'
12
Nesta Guinness-Walker
14
Tyrese Fornah ↑ 46'
35
Max Dyche
21
Jack Perkins ↑ 78'

Coach Colin Calderwood

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Caldwell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sam Hoskins	3
Callum Wright	1
Jake Evans	1
Callum McManaman	1
Charlie Hughes	1
Joe Garner	1
Josh Magennis	1
Thomas James	1

Head to Head

Northampton Town FC Form

2026-04-06 Northampton Town FC 1–3 Wigan Athletic FC L 2026-04-03 Bradford City AFC 1–0 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-21 Mansfield Town FC 4–1 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-17 Stockport County FC 2–1 Northampton Town FC L 2026-03-14 Northampton Town FC 0–2 Burton Albion FC L 2026-03-08 AFC Wimbledon 1–0 Northampton Town FC L

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2026-04-06 Northampton Town FC 1–3 Wigan Athletic FC W 2026-04-02 Wigan Athletic FC 0–0 Leyton Orient FC D 2026-03-28 Reading FC 3–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2026-03-21 Wigan Athletic FC 2–0 Exeter City FC W 2026-03-17 Barnsley FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D 2026-03-14 Wigan Athletic FC 2–0 Bradford City AFC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.04 Northampton Town FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.7 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Northampton Town FC23% Draw26% Wigan Athletic FC51%

Actual: Wigan Athletic FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Northampton Town FC or Draw

50%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

77%

Northampton Town FC or Wigan Athletic FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Northampton Town FC18% Draw46% Wigan Athletic FC36%

Actual: Wigan Athletic FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

0 – 1

10.2%

1 – 2

9.3%

0 – 2

9.2%

0 – 0

8.4%

1 – 0

5.8%

2 – 1

5.7%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 3

5.1%

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 0

3.4%

2 – 3

2.8%

Asian Handicap — Northampton Town FC

Handicap	Northampton Town FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	6%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	14%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	23%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	16%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Northampton Town FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

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