Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Wigan Athletic FC, League One 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2021-22

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Wigan Athletic FC

Tue 8 Feb 2022 · 19:45 UTC Hillsborough HT 45' · FT 45'

Barry Bannan 21' Y

Y 71' Max Power

Callum Paterson 76' Y

Overview

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Sheffield Wednesday FC vs Wigan Athletic FC — League One at Hillsborough.

Sheffield Wednesday FC 7 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
Wigan Athletic FC 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

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

Sheffield Wednesday FC 7 games · Avg 2.0 goals Wigan Athletic FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-02-08 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2021-09-28 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2020-01-28 Wigan Athletic FC 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2019-10-05 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2019-01-19 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC

Recent Form

Sheffield Wednesday FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Feb	Wigan Athletic FC	H	1–0	W
05 Feb	Burton Albion FC	A	2–0	W
01 Feb	Morecambe FC	H	2–0	W
29 Jan	Ipswich Town FC	H	1–0	W
27 Nov	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	2–2	D
23 Nov	Milton Keynes Dons FC	H	2–1	W

Wigan Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday FC	A	0–1	L
05 Feb	Stoke City FC	A	0–2	L
01 Feb	Oxford United FC	H	1–1	D
29 Jan	Cheltenham Town FC	A	0–0	D
18 Jan	Morecambe FC	A	2–1	W
27 Nov	Plymouth Argyle FC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Sheffield Wednesday FC		Wigan Athletic FC
#2	Position	#24
14	Points	4
7	Played	7
4 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 5
13	Scored	5
6	Conceded	12
+7	GD	-7
2.00	PPG	0.57
57%	Win %	14%

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Sheffield Wednesday FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

Sheffield Wednesday FC are 2nd (14 pts). Wigan Athletic FC are 24th (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sheffield Wednesday FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

1/1

31-45

4/–

46-60

2/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/1

■ 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)

Sheffield Wednesday FC

Jamal Lowe	4 G	1 A
Louie Barry	3 G	1 A
Callum Slattery	2 G	1 A

Wigan Athletic FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Hillsborough. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sheffield Wednesday FC and Wigan Athletic FC.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sheffield Wednesday FC and Wigan Athletic FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
15' Wigan Athletic FC is showing some good football. However, Wigan Athletic FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sheffield Wednesday FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
21' It’s a booking for Sheffield Wednesday FC player. Barry Bannan gets a Yellow card.
26' Liam Palmer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
31' Wigan Athletic FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
36' Marvin Johnson has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
41' It’s high time Leam Richardson made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
46' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sheffield Wednesday FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
51' Callum Paterson has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 9 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
53' Barry Bannan adds to his 0 season tally! Sheffield Wednesday FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
58' Sheffield Wednesday FC have won 470 goals from 386 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
63' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sheffield Wednesday FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
68' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
69' The Wigan Athletic FC manager makes a substitution. Graeme Shinnie departs to be replaced by Jason Kerr.
71' That is a Yellow card for Wigan Athletic FC. Max Power will be fuming at that decision.
76' The crowd applauds Florian Kamberi as he leaves the pitch. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing steps in for Sheffield Wednesday FC.
76' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Callum Paterson.
77' Gavin Massey gets the nod from Wigan Athletic FC. He replaces Tendayi Darikwa and will look to change the dynamic.
82' Wigan Athletic FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
87' The energy levels are beginning to show. Darren Moore might look to freshen things up shortly.
90' The whistle greets Barry Bannan as he departs to be replaced by Ciaran Brennan.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sheffield Wednesday FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday FC Lineups

Starting XI

32
Jack Hunt
14
George Byers
13
Callum Paterson
38
Jordan Storey
10
Barry Bannan ↓ Ciaran Brennan 90'
5
Sam Hutchinson
2
Liam Palmer
21
Massimo Luongo
18
Marvin Johnson
1
Bailey Peacock-Farrell
20
Florian Kamberi ↓ Nathaniel Mendez-Laing 76'

Bench

Coach Darren Moore

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

1
Jamie Jones
11
Gavin Massey ↑ 77'
39
Stephen Humphrys ↑ 69'
20
Tom Bayliss
26
Glen Rea
15
Jason Kerr ↑ 69'
2
Kelland Watts

Coach Leam Richardson

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Michael Jacobs	2
Michael Jacobs	2
Charlie Wyke	1
Atdhe Nuhiu	1
Max Power	1
Fernando Forestieri	1
Callum Paterson	1
Atdhe Nuhiu	1

Head to Head

Sheffield Wednesday FC Form

2022-02-08 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC W 2022-02-05 Burton Albion FC 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday FC W 2022-02-01 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–0 Morecambe FC W 2022-01-29 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Ipswich Town FC W 2021-11-27 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers FC D 2021-11-23 Sheffield Wednesday FC 2–1 Milton Keynes Dons FC W

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2022-02-08 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2022-02-05 Stoke City FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2022-02-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Oxford United FC D 2022-01-29 Cheltenham Town FC 0–0 Wigan Athletic FC D 2022-01-18 Morecambe FC 1–2 Wigan Athletic FC W 2021-11-27 Plymouth Argyle FC 1–2 Wigan Athletic FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.92 Sheffield Wednesday FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.49 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Sheffield Wednesday FC to win 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sheffield Wednesday FC68% Draw21% Wigan Athletic FC11%

Actual: Sheffield Wednesday FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes34% 0% No66%

Avg goals/match: 2.41

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	23%	77%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Draw

89%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

32%

Sheffield Wednesday FC or Wigan Athletic FC

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sheffield Wednesday FC48% Draw45% Wigan Athletic FC7%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 0

16.1%

0 – 0

10.8%

3 – 0

10.1%

1 – 1

8.9%

2 – 1

7.9%

3 – 1

5.2%

4 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

3.6%

4 – 1

2.6%

2 – 2

5 – 0

1.9%

Asian Handicap — Sheffield Wednesday FC

Handicap	Sheffield Wednesday FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	22%	55%
-1.5	45%	—	55%
-1	45%	26%	29%
-0.5	71%	—	29%
+0.5	93%	—	7%
+1	93%	6%	2%
+1.5	98%	—	2%
+2	98%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

Sheffield Wednesday FC keeps clean sheet

61% ✓

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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