Shrewsbury Town FC vs Wigan Athletic FC, League One 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2023-24

Shrewsbury Town FC

0 – 1

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Wigan Athletic FC

Sat 17 Feb 2024 · 15:00 UTC Montgomery Waters Meadow 7,206 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 57' Matthew Smith

Y 49' Babajide Adeeko

Cheyenne Dunkley 50' Y

Y 51' Jason Kerr

Marko Marosi 58' Y

Aaron Pierre 62' Y

Y 63' Sean Clare

Elliott Bennett 77' Y

Overview

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Shrewsbury Town FC vs Wigan Athletic FC — League One at Montgomery Waters Meadow.

Shrewsbury Town FC 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Wigan Athletic FC 7 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Lee Swabey
Assistant 1 Simon Shaw
Assistant 2 Steven Plane

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

Shrewsbury Town FC 7 games · Avg 2.3 goals Wigan Athletic FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-02-17 Shrewsbury Town FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC 2023-10-28 Wigan Athletic FC 2–0 Shrewsbury Town FC 2022-04-30 Shrewsbury Town FC 0–3 Wigan Athletic FC 2021-04-20 Shrewsbury Town FC 1–2 Wigan Athletic FC 2020-12-26 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town FC

Recent Form

Shrewsbury Town FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Feb	Wigan Athletic FC	H	0–1	L
13 Feb	Barnsley FC	H	1–1	D
10 Feb	Derby County FC	A	1–1	D
03 Feb	Cambridge United FC	H	1–2	L
27 Jan	Northampton Town FC	A	2–0	W
20 Jan	Peterborough United FC	A	1–2	L

Wigan Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Feb	Shrewsbury Town FC	A	1–0	W
13 Feb	Oxford United FC	A	2–4	L
10 Feb	Exeter City FC	H	1–2	L
03 Feb	Peterborough United FC	A	3–2	W
27 Jan	Stevenage FC	H	2–3	L
23 Jan	Wycombe Wanderers FC	H	1–0	W

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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)

Wigan Athletic FC

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

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Montgomery Waters Meadow. Shrewsbury Town FC are looking to make home advantage count against Wigan Athletic FC.
5' Jack Hinchy has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 4 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' Wigan Athletic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' The travelling Wigan Athletic FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' 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.
25' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
30' Luke Chambers has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Paul Hurst will be considering his options from the bench.
40' Jason Kerr is a natural defender and has been asked to do a very specific job for Shrewsbury Town FC tonight.
45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
49' Babajide Adeeko catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 49.
50' Shrewsbury Town FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 50.
51' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Jason Kerr.
56' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Wigan Athletic FC that had 384 games and scored 410 goals.
57' Matthew Smith adds to his 0 season tally! Wigan Athletic FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
58' Shrewsbury Town FC player sees a card in front of him.
62' Aaron Pierre picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
63' Sean Clare catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 63.
68' Another change for Shrewsbury Town FC made on 68 minute. Tom Bayliss leaves to be changed by Elliott Bennett.
70' Another substitution for Wigan Athletic FC to replace Josh Magennis by Stephen Humphrys on 70 minute.
74' The Wigan Athletic FC manager makes a substitution. Martial Godo departs to be replaced by Jonny Smith.
77' A meaty challenge results in booking for Elliott Bennett on 77.
82' Josh Magennis has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 2 cards already picked up this season.
83' Another substitution for Wigan Athletic FC to replace Jordan Jones by Liam Morrison on 83 minute.
88' The home supporters are growing impatient. Shrewsbury Town FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
89' Tom Bloxham makes way for Aiden O'Brien at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Shrewsbury Town FC.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.

Lineups

Shrewsbury Town FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paul Hurst

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

12
Ben Amos
20
Callum McManaman
11
Stephen Humphrys ↑ 70'
23
Charlie Kelman
21
Scott Smith ↑ 74'
18
Jonny Smith ↑ 74'
4
Liam Morrison ↑ 83'

Coach Shaun Maloney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Will Keane	4
Dale Taylor	2
Callum Lang	2
Max Power	1
Josh Vela	1
Stephen Humphrys	1
Matthew Smith	1
Thelo Aasgaard	1

Head to Head

Shrewsbury Town FC Form

2024-02-17 Shrewsbury Town FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC L 2024-02-13 Shrewsbury Town FC 1–1 Barnsley FC D 2024-02-10 Derby County FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town FC D 2024-02-03 Shrewsbury Town FC 1–2 Cambridge United FC L 2024-01-27 Northampton Town FC 0–2 Shrewsbury Town FC W 2024-01-20 Peterborough United FC 2–1 Shrewsbury Town FC L

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2024-02-17 Shrewsbury Town FC 0–1 Wigan Athletic FC W 2024-02-13 Oxford United FC 4–2 Wigan Athletic FC L 2024-02-10 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Exeter City FC L 2024-02-03 Peterborough United FC 2–3 Wigan Athletic FC W 2024-01-27 Wigan Athletic FC 2–3 Stevenage FC L 2024-01-23 Wigan Athletic FC 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.13 Shrewsbury Town FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Wigan Athletic FC xG

I would bet for: Shrewsbury Town FC or Wigan Athletic FC 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Shrewsbury Town FC29% Draw29% Wigan Athletic FC42%

Actual: Wigan Athletic FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.52

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Shrewsbury Town FC or Draw

58%

Draw or Wigan Athletic FC

71%

Shrewsbury Town FC or Wigan Athletic FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Shrewsbury Town FC22% Draw49% Wigan Athletic FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

0 – 0

10.2%

0 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.4%

1 – 0

0 – 2

7.6%

2 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

2 – 2

4.8%

1 – 3

3.9%

0 – 3

3.4%

3 – 1

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Shrewsbury Town FC

Handicap	Shrewsbury Town FC covers	Push	Wigan Athletic FC covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	17%	71%
-0.5	29%	—	71%
+0.5	59%	—	41%
+1	59%	21%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	12%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Shrewsbury Town FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

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