Wigan Athletic FC vs Coventry City FC, Championship 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Wigan Athletic FC vs Coventry City FC — Championship at DW Stadium.
- Wigan Athletic FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Coventry City FC 46 games · 95 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Coventry City FC 46 95 2 Ipswich Town FC 46 84 3 Millwall FC 46 83 4 Southampton FC 46 80 5 Middlesbrough FC 46 80 6 Hull City AFC 46 73 7 Wrexham AFC 46 71 8 Derby County FC 46 69 9 Norwich City FC 46 65 10 Birmingham City FC 46 64 11 Swansea City AFC 46 64 12 Bristol City FC 46 62 13 Sheffield United FC 46 60 14 Preston North End FC 46 60 15 Queens Park Rangers FC 46 58 16 Watford FC 46 57 17 Stoke City FC 46 55 18 Portsmouth FC 46 55 19 Charlton Athletic FC 46 53 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 46 52 21 West Bromwich Albion FC 46 51 22 Oxford United FC 46 47 23 Leicester City FC 46 46 24 Sheffield Wednesday FC 46 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Mar Coventry City FC H 1–1 D 11 Mar Burnley FC A 0–3 L 07 Mar West Bromwich Albion FC A 0–1 L 04 Mar Birmingham City FC H 1–1 D 25 Feb Preston North End FC A 1–2 L 18 Feb Norwich City FC H 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Mar Wigan Athletic FC A 1–1 D 11 Mar Hull City AFC H 1–1 D 04 Mar Huddersfield Town AFC A 4–0 W 28 Feb Preston North End FC A 0–0 D 25 Feb Sunderland AFC H 2–1 W 18 Feb Rotherham United FC A 2–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history37% Clean Sheets
Coventry City FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Coventry City FC0-152/–16-302/131-451/146-602/161-751/176+7/1■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at DW Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Coventry City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 10' 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.
- 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 20' It looks surprising Coventry City FC does not make any changes. Josh Eccles has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ashley Fletcher made 371 appearances and scored 32 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 40' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 45' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 46' Another substitution for Coventry City FC to replace Jack Burroughs by Brooke Norton-Cuffy on 46 minute.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Wigan Athletic FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 52' Viktor Gyokeres puts Coventry City FC on the lead.
- 55' Tendayi Darikwa is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
- 60' Wigan Athletic FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 61' Wigan Athletic FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Josh Magennis is hanging Ashley Fletcher on the field on 61 minute.
- 66' The travelling Coventry City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 71' Wigan Athletic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 71.
- 72' The Wigan Athletic FC manager makes a substitution. Danel Sinani departs to be replaced by Callum Lang.
- 77' 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.
- 80' Another substitution for Wigan Athletic FC to replace Steven Caulker by Charlie Wyke on 80 minute.
- 83' What a strike from Kyle McFadzean! The score is 1-1.
- 87' Coventry City FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Wigan Athletic FC Lineups
Starting XI
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27
Tendayi Darikwa ↓ Tom Pearce 61'
- 12
- 8
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23
Ashley Fletcher ↓ Josh Magennis 61'
- 10
- 2
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29
Steven Caulker ↓ Charlie Wyke 80'
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25
Danel Sinani ↓ Callum Lang 72'
- 32
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22
Christ Tiehi ↓ Thelo Aasgaard 61'
Bench
- 4
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9
Charlie Wyke ↑ 80'
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28
Josh Magennis ↑ 61'
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3
Tom Pearce ↑ 61'
- 1
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19
Callum Lang ↑ 72'
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30
Thelo Aasgaard ↑ 61'
Coach Shaun MaloneyCoventry City FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 5
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18
Sean Maguire ↓ Ben Sheaf 46'
- 27
- 13
- 24
- 28
- 38
- 32
- 16
- 3
Bench
- 19
- 1
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12
Ben Sheaf ↑ 46'
- 2
- 36
- 11
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7
Brooke Norton-Cuffy ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Viktor Gyokeres 2 Gustavo Hamer 1 Kyle McFadzean 1 Head to Head
Wigan Athletic FC Form
2023-03-14 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-03-11 Burnley FC 3–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2023-03-07 West Bromwich Albion FC 1–0 Wigan Athletic FC L 2023-03-04 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Birmingham City FC D 2023-02-25 Preston North End FC 2–1 Wigan Athletic FC L 2023-02-18 Wigan Athletic FC 0–0 Norwich City FC DCoventry City FC Form
2023-03-14 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Coventry City FC D 2023-03-11 Coventry City FC 1–1 Hull City AFC D 2023-03-04 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–4 Coventry City FC W 2023-02-28 Preston North End FC 0–0 Coventry City FC D 2023-02-25 Coventry City FC 2–1 Sunderland AFC W 2023-02-18 Rotherham United FC 0–2 Coventry City FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 40.93 Wigan Athletic FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.23 Coventry City FC xGI would bet for: Coventry City FC or Draw 71% + Under 2.5 goals 64%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 2.16Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 86% 14% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 36% 64% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Wigan Athletic FC or Draw 60%Draw or Coventry City FC 71%Wigan Athletic FC or Coventry City FC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 Actual0 – 0 13.9%0 – 1 13%1 – 0 9.5%0 – 2 8.4%1 – 2 7.9%2 – 1 5.9%2 – 0 4.8%2 – 2 3.8%0 – 3 3.4%1 – 3 3.3%3 – 1 1.9%Asian Handicap — Wigan Athletic FC
Handicap Wigan Athletic FC covers Push Coventry City FC covers -2.5 3% — 97% -2 3% 7% 91% -1.5 9% — 91% -1 9% 17% 74% -0.5 26% — 74% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 23% 19% +1.5 81% — 19% +2 81% 12% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Coventry City FC keeps clean sheet 40% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.