Wigan Athletic FC vs Plymouth Argyle FC, League One 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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League One · 2021-22

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Sat 23 Apr 2022 · 14:00 UTC DW Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 58' Jordan Houghton

Joe Bennett 62' Y

Tom Pearce 79' Y

Will Keane 80' Y

Overview

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Wigan Athletic FC vs Plymouth Argyle FC — League One at DW Stadium.

Wigan Athletic FC 15 games · 14 pts (2026/27)
Plymouth Argyle FC 15 games · 23 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town AFC	14	29
2	Stockport County FC	15	29
3	Oxford United FC	13	26
4	Luton Town FC	14	24
5	Sheffield Wednesday FC	14	23
6	Plymouth Argyle FC	15	23
7	Reading FC	15	22
8	Bradford City AFC	13	22
9	Milton Keynes Dons FC	14	21
10	Cambridge United FC	14	21
11	Leicester City FC	13	19
12	Mansfield Town FC	13	19
13	Wycombe Wanderers FC	13	18
14	Leyton Orient FC	13	17
15	Burton Albion FC	15	17
16	Stevenage FC	12	16
17	AFC Wimbledon	14	16
18	Notts County FC	12	14
19	Wigan Athletic FC	15	14
20	Blackpool FC	13	12
21	Doncaster Rovers FC	13	12
22	Peterborough United FC	13	10
23	Barnsley FC	13	9
24	Bromley FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

Wigan Athletic FC 6 games · Avg 2.3 goals Plymouth Argyle FC

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-23 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC 2021-11-27 Plymouth Argyle FC 1–2 Wigan Athletic FC 2021-03-09 Plymouth Argyle FC 0–2 Wigan Athletic FC 2020-10-24 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC

Recent Form

Wigan Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	Plymouth Argyle FC	H	1–1	D
19 Apr	Ipswich Town FC	A	2–2	D
16 Apr	Cambridge United FC	H	1–2	L
12 Apr	Burton Albion FC	A	0–0	D
09 Apr	Lincoln City FC	A	3–1	W
05 Apr	Accrington Stanley FC	H	3–0	W

Plymouth Argyle FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Apr	Wigan Athletic FC	A	1–1	D
18 Apr	Sunderland AFC	H	0–0	D
15 Apr	Wycombe Wanderers FC	A	0–2	L
09 Apr	Burton Albion FC	A	0–0	D
02 Apr	Oxford United FC	H	1–0	W
26 Mar	Ipswich Town FC	A	0–1	L

Season Stats

Wigan Athletic FC		Plymouth Argyle FC
#19	Position	#6
14	Points	23
15	Played	15
4 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	7 / 2 / 6
13	Scored	21
23	Conceded	22
-10	GD	-1
0.93	PPG	1.53
27%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

20% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season

27% Clean Sheets
Plymouth Argyle FC this season

Wigan Athletic FC are 19th (14 pts). Plymouth Argyle FC are 6th (23 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC

0-15

–/4

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/4

46-60

2/4

61-75

6/2

76+

1/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Plymouth Argyle FC

0-15

1/2

16-30

4/5

31-45

2/3

46-60

7/4

61-75

2/2

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC

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

Plymouth Argyle FC

Aribim Pepple	5 G
Will Evans	3 G
Xavier Amaechi	3 G
Oliver Irow	3 G
Harvey White	2 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Wigan Athletic FC and Plymouth Argyle FC is underway.
5' It looks surprising Plymouth Argyle FC does not make any changes. Jason Kerr has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Plymouth Argyle FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Callum Lang made 15 appearances and scored 57 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
20' Ryan Broom, a Wales , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Wigan Athletic FC and Plymouth Argyle FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
30' Tendayi Darikwa has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 31 cards already picked up this season.
35' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Leam Richardson will be considering his options from the bench.
40' Scotland international Ryan Hardie has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
50' Plymouth Argyle FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
55' Danny Mayor is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Plymouth Argyle FC tonight.
56' The Plymouth Argyle FC bench stirs into life. Ryan Hardie is withdrawn and Jordan Garrick gets his opportunity.
58' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jordan Houghton.
62' Joe Bennett has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 62.
63' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Luke Jephcott makes no mistake. 0-1!
68' A quiet spell here at DW Stadium. Plymouth Argyle FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
73' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Plymouth Argyle FC that had 346 games and scored 426 goals.
74' Brilliant from the ! Jack Whatmough makes it 1-1 with a superb finish on 74.
79' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Tom Pearce.
80' The referee has no hesitation. Will Keane is booked for Wigan Athletic FC — Yellow card on 80.
82' It is a substitution in Plymouth Argyle FC team. Luke Jephcott is replaced by Niall Ennis on 82 minute.
87' Wigan Athletic FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
90' Wigan Athletic FC ring the changes. Tom Pearce has done his job and it is now time for Gavin Massey to step up.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Leam Richardson

Plymouth Argyle FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Schumacher

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Will Keane	2
Ryan Hardie	1
Viv Solomon-Otabor	1
Curtis Tilt	1
Callum Lang	1
Danny Mayor	1
Jack Whatmough	1
Luke Jephcott	1

Head to Head

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2022-04-23 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC D 2022-04-19 Ipswich Town FC 2–2 Wigan Athletic FC D 2022-04-16 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Cambridge United FC L 2022-04-12 Burton Albion FC 0–0 Wigan Athletic FC D 2022-04-09 Lincoln City FC 1–3 Wigan Athletic FC W 2022-04-05 Wigan Athletic FC 3–0 Accrington Stanley FC W

Plymouth Argyle FC Form

2022-04-23 Wigan Athletic FC 1–1 Plymouth Argyle FC D 2022-04-18 Plymouth Argyle FC 0–0 Sunderland AFC D 2022-04-15 Wycombe Wanderers FC 2–0 Plymouth Argyle FC L 2022-04-09 Burton Albion FC 0–0 Plymouth Argyle FC D 2022-04-02 Plymouth Argyle FC 1–0 Oxford United FC W 2022-03-26 Ipswich Town FC 1–0 Plymouth Argyle FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.21 Wigan Athletic FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.12 Plymouth Argyle FC xG

I would bet for: Wigan Athletic FC or Plymouth Argyle FC 71% + Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Wigan Athletic FC42% Draw29% Plymouth Argyle FC29%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.33

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Wigan Athletic FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Plymouth Argyle FC

58%

Wigan Athletic FC or Plymouth Argyle FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Wigan Athletic FC26% Draw51% Plymouth Argyle FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

12%

1 – 0

10.6%

0 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 0

6.9%

0 – 2

5.8%

2 – 2

4.4%

3 – 1

3.2%

3 – 0

2.8%

1 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Wigan Athletic FC

Handicap	Wigan Athletic FC covers	Push	Plymouth Argyle FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	11%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	20%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	19%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Plymouth Argyle FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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