Sunday , 15 November 2026

Wigan Athletic FC vs Reading FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2024-25
Wigan Athletic FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Reading FC
Sat 1 Mar 2025 · 15:00 UTC The Brick Community Stadium 9,402 HT 45' · FT 45'
Jason Kerr 59' 1–0
1–1 71' Jayden Wareham
1–2 85' Tyler Bindon
Y 75' Andy Yiadom

Overview

Match Preview

Wigan Athletic FC vs Reading FC — League One at The Brick Community Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Oliver Yates
  • Assistant 1 Mark Cunliffe
  • Assistant 2 David Holmes (England)
6 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 12.3 goals/game

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

3
2
8
Wigan Athletic FC 13 games · Avg 2.3 goals Reading FC
Last 5 meetings
2025-03-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Reading FC 2024-08-17 Reading FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2024-01-20 Wigan Athletic FC 1–0 Reading FC 2023-12-23 Reading FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2023-04-29 Reading FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC

Recent Form

Wigan Athletic FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Reading FC H 1–2 L
25 Feb Huddersfield Town AFC H 2–1 W
22 Feb Wycombe Wanderers FC A 0–0 D
18 Feb Crawley Town FC A 1–1 D
15 Feb Stockport County FC H 0–2 L
08 Feb Fulham FC H 1–2 L
Reading FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Wigan Athletic FC A 2–1 W
22 Feb Birmingham City FC H 0–0 D
15 Feb Rotherham United FC H 2–1 W
11 Feb Shrewsbury Town FC H 1–1 D
08 Feb Huddersfield Town AFC A 0–0 D
01 Feb Bolton Wanderers FC H 1–0 W

Season Stats

Wigan Athletic FC Reading FC
#19 Position #7
14 Points 22
15 Played 15
4 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5
13 Scored 26
23 Conceded 18
-10 GD +8
0.93 PPG 1.47
27% Win % 40%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)
46% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Wigan Athletic FC this season
33% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this season

Wigan Athletic FC are 19th (14 pts). Reading FC are 7th (22 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
Reading FC
0-15
3/4
16-30
–/–
31-45
7/1
46-60
7/4
61-75
4/4
76+
5/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Wigan Athletic FC
Jensen Weir 2 G
Sonny Perkins 1 G
Akeel Higgins 1 G
Reading FC
Jack Marriott 8 G
Jacob Brown 4 G 1 A
Kyrell Lisbie 3 G 1 A
George Earthy 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Wigan Athletic FC gets underway.
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Billy Bodin is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Wigan Athletic FC.
  • 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Reading FC that had 394 games and scored 463 goals.
  • 20' The travelling Reading FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 25' Reading FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 30' Louie Holzman has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 394 appearances.
  • 35' England international Harvey Knibbs has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
  • 40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Wigan Athletic FC and Reading FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 45' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Wigan Athletic FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 50' Over 50 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Harry McHugh, as he is very good at scoring at The Brick Community Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 59' Jason Kerr adds to his 2 season tally! Wigan Athletic FC lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 64' It looks surprising Wigan Athletic FC does not make any changes. Will Aimson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 65' Another change for Wigan Athletic FC made on 65 minute. Ronan Darcy leaves to be changed by Dion Rankine.
  • 68' Adrian Akande has so much to prove this time. He replaces Billy Bodin on 68 minute.
  • 71' Jayden Wareham adds to his 6 season tally! Reading FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 74' The supporters are chanting for Scott Smith. He replaces Oliver Norburn on 74 minute.
  • 75' A meaty challenge results in booking for Andy Yiadom on 75.
  • 76' Another change for Reading FC made on 76 minute. Andre Garcia leaves to be changed by Kelvin Abrefa.
  • 80' It is a substitution in Wigan Athletic FC team. Owen Dale is replaced by Callum McManaman on 80 minute.
  • 81' Wigan Athletic FC ring the changes. Toby Sibbick has done his job and it is now time for Harry McHugh to step up.
  • 85' Tyler Bindon does the damage! The net is bulging and Reading FC surge ahead!
  • 88' The Reading FC manager makes a substitution. Mamadi Camara departs to be replaced by Louie Holzman.
  • 1-2 the final result. Wigan Athletic FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Wigan Athletic FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Shaun Maloney

Reading FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Noel Hunt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
George Puscas 3
Joe Garner 2
Yakou Meite 2
Sam Smith 1
John Swift 1
Femi Azeez 1
Modou Barrow 1
Thelo Aasgaard 1

Head to Head

2025-03-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Reading FC 2024-08-17 Reading FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2024-01-20 Wigan Athletic FC 1–0 Reading FC 2023-12-23 Reading FC 2–0 Wigan Athletic FC 2023-04-29 Reading FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC

Wigan Athletic FC Form

2025-03-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Reading FC L 2025-02-25 Wigan Athletic FC 2–1 Huddersfield Town AFC W 2025-02-22 Wycombe Wanderers FC 0–0 Wigan Athletic FC D 2025-02-18 Crawley Town FC 1–1 Wigan Athletic FC D 2025-02-15 Wigan Athletic FC 0–2 Stockport County FC L 2025-02-08 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Fulham FC L

Reading FC Form

2025-03-01 Wigan Athletic FC 1–2 Reading FC W 2025-02-22 Reading FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2025-02-15 Reading FC 2–1 Rotherham United FC W 2025-02-11 Reading FC 1–1 Shrewsbury Town FC D 2025-02-08 Huddersfield Town AFC 0–0 Reading FC D 2025-02-01 Reading FC 1–0 Bolton Wanderers FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.83 Wigan Athletic FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.66 Reading FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Wigan Athletic FC21% Draw27% Reading FC52%
Actual: Reading FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Wigan Athletic FC or Draw
49%
Draw or Reading FC
79%
Wigan Athletic FC or Reading FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Wigan Athletic FC14% Draw47% Reading FC39%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
12.9%
1 – 1
12.2%
0 – 2
11.2%
0 – 0
10.3%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 3
6.1%
1 – 0
5.8%
1 – 3
5.1%
2 – 1
4.5%
2 – 2
3.8%
2 – 0
2.7%
0 – 4
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Wigan Athletic FC

Handicap Wigan Athletic FC covers Push Reading FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 4% 94%
-1.5 6% — 94%
-1 6% 12% 83%
-0.5 17% — 83%
+0.5 44% — 56%
+1 44% 25% 31%
+1.5 69% — 31%
+2 69% 17% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Wigan Athletic FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓
Reading FC keeps clean sheet
44% ✓

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