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Sunday 4 January 2026 · 15:00 · HT 1-0 · Referee Will Finnie

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Cardiff City's last 10 home games and Wigan Athletic's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 15 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 13 of 20, with 11.3 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Cardiff City's 23 League One games and Wigan Athletic's 23 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Cardiff City v Wigan Athletic, full match

82%

Possession

18%

1.19

Expected goals (xG)

0.13

18

Shots

3

8

Shots on target

1

18

Corners

1

7

Fouls

4

0

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

2

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

24'

Goal

Calum Chambers CAR

At a glance

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

D

W

L

W

Wigan Athletic

16th in the table

D

W

L

D

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Cardiff City's home games and Wigan Athletic's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Cardiff City's last 10 home games and Wigan Athletic's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

75%

15/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

90%

18/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

65%

13/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

40%

8/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

70%

14/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

60%

12/20 games · League 56%

Cardiff City clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Wigan Athletic clean sheet

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

10%

1/10 games · League 27%

Wigan Athletic fail to score

0%

0/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.4

League 2.6

Corners

11.3

League 10.0

Cards

3.9

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

3

12

38

48

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

8

Omari Kellyman

18

Alex Robertson

FORWARDS

16

Chris Willock

22

Yousef Salech

45

Cian Ashford

SUBSTITUTES

2

44

14

27

11

39

47

Wigan Athletic

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Tickle

DEFENDERS

3

4

6

21

23

MIDFIELDERS

27

Tobias Brenan

35

Tyrese Francois

FORWARDS

7

Fraser Murray

8

Callum Wright

11

Dara Costelloe

SUBSTITUTES

30

5

20

9

37

43

44

Referee: Will Finnie

12 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.8

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.8

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

22.8

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.08

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Will Finnie's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

CAR

WIG

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.3

2.5

Over 0.5

96%

22/23

96%

22/23

96%

44/46

94%

Over 1.5

70%

16/23

78%

18/23

74%

34/46

72%

Over 2.5

57%

13/23

30%

7/23

43%

20/46

48%

Over 3.5

30%

7/23

17%

4/23

24%

11/46

24%

Over 4.5

13%

3/23

4%

1/23

9%

4/46

11%

Bet

CAR

WIG

Match

League

Yes

52%

12/23

52%

12/23

52%

24/46

50%

Yes and win

30%

7/23

9%

2/23

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

43%

10/23

26%

6/23

35%

16/46

37%

Yes and draw

9%

2/23

35%

8/23

22%

10/46

18%

Yes and loss

13%

3/23

9%

2/23

16%

Yes in both halves

9%

2/23

0%

0/23

4%

2/46

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Bet

CAR

WIG

Match

League

Corners per match

9.7

11.1

10.4

9.8

Over 7.5

74%

17/23

78%

18/23

76%

35/46

75%

Over 8.5

70%

16/23

74%

17/23

72%

33/46

62%

Over 9.5

57%

13/23

65%

15/23

61%

28/46

48%

Over 10.5

35%

8/23

57%

13/23

46%

21/46

38%

Over 11.5

26%

6/23

52%

12/23

39%

18/46

31%

Over 12.5

17%

4/23

30%

7/23

24%

11/46

21%

Referee Will Finnie: 3.8 cards and 22.8 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

CAR

WIG

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

3.3

3.5

3.9

Over 2.5

87%

20/23

65%

15/23

76%

35/46

77%

Over 3.5

61%

14/23

35%

8/23

48%

22/46

57%

Over 4.5

17%

4/23

17%

4/23

17%

8/46

33%

Over 5.5

9%

2/23

17%

4/23

13%

6/46

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Yousef Salech

20 starts · 0.5 per 90

10%

2/20

40%

8/20

5%

1/20

0%

0/20

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.