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Saturday 27 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-1 · Referee Darren Drysdale

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

In Wigan Athletic's last 4 home games and Cardiff City's last 4 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 3 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 2 of 8, with 11.0 corners per match (league 10.0) and 2.9 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Wigan Athletic's 9 League One games and Cardiff City's 8 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City, full match

27%

Possession

73%

0.91

Expected goals (xG)

1.75

6

Shots

15

1

Shots on target

5

7

Corners

5

9

Fouls

6

1

Yellow cards

1

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

2

Goals and cards

17'

Goal

Perry Ng CAR

33'

Yellow card

Matthew Smith WIG

88'

Yellow card

Chris Willock CAR

90+5'

Red card

Morgan Fox WIG

90+6'

Penalty

Yousef Salech CAR

At a glance

Wigan Athletic

16th in the table

L

W

D

Cardiff City

2nd in the table

L

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Wigan Athletic's home games and Cardiff City'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 Wigan Athletic's last 4 home games and Cardiff City's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

38%

3/8 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

63%

5/8 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

25%

2/8 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

13%

1/8 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

50%

4/8 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

25%

2/8 games · League 56%

Wigan Athletic clean sheet

50%

2/4 games · League 27%

Cardiff City clean sheet

75%

3/4 games · League 27%

Wigan Athletic fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Cardiff City fail to score

25%

1/4 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.9

League 2.6

Corners

11.0

League 10.0

Cards

2.9

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Wigan Athletic

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Sam Tickle

DEFENDERS

3

4

7

15

44

MIDFIELDERS

8

Callum Wright

14

Ryan Trevitt

17

Matthew Smith

FORWARDS

9

Christian Saydee

10

Paul Mullin

SUBSTITUTES

30

5

16

20

31

11

21

Cardiff City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Nathan Trott

DEFENDERS

3

4

12

38

MIDFIELDERS

6

Ryan Wintle

10

Rubin Colwill

27

Joel Colwill

FORWARDS

39

Isaak Davies

45

Cian Ashford

47

Callum Robinson

SUBSTITUTES

41

2

48

8

14

16

22

Referee: Darren Drysdale

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

Cards per game

4.6

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.4

Red cards per game

0.25

Fouls per game

24.4

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.25

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

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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

WIG

CAR

Match

League

Goals per match

3.0

2.3

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

9/9

88%

7/8

94%

16/17

96%

Over 1.5

89%

8/9

63%

5/8

76%

13/17

74%

Over 2.5

56%

5/9

50%

4/8

53%

9/17

49%

Over 3.5

44%

4/9

25%

2/8

35%

6/17

25%

Over 4.5

11%

1/9

0%

0/8

6%

1/17

13%

Bet

WIG

CAR

Match

League

Yes

56%

5/9

38%

3/8

47%

8/17

52%

Yes and win

11%

1/9

13%

1/8

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

44%

4/9

25%

2/8

35%

6/17

42%

Yes and draw

33%

3/9

13%

1/8

24%

4/17

14%

Yes and loss

11%

1/9

13%

1/8

19%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/9

0%

0/8

0%

0/17

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Bet

WIG

CAR

Match

League

Corners per match

12.7

9.0

10.9

10.0

Over 7.5

78%

7/9

63%

5/8

71%

12/17

75%

Over 8.5

78%

7/9

63%

5/8

71%

12/17

64%

Over 9.5

78%

7/9

38%

3/8

59%

10/17

49%

Over 10.5

67%

6/9

25%

2/8

47%

8/17

37%

Over 11.5

67%

6/9

13%

1/8

41%

7/17

30%

Over 12.5

44%

4/9

13%

1/8

29%

5/17

22%

Referee Darren Drysdale: 4.6 cards and 24.4 fouls per game in 12 games this season

Bet

WIG

CAR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.0

4.1

3.5

4.0

Over 2.5

67%

6/9

88%

7/8

76%

13/17

78%

Over 3.5

22%

2/9

75%

6/8

47%

8/17

59%

Over 4.5

11%

1/9

25%

2/8

18%

3/17

34%

Over 5.5

11%

1/9

13%

1/8

12%

2/17

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Paul Mullin

4 starts · 0.6 per 90

25%

1/4

50%

2/4

0%

0/4

0%

0/4

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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.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Wigan Athletic

Last 5 games before this match

20 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-4

L

13 Sep

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

3-0

W

6 Sep

Lincoln City

(A)

2-2

D

30 Aug

Stockport County

(H)

1-1

D

23 Aug

Rotherham United

(A)

2-2

D

Cardiff City

Last 5 games before this match

20 Sep

Bradford City

(H)

1-3

L

13 Sep

Stockport County

(A)

1-1

D

30 Aug

Plymouth Argyle

(H)

4-0

W

23 Aug

Luton Town

(A)

1-0

W

19 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

1-0

W

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Wigan Athletic and Cardiff City haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Wigan Athletic

Cardiff City

Referee: Darren Drysdale

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Wigan Athletic

Cardiff City

Head to head

League One table