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Wigan Athletic v Port Vale: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Wigan Athletic's last 6 home games and Port Vale's last 6 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 4 of 12, over 2.5 goals in 3 of 12, with 10.7 corners per match (league 10.0) and 3.5 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Wigan Athletic's 12 League One games and Port Vale's 12 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Wigan Athletic v Port Vale, full match

40%

Possession

60%

1.57

Expected goals (xG)

0.85

10

Shots

13

4

Shots on target

2

4

Corners

7

11

Fouls

19

1

Yellow cards

2

1

Red cards

0

4

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

5'

Yellow card

George Byers POR

20'

Yellow card

Ronan Curtis POR

44'

Red card

Dara Costelloe WIG

56'

Goal

Maleace Asamoah WIG

82'

Yellow card

Fraser Murray WIG

At a glance

Wigan Athletic

16th in the table

L

D

L

W

Port Vale

22nd in the table

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Wigan Athletic's home games and Port Vale'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 6 home games and Port Vale's last 6 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

33%

4/12 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

9/12 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

25%

3/12 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

8%

1/12 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

58%

7/12 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

33%

4/12 games · League 56%

Wigan Athletic clean sheet

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Port Vale clean sheet

50%

3/6 games · League 27%

Wigan Athletic fail to score

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Port Vale fail to score

33%

2/6 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.0

League 2.6

Corners

10.7

League 10.0

Cards

3.5

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

17

Matthew Smith

31

Oliver Cooper

FORWARDS

9

Christian Saydee

11

Dara Costelloe

SUBSTITUTES

30

19

6

20

21

10

37

Port Vale

5-3-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

46

Joe Gauci

DEFENDERS

4

5

11

22

24

MIDFIELDERS

7

George Byers

8

Ben Garrity

33

George Hall

FORWARDS

10

Dajaune Brown

44

Devante Cole

SUBSTITUTES

13

12

18

28

9

17

36

Referee: Ross Martin

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

Cards per game

3.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

2.8

Red cards per game

0.50

Fouls per game

22.5

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.00

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

POR

Match

League

Goals per match

2.7

1.8

2.3

2.5

Over 0.5

100%

12/12

75%

9/12

88%

21/24

96%

Over 1.5

83%

10/12

58%

7/12

71%

17/24

73%

Over 2.5

42%

5/12

33%

4/12

38%

9/24

46%

Over 3.5

33%

4/12

8%

1/12

21%

5/24

23%

Over 4.5

8%

1/12

8%

1/12

8%

2/24

11%

Bet

WIG

POR

Match

League

Yes

50%

6/12

42%

5/12

46%

11/24

50%

Yes and win

8%

1/12

8%

1/12

17%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

33%

4/12

33%

4/12

33%

8/24

38%

Yes and draw

33%

4/12

8%

1/12

21%

5/24

17%

Yes and loss

8%

1/12

25%

3/12

17%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/12

8%

1/12

4%

1/24

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Bet

WIG

POR

Match

League

Corners per match

11.8

9.3

10.5

9.8

Over 7.5

75%

9/12

58%

7/12

67%

16/24

75%

Over 8.5

75%

9/12

50%

6/12

63%

15/24

63%

Over 9.5

75%

9/12

33%

4/12

54%

13/24

47%

Over 10.5

67%

8/12

25%

3/12

46%

11/24

37%

Over 11.5

67%

8/12

25%

3/12

46%

11/24

30%

Over 12.5

33%

4/12

17%

2/12

25%

6/24

22%

Referee Ross Martin: 3.0 cards and 22.5 fouls per game in 4 games this season

Bet

WIG

POR

Match

League

Cards per match

3.3

4.1

3.7

3.9

Over 2.5

75%

9/12

100%

12/12

88%

21/24

77%

Over 3.5

25%

3/12

75%

9/12

50%

12/24

55%

Over 4.5

17%

2/12

25%

3/12

21%

5/24

32%

Over 5.5

17%

2/12

8%

1/12

13%

3/24

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Devante Cole

6 starts · 0.7 per 90

17%

1/6

67%

4/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

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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

11 Oct

Wycombe Wanderers

(H)

0-1

L

4 Oct

Plymouth Argyle

(A)

1-1

D

27 Sep

Cardiff City

(H)

0-2

L

20 Sep

Bolton Wanderers

(A)

1-4

L

13 Sep

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

3-0

W

Port Vale

Last 5 games before this match

11 Oct

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

1-1

D

4 Oct

Northampton Town

(H)

0-0

D

27 Sep

Barnsley

(A)

2-0

W

20 Sep

Mansfield Town

(H)

2-1

W

13 Sep

Exeter City

(A)

2-0

W

Head to head

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

Wigan Athletic and Port Vale 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 Port Vale: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Wigan Athletic

Port Vale

Referee: Ross Martin

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

Port Vale

Head to head

League One table