Reading travel to The Brick Community Stadium to face Wigan for round 11 of League One. Reading enter this match as the clear favourite with a 47% chance of victory compared to the 27% probability assigned to Wigan two days before kickoff.
Current Form - Wigan
Wigan are 24th with four points. In their last league match, they lost 0-1 away at Stevenage. In their last five, they have one win, one draw, and three losses, and they are currently on a four-match winless run.
Current Form - Reading
Reading sits in sixth position with 15 points. In their last league match, they won 5-1 away at Milton Keynes Dons. In their last five, the team has a record of two wins, two draws, and one loss, and they are currently on a four-match unbeaten run.
Head-to-Head Record
There is an average of 2.4 goals per meeting in these fixtures. Wigan has recorded one win and four losses across the last five matches against Reading. Reading won their last four meetings against Wigan. In the most recent encounter last season, Reading won 3-0 at home.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Wigan midfielder Max Power has one goal and one assist in eight games, while Finley Burns has an average rating of 6.7. Wigan will be without Dara Costelloe, Morgan Fox, and Luke Harris, who is sidelined with an injury.
Reading forward Jacob Brown has four goals and one assist in nine matches. Kyreece Lisbie has three goals and four assists in his last one match, including a brace in his last game. Reading will be without George Earthy, who is sidelined with a foot injury, and Jack Marriott, the team's top scorer with eight goals this season.
Key Numbers
↔️ Reading: Expected goals (xG) 2.15 per match vs Wigan: Expected goals conceded (xGA) 1.72 per match
Wigan
➖ Shot accuracy: 22% (worst in the league, league average 32%)
➖ Big chance conversion: 13% (worst in the league, league average 37%)
Reading
➕ Big chances: 3.6 per match (2nd best, league average 2.3)
➕ Through passes: 2.4 per match (best in the league, league average 0.9)
➕ Big chances conceded: 1.3 per match (4th best, league average 2.3)
Match Notes
James Carragher has picked up four yellow cards in his last seven appearances for Wigan. Finley Burns joined Wigan from Reading, where he made 32 appearances over one season before departing one season ago.
Betting Insights
The 2.5 goal line carries a 56% probability of being exceeded in this match, while the both-teams-to-score market assigns a 59% chance to both sides finding the net.
Goals implied by the odds: 2.9
These figures come from the pre-match odds two days before kickoff.
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