Championship

Championship | Gameweek 25

Dec 29, 2022 at 7.45pm UK

The DW Stadium

Wigan
1 - 4
Sunderland

Keane (42')
McClean (11'), Tilt (61')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Simms (19'), Stewart (66' pen.), Roberts (85'), Diallo (89')
Ballard (59')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Championship clash between Wigan Athletic and Sunderland, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Wigan Athletic

All competitions

Last Game: Middlesbrough 4-1 Wigan
Monday, December 26 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sunderland

All competitions

Last Game: Sunderland 2-1 Blackburn
Monday, December 26 at 12.30pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Wigan Athletic 1-3 Sunderland

Wigan are entering a pivotal stage in their Championship season and need to pick up some points in order to close the gap between themselves and second-tier safety. Sunderland have quality options in attacking areas and are showing why rival fans should not be underestimating their playoff credentials this campaign, with a win at the DW Stadium potentially enough to take them into the top six. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Wigan Athletic win with a probability of 36.67%. A win for Sunderland had a probability of 35.37% and a draw had a probability of 28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.84%) and 2-0 (6.73%). The likeliest Sunderland win was 0-1 (11.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.15%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 0.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Sunderland would win this match.

Result
Wigan Athletic	Draw	Sunderland
36.67% ( -0.06)	27.96% ( 0.02)	35.37% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 47.91% (

-0.07)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

41.89% (

-0.08)

58.11% (

0.08)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.23% (

-0.06)

78.77% (

0.06)

Wigan Athletic Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

69.63% (

-0.08)

30.37% (

0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

33.43% (

-0.09)

66.57% (

0.09)

Sunderland Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.81% (

-0.02)

31.19% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.47% (

-0.02)

67.53% (

0.02)

Score Analysis

Wigan Athletic 36.66%

Sunderland 35.37%

Draw 27.96%

Wigan Athletic	Draw	Sunderland
1-0 @ 11.28% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 7.84% ( -0.01) 2-0 @ 6.73% ( -0.01) 3-1 @ 3.11% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 2.67% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 1.81% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 0.93% ( -0.01) Other @ 2.3% Total : 36.66%	1-1 @ 13.15% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 9.47% ( 0.03) 2-2 @ 4.57% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.77% Total : 27.96%	0-1 @ 11.03% ( 0.03) 1-2 @ 7.66% 0-2 @ 6.43% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 2.98% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.5% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.77% ( -0) Other @ 3% Total : 35.37%