Wigan Athletic will be looking to extend their unbeaten streak to 13 games in the EFL League One on Tuesday when they travel to Hillsborough Stadium. Kickoff is set for 22:45 EAT.
Sheffield Wednesday is on a three game winning streak in the league heading into this fixture. Currently they are placed seventh in the table with 49 points picked up from 29 games. Coming into this game, Sheffield Wednesday has picked up 12 points from the last five games both home and away. Both teams scored in just two of those games and the owls have scored 11 goals in that period.
Sheffield Wednesday will be looking for another win coming 0-2 League One triumph versus Burton Albion in their last outing. In that game Sheffield had eight shots with four of them on target and goals scored by George Byers 32’ and Sylla Sow 81’. Burton got 13 shots with five of them on target.
Wigan is in the second place in the table with 56 points from 26 matches and they will be aiming to close the six-point gap between them and their table toppers Rotherham United. They are unbeaten in their last five matches however the last two matches ended in shared spoils while they won in the other three. Both teams scored in four of those fixtures and Wigan garnered eight goals.
In their previous game Wigan Athletic suffered 2-0 defeat at the hands Stoke City in FA Cup competition and the will be looking to bounce back here. In that game, Wigan managed 52% possession with seven shots with two of them on target. The opponents stoke City got 19 shots with five of them on target and goals by Josh Maja (14′) and Jacob Brown (62′).
Sheffield Wednesday vs Wigan Athletic head to head
Since 2008 these two sides have 12 matches against each other in which Sheffield Wednesday have seven victories and Wigan Athletic has five victories.
- Wigan 1-2 Sheffield Wed 28/09/21
- Wigan 2-1 Sheffield Wed 28/01/20
- Sheffield Wed 1-0 Wigan 05/10/19
- Sheffield Wed 1-0 Wigan 19/01/19
- Wigan 3-2 Sheffield Wed 04/08/18
Home
- Burton 0-2 Sheffield Wed
- Sheffield Wed 2-0 Morecambe
- Sheffield Wed 1-0 Ipswich
- Oxford 3-2 Sheffield Wed
- Sheffield Wed 4-2 Plymouth
Away
- Stoke 2-0 Wigan
- Wigan 1-1 Oxford
- Cheltenham 0-0 Wigan
- Wigan 1-0 Arsenal U21
- Wigan 3-2 Gillingham
Sheffield Wednesday team news
The Owls will be without the services of Lee Gregory, Chey Dunkley and Dominic Iorfa due to injuries.
Wigan team news
As for the visitors, Will Keane, Jordan Cousins and Tom Pearce through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are breathing fire at the moment and it’s not easy to separate them, we therefore predict a draw after the 90th minute whistle.
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
