England - League OneStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wigan Athletic and Reading, taking place on Saturday, 20 January 2024, at The DW Stadium in Wigan.
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Wigan Athletic, Recent FormGrabbing a valuable league point from their recent 1-1 draw against Northampton Town will have been seen as a reasonably decent result for Wigan Athletic.
Manager Shaun Maloney will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 6 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 8 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.
Having drawn 2 of their last 6 games they have at least put some points on the table, but they will not be overly happy with only 1 win.
Reading, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 3-2 home win over Exeter City in their last league game, Reading will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work.
It seems pretty certain that Rubén Sellés will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 11 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 8 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. Their goal scoring streak now stands at 13 games in a row, but they've conceded a goal in each of their last 26 games away from home.
There will be mixed feelings from The Royals, having been undefeated in their last 4 away league games, but drawn the last 3 of these games.
Away from home in the league, Sam Smith has given the Reading travelling fans plenty to get excited about, with 3 goals from their last 6 games on the road.
The last league encounter between these two sides concluded with a 2-0 win for Reading.
In each of the previous 3 matches against The Royals, Wigan have let in at least one goal. The Latics have struggled for goals when Reading comes to visit The DW Stadium, having scored just 1 goal in their last 3 meetings. Playing away from home, Reading have kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 3 league games against Wigan.
When playing at home, Wigan have lost the last 2 times they've faced Reading in the league and have failed to win any of their last 5 encounters.
There is only really one injury concern for the Wigan manager Shaun Maloney ahead of this clash, with Jason Kerr (Cruciate ligament) missing out, which gives Maloney a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Reading manager Rubén Sellés ahead of this clash, with Harlee Dean (Muscle) missing out, which gives Sellés a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Wigan Athletic Playing at home | Reading Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 1.1 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 2.2 |
| 35' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 36' | Time first goal conceded | 36' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0.2 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 2-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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