Match Report
Middlesbrough, 4th with 75 points, sat 36 points above Wigan Athletic (24th, 39). Recent form flatters Wigan Athletic's table spot — 9th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 24th. Scoring rates set the scale: Middlesbrough 1.83 scored and 1.22 conceded per game, Wigan Athletic 0.83 and 1.41, with the league averaging 1.22.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Middlesbrough 4, draws 5, Wigan Athletic 0, at 2.11 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,988. Middlesbrough led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.