About Match
3 points and 9 places separate them: Reading 14th with 7, Wigan Athletic 23rd with 4. The last five rounds place Reading 9th in the league for form — higher than their 14th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 2.4/1.4 for Reading and 0.83/1.83 for Wigan Athletic (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.54. Reading would climb to 10 points with a win and up to 5th (other results held equal).
From the last five rounds, Reading hold 10 points of 15 and Wigan Athletic 4.
The sides have met 20 times in the GioScore results database: 10 wins for Reading, 3 draws and 7 for Wigan Athletic, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading, capacity 24,161, hosts the game.