Match centre · H2H Stats & Game Preview
Cardiff City vs Wigan Athletic
4 Jan 2026, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
Will FinnieLeague One 2025/2026 · 12 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
Cardiff CityMin
Wigan Athletic- ⚽
Calum Chambers 1-0
Goal · Right foot shot
With: Joel Bagan
Right foot shot
24′ - 46′⇄
Maleace Asamoah
Substitution
Off: Tobias Brenan
- ⇄
Callum Robinson
Substitution
Off: Omari Kellyman
72′ - ⇄
Ollie Tanner
Substitution
Off: Cian Ashford
73′ - 82′⇄
Christian Saydee
Substitution
Off: Dara Costelloe
- ⇄
Will Fish
Substitution
Off: Dylan Lawlor
84′ - 90+4′⇄
Harrison Bettoni
Substitution
Off: Callum Wright
- 90+4′⇄
Callum McManaman
Substitution
Off: Jensen Weir
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7.01 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 7.48 | |
| 84 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.95 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 8.99 | |
| 90 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 7.91 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7.38 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 7.34 | |
| 73 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 6.86 | |
| 72 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6.83 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.67 | |
| 90 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 6.45 | |
| 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.56 | |
| 17 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6.61 | |
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.62 |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Cardiff City
Latest: Stevenage · 2–1
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Home vs Stevenage · 2025/2026
Wigan Athletic
Latest: Burton Albion · 2–0
Match stats
29 Dec 2025, 19:45 · Away vs Burton Albion · 2025/2026
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Cardiff City’s ground: 5 previous meetings, 2 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Cardiff City’s home games with Wigan Athletic’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Cardiff City
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Wigan Athletic
Goals
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Cardiff City
Wigan Athletic
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Cardiff City
Wigan Athletic
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Cardiff City
Wigan Athletic
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.