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Stevenage vs Wigan Result & Analysis

Date: 02/05/2026
Time: 15:00
Final 1-0
Stevenage
Stevenage
Vs
36%
34%
30%
■ Home   ■ Draw   ■ Away
Wigan
Wigan
England: League One
Referee: M Russell
Match preview & prediction

Pythia gives Stevenage a 36% win probability against Wigan in the England: League One on 2026-05-02, with 34% for the draw and 30% for Wigan. The model estimates around 1.9 total goals, with 2 the most likely total (28%) and 0-0 the most likely scoreline (15.9%). High-confidence angles (70%+): Under 3.5 (87%).

Results analysis

Stevenage finished 1-0 against Wigan (Home win). Pythia had modelled a 36% home win, 34% draw and 30% away win. Picks that landed: Under 3.5 (87%).

🎯 1. Model Analysis

Stevenage win✓ Hit
35.8%
Avg Implied 60.9% · @ 1.53
Edge
-25.1%
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Draw✗ Miss
34.2%
Avg Implied 23.8% · @ 3.91
Edge
+10.4%
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.
Wigan win✗ Miss
30.1%
Avg Implied 15.3% · @ 6.07
Edge
+14.7%
Best 5 market prices
No market prices yet.

⚽ 2. Goal Analysis

StevenageStevenage

Last 10 – goals for & against
50-510W01L10W00D10W10W15L22D10W11DH·AFC14/03A·PLY17/03H·REA21/03A·ROT03/04H·BLA06/04A·BRA11/04A·BOL14/04H·LIN18/04H·BAR21/04A·DON25/04
Avg total
1.8
Avg scored
0.9
Avg conceded
0.9
SplitTotal
Scored
Total
Conceded
Home
Scored
Home
Conceded
Away
Scored
Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game0.971.171.130.730.801.60
vs Stronger (4)1.501.751.000.502.003.00
vs Similar (22)0.861.181.090.730.641.64
vs Weaker (4)1.000.501.501.000.500.00
Clean sheet %40% (+12pp vs league)
This opponent (Wigan) is Similar. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

WiganWigan

Last 10 – goals for & against
30-320W11D20W03L00D31W21W30W00D01LH·BRA14/03A·BAR17/03H·EXE21/03A·REA28/03H·LEY02/04A·NOR06/04H·MAN11/04H·ROT14/04A·POR19/04H·AFC25/04
Avg total
2.0
Avg scored
1.3
Avg conceded
0.7
SplitTotal
Scored
Total
Conceded
Home
Scored
Home
Conceded
Away
Scored
Away
Conceded
Avg goals/game1.031.270.880.751.211.86
vs Stronger (2)1.002.500.001.002.004.00
vs Similar (28)1.041.180.930.731.151.69
vs Weaker (0)------
Clean sheet %33% (+5pp vs league)
This opponent (Stevenage) is Similar. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

Total goals distribution

7%14%21%28%16%025%128%217%38%43%51%6+
The model estimates around 1.9 goals in this match; the single most likely total is 2 (28%).
Over/Under 1.5Actual: Under
Over 1.5
58.8%
Under 1.5
41.2%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 2.5Actual: Under
Over 2.5
30.4%
@ 2.08-14.3%
Under 2.5
69.6%
@ 1.68+14.3%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Over/Under 3.5Actual: Under
Over 3.5
13.0%
Under 3.5
87.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Both teams to scoreActual: No
Yes
39.5%
No
60.5%
Best 5 market prices
Yes
No market prices yet.
No
No market prices yet.

Correct score

Top 8 scorelines with probability, best odds and edge (left); the full probability grid (right).
0-0
15.9%
1-1
14.8%
1-0 ✓
13.4%
0-1
11.9%
2-0
7.5%
2-1
6.9%
1-2
6.1%
0-2
6.0%
Stevenage goals ↓
Wigan goals →
01234
016%12%6.0%1.8%0.4%
113%15%6.1%1.9%0.4%
27.5%6.9%3.1%0.9%0.2%
32.6%2.3%1.1%0.3%0.1%
40.7%0.6%0.3%0.1%0.0%
Each cell is the % chance of that exact scoreline. Rows = Stevenage goals (down), columns = Wigan goals (across).

💪 3. Team Strengths Analysis

🏆 Total PPG

Points / game
Lincoln
2.24
Cardiff
1.98
Bolton
1.71
Stockport
1.69
Luton
1.61
Bradford
1.60
Plymouth
1.59
Stevenage
1.56
Huddersfield
1.46
Mansfield
1.41
Reading
1.37
Wycombe
1.37
Blackpool
1.30
Doncaster
1.30
Barnsley
1.28
Wigan
1.22
Burton
1.17
AFC Wimbledon
1.15
Peterboro
1.15
Leyton Orient
1.13
Exeter
1.07
Port Vale
0.91
Rotherham
0.89
Northampton
0.76
Stevenage is 0.35 points better than Wigan in terms of average points per game (1.56 vs 1.22).

⚔️ Attack

Goals scored / game
Cardiff
1.96
Lincoln
1.93
Plymouth
1.63
Huddersfield
1.61
Bolton
1.55
Stockport
1.53
Wycombe
1.50
Barnsley
1.48
Luton
1.48
Reading
1.39
Peterboro
1.39
Mansfield
1.35
Leyton Orient
1.28
Bradford
1.21
Blackpool
1.17
Exeter
1.13
AFC Wimbledon
1.11
Doncaster
1.09
Burton
1.09
Wigan
1.07
Stevenage
1.02
Rotherham
0.89
Northampton
0.85
Port Vale
0.78
Stevenage is 0.04 goals worse than Wigan in terms of goals scored per game (1.02 vs 1.07).

🛡️ Defense

Conceded / game · lower better
Lincoln
0.89
Stevenage
1.02
Bolton
1.08
Mansfield
1.09
Cardiff
1.09
Bradford
1.10
Luton
1.22
Wigan
1.26
Wycombe
1.26
Stockport
1.27
Reading
1.30
Burton
1.30
Port Vale
1.33
Exeter
1.33
Plymouth
1.37
Huddersfield
1.39
Blackpool
1.41
Peterboro
1.48
Doncaster
1.50
Leyton Orient
1.54
Rotherham
1.54
AFC Wimbledon
1.57
Barnsley
1.59
Northampton
1.61
Stevenage is 0.24 goals better than Wigan in terms of goals conceded per game (1.02 vs 1.26).

⏱️ Possession

Avg possession %
Cardiff
63%
Bolton
59%
Luton
56%
Stockport
55%
Peterboro
55%
Wycombe
54%
Leyton Orient
52%
Barnsley
52%
Exeter
51%
Doncaster
50%
Bradford
50%
Reading
50%
Huddersfield
50%
Plymouth
48%
AFC Wimbledon
46%
Blackpool
46%
Port Vale
46%
Burton
46%
Mansfield
46%
Rotherham
46%
Wigan
45%
Stevenage
45%
Northampton
45%
Lincoln
42%
Stevenage is 0.4 percentage points worse than Wigan in terms of average possession (45% vs 45%).

🎲 4. Props Analysis

StevenageStevenage

For 3.5 · Against 4.5 · Total 8.0

🚩 Corners

13034532838162444276177810111886138A·DONH·BARH·LINA·BOLA·BRAH·BLAA·ROTH·REAA·PLYH·AFC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 1.8 · Against 1.7 · Total 3.5

🟨 Cards

60121323212422222223042536444A·DONH·BARH·LINA·BOLA·BRAH·BLAA·ROTH·REAA·PLYH·AFC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 11.1 · Against 12.3 · Total 23.4

⚠️ Fouls

2901393131117101117121581710616816111122162821292327222422A·DONH·BARH·LINA·BOLA·BRAH·BLAA·ROTH·REAA·PLYH·AFC
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total

WiganWigan

For 5.7 · Against 4.2 · Total 9.9

🚩 Corners

160103381112482449334511221311126108127164H·AFCA·PORH·ROTH·MANA·NORH·LEYA·REAH·EXEA·BARH·BRA
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 1.8 · Against 1.7 · Total 3.5

🟨 Cards

7034122212121323427143230456H·AFCA·PORH·ROTH·MANA·NORH·LEYA·REAH·EXEA·BARH·BRA
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total
For 11.6 · Against 13.4 · Total 25.0

⚠️ Fouls

3401010913181612141371417814716911161620223426203122232032H·AFCA·PORH·ROTH·MANA·NORH·LEYA·REAH·EXEA·BARH·BRA
ForAgainstTotal per gameAverage total

StevenageStevenage

SplitCornersCardsFouls
TotHmeAwyTotHmeAwyTotHmeAwy
Overall (50)8.48.18.83.83.83.724.525.623.3
vs Stronger (6)8.89.38.32.73.32.024.526.722.3
vs Similar (40)8.28.08.54.04.04.024.725.923.6
vs Weaker (4)10.07.512.53.53.04.021.821.022.5
% over line40%24%56%56%60%52%78%88%68%
% under line60%76%44%44%40%48%22%12%32%
This opponent (Wigan) is Similar. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

WiganWigan

SplitCornersCardsFouls
TotHmeAwyTotHmeAwyTotHmeAwy
Overall (50)10.89.811.93.13.22.923.323.523.1
vs Stronger (4)9.86.013.52.22.02.522.824.521.0
vs Similar (45)10.910.111.73.23.33.023.323.423.1
vs Weaker (1)13.0-13.03.0-3.026.0-26.0
% over line62%56%68%38%32%44%62%56%68%
% under line38%44%32%62%68%56%38%44%32%
This opponent (Stevenage) is Similar. The matching ‘vs’ row is the one to weigh.

🚩 Total Corners

Match total corners / game
Plymouth
11.2
Wigan
10.8
Barnsley
10.6
Luton
10.6
Huddersfield
10.5
Cardiff
10.3
Peterboro
10.3
Port Vale
10.3
Bolton
10.2
Burton
10.2
Bradford
10.0
Northampton
9.9
Wycombe
9.9
Exeter
9.8
AFC Wimbledon
9.8
Blackpool
9.8
Stockport
9.7
Doncaster
9.6
Mansfield
9.6
Leyton Orient
9.5
Rotherham
9.5
Lincoln
9.5
Reading
9.3
Stevenage
8.4

🟨 Total Cards

Match total cards / game
Plymouth
4.9
Bradford
4.6
Peterboro
4.2
Huddersfield
4.2
Leyton Orient
4.1
Lincoln
4.1
Rotherham
4.0
Doncaster
3.9
Bolton
3.8
Luton
3.8
Stevenage
3.8
Port Vale
3.7
Blackpool
3.7
Wycombe
3.6
Reading
3.6
Burton
3.6
Cardiff
3.5
Stockport
3.5
Barnsley
3.5
Exeter
3.4
Mansfield
3.4
Northampton
3.4
AFC Wimbledon
3.3
Wigan
3.1

⚠️ Total Fouls

Match total fouls / game
Bradford
25.0
Huddersfield
25.0
Stevenage
24.5
Plymouth
24.0
Rotherham
23.9
Luton
23.9
Blackpool
23.8
Peterboro
23.7
Doncaster
23.6
Wigan
23.3
AFC Wimbledon
23.2
Lincoln
23.1
Reading
22.8
Leyton Orient
22.6
Bolton
22.6
Mansfield
22.3
Burton
22.2
Exeter
22.2
Northampton
22.0
Port Vale
21.7
Stockport
21.6
Wycombe
21.6
Cardiff
21.0
Barnsley
20.9
Corners O/U 9.5Actual: Under
Over 9.5
51.9%
Under 9.5
48.1%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Cards O/U 3.5Actual: Under
Over 3.5
44.3%
Under 3.5
55.7%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.
Fouls O/U 21.5Actual: Over
Over 21.5
61.0%
Under 21.5
39.0%
Best 5 market prices
Over
No market prices yet.
Under
No market prices yet.

🔀 5. Double Chance

Double Chance

Two of the three results in one selection. The probability is the sum of those outcomes from the model above, so any edge here is the market pricing the combination out of line with its own 1X2.

🔢 6. Odd / Even

🥅 7. Home & Away Over/Under

⚖️ 8. Handicap

🔥 9. Top picks for this game

Every selection Pythia rates above 70%, ordered by probability. The five columns are the best market prices (highest first) for each pick; edge is vs the average. Result grades each pick against the final score.
PickProbabilityAvg oddsBest 1Best 2Best 3Best 4Best 5EdgeResult
Under 3.587.0%-------✓ Hit

💰 10. Squad value

💰 Total value

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
CAR (25)
€31m
LUT (28)
€29m
HUD (27)
€16m
BOL (24)
€14m
LO (28)
€13m
STO (27)
€13m
PLY (27)
€12m
BLA (23)
€12m
REA (26)
€11m
LIN (27)
€10m
WYC (25)
€10m
STE (25)
€9m
WIG (27)
€9m
PV (31)
€8m
ROT (28)
€8m
PET (26)
€8m
BUR (27)
€8m
BRA (23)
€7m
BAR (20)
€7m
DON (27)
€7m
MAN (27)
€6m
AW (23)
€5m
EXE (22)
€5m
NOR (23)
€4m
Stevenage and Wigan have a similar squad value (both €9m).

⚔️ Attack

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
LUT (13)
€16m
CAR (10)
€13m
BOL (9)
€8m
STO (8)
€6m
LO (7)
€6m
HUD (9)
€5m
BLA (8)
€4m
LIN (9)
€4m
PLY (8)
€4m
STE (9)
€3m
PET (10)
€3m
WYC (8)
€3m
BRA (9)
€3m
WIG (9)
€3m
AW (10)
€2m
REA (6)
€2m
MAN (9)
€2m
ROT (8)
€2m
DON (7)
€2m
EXE (7)
€2m
PV (7)
€2m
BUR (7)
€2m
BAR (5)
€1m
NOR (7)
€1m
Stevenage and Wigan have a similar attack value (both €3m).

🧠 Midfield

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
CAR (4)
€7m
LUT (7)
€5m
HUD (5)
€4m
REA (7)
€4m
LO (8)
€3m
BRA (6)
€3m
PLY (7)
€3m
ROT (9)
€3m
WIG (9)
€3m
LIN (6)
€3m
WYC (5)
€2m
BOL (4)
€2m
BLA (5)
€2m
DON (9)
€2m
PV (9)
€2m
STE (6)
€2m
STO (5)
€2m
MAN (5)
€2m
PET (5)
€2m
BUR (7)
€2m
BAR (5)
€2m
NOR (6)
€1m
EXE (6)
€1m
AW (6)
€1m
Stevenage and Wigan have a similar midfield value (both €2m).

🛡️ Defence

Squad value (€m) · (players with data)
CAR (11)
€12m
LUT (8)
€8m
HUD (13)
€7m
BLA (10)
€6m
PLY (12)
€6m
STO (14)
€5m
PV (15)
€5m
REA (13)
€5m
WYC (12)
€4m
BUR (13)
€4m
LO (13)
€4m
LIN (12)
€4m
BOL (11)
€4m
BAR (10)
€4m
STE (10)
€3m
WIG (9)
€3m
ROT (11)
€3m
PET (11)
€3m
DON (11)
€2m
MAN (13)
€2m
AW (7)
€2m
EXE (9)
€2m
NOR (10)
€2m
BRA (8)
€2m
Stevenage and Wigan have a similar defence value (both €3m).

🤝 11. Games History

Head-to-head

Stevenage vs Wigan · H/A from STE
DateH/AGameScore
29/11/25AWigan Vs STE0-0
18/01/25HSTE Vs Wigan1-2
24/09/24AWigan Vs STE0-0
27/01/24AWigan Vs STE2-3
07/10/23HSTE Vs Wigan1-0

StevenageStevenage

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
25/04/26ADoncaster Vs STE1-1
21/04/26HSTE Vs Barnsley1-0
18/04/26HSTE Vs Lincoln2-2
14/04/26ABolton Vs STE5-1
11/04/26ABradford Vs STE0-1
06/04/26HSTE Vs Blackpool1-0
03/04/26ARotherham Vs STE0-0
21/03/26HSTE Vs Reading1-0
17/03/26APlymouth Vs STE1-0
14/03/26HSTE Vs AFC Wimbledon1-0

WiganWigan

Last 10 games · H/A coloured by result
DateH/AGameScore
25/04/26HWIG Vs AFC Wimbledon0-1
19/04/26APort Vale Vs WIG0-0
14/04/26HWIG Vs Rotherham3-0
11/04/26HWIG Vs Mansfield2-1
06/04/26ANorthampton Vs WIG1-3
02/04/26HWIG Vs Leyton Orient0-0
28/03/26AReading Vs WIG3-0
21/03/26HWIG Vs Exeter2-0
17/03/26ABarnsley Vs WIG1-1
14/03/26HWIG Vs Bradford2-0

📊 12. Overall Statistics

Stevenage
Stevenage
England: League One
Recent: 5 Wins / 3 Draws / 2 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallWLDWD1.54
HomeWWWDW1.88
AwayLDWLD1.20
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %42%52%32%
AVG goals2.081.842.32
Over 1.5 %54%52%56%
Over 2.5 %36%28%44%
Over 3.5 %20%12%28%
Scored1.041.120.96
Conceded1.040.721.36
BTTS48%44%52%
Clean Sheet38%48%28%
Corners8.448.088.80
Cards3.763.803.72
Wigan
Wigan
England: League One
Recent: 5 Wins / 3 Draws / 2 Losses
FormResultsPPG
OverallWWWDL1.30
HomeWDWWL1.64
AwayDDLWD0.96
StatsOverallHomeAway
Win %32%48%16%
AVG goals2.281.762.80
Over 1.5 %70%56%84%
Over 2.5 %32%24%40%
Over 3.5 %16%4%28%
Scored1.081.041.12
Conceded1.200.721.68
BTTS46%24%68%
Clean Sheet30%48%12%
Corners10.829.7611.88
Cards3.083.242.92

🏆 13. League Table

RecordGoalsProps / gameSquad value €mStrengths
RankTeamMPPtsWin%PPGGFGAGDG/GO1.5O2.5O3.5CorCor O%CrdCrd O%FlsFls O%TotAttMidDefAtt/gDef/gPoss%
1LincolnLincoln46103
67%
2.2
8941+48
2.8
78%
54%
33%
9.3
41%
4.0
54%
22.8
61%
10
4341.90.9
42%
2CardiffCardiff4691
59%
2.0
9050+40
3.0
78%
54%
37%
10.5
61%
3.5
52%
20.6
30%
31
137122.01.1
63%
3BoltonBolton4984
45%
1.7
7653+23
2.6
76%
47%
27%
10.5
59%
3.8
52%
22.5
59%
14
8241.61.1
59%
4StockportStockport4983
49%
1.7
7562+13
2.8
80%
59%
24%
9.9
52%
3.5
54%
21.1
46%
13
6251.51.3
55%
5BradfordBradford4877
46%
1.6
5853+5
2.3
69%
50%
17%
9.9
52%
4.5
70%
25.2
78%
7
3321.21.1
50%
6StevenageStevenage4875
44%
1.6
4949+0
2.0
52%
35%
19%
8.5
43%
3.8
57%
24.4
76%
9
3231.01.0
45%
7LutonLuton4674
46%
1.6
6856+12
2.7
76%
54%
28%
10.4
57%
3.7
54%
24.0
63%
29
16581.51.2
56%
8PlymouthPlymouth4673
48%
1.6
7563+12
3.0
76%
59%
39%
11.3
74%
5.2
80%
24.5
67%
12
4361.61.4
48%
9HuddersfieldHuddersfield4667
39%
1.5
7464+10
3.0
76%
59%
43%
10.5
59%
4.1
61%
25.0
76%
16
5471.61.4
50%
10MansfieldMansfield4665
35%
1.4
6250+12
2.4
74%
46%
20%
9.5
39%
3.6
46%
22.4
57%
6
2221.31.1
46%
11WycombeWycombe4663
37%
1.4
6958+11
2.8
80%
52%
28%
10.2
54%
3.7
57%
21.5
41%
10
3241.51.3
54%
12ReadingReading4663
35%
1.4
6460+4
2.7
83%
48%
26%
9.3
39%
3.6
50%
22.4
57%
11
2451.41.3
50%
13BlackpoolBlackpool4660
37%
1.3
5465-11
2.6
65%
48%
33%
9.9
57%
3.7
52%
24.0
76%
12
4261.21.4
46%
14DoncasterDoncaster4660
37%
1.3
5069-19
2.6
72%
50%
22%
9.7
35%
3.9
52%
23.3
63%
7
2221.11.5
50%
15BarnsleyBarnsley4659
33%
1.3
6873-5
3.1
83%
63%
46%
10.9
57%
3.5
50%
21.0
43%
7
1241.51.6
52%
16WiganWigan4656
30%
1.2
4958-9
2.3
70%
35%
17%
10.8
61%
3.1
39%
23.6
63%
9
3331.11.3
45%
17BurtonBurton4654
28%
1.2
5060-10
2.4
70%
50%
22%
10.4
52%
3.6
52%
22.0
41%
8
2241.11.3
46%
18PeterboroPeterboro4653
33%
1.2
6468-4
2.9
80%
57%
26%
10.3
50%
4.2
67%
23.6
61%
8
3231.41.5
55%
19AFC WimbledonAFC Wimbledon4653
33%
1.2
5172-21
2.7
67%
50%
30%
9.7
50%
3.2
46%
23.2
65%
5
2121.11.6
46%
20Leyton OrientLeyton Orient4652
30%
1.1
5971-12
2.8
76%
61%
33%
9.6
52%
4.1
61%
23.0
65%
13
6341.31.5
52%
21ExeterExeter4649
26%
1.1
5261-9
2.5
65%
46%
24%
10.1
54%
3.3
50%
22.0
57%
5
2121.11.3
51%
22Port ValePort Vale4642
22%
0.9
3661-25
2.1
54%
39%
22%
10.2
59%
3.6
52%
21.3
48%
8
2250.81.3
46%
23RotherhamRotherham4641
22%
0.9
4171-30
2.4
67%
52%
24%
9.8
52%
4.2
65%
23.9
65%
8
2330.91.5
46%
24NorthamptonNorthampton4635
20%
0.8
3974-35
2.5
70%
48%
26%
10.1
61%
3.4
43%
21.9
54%
4
1120.81.6
45%
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