Wigan v Milton Keynes Dons result

Full-time · Wigan 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons

League One · · DW Stadium

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Team pages: Wigan · Milton Keynes Dons · Head-to-head

The model’s pre-match pick

Wigan 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons — Wigan won this League One match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Away.

Free pick
Home or Away
Best price: 1.30 at Betano
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The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Home or Away in the last 90 days, 77.3% of 4357 landed (95% range 76–78.5%); it had given them 74.3% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →
Match report, in numbers

The result

Wigan beat Milton Keynes Dons 3–1 at DW Stadium in League One on Wednesday 2 September.

Milton Keynes Dons are winless in their last six matches.

The goals

Wigan led 1–0 at half-time. The goals — Wigan: Jensen Weir (36’, assisted by Max Power; 74’, assisted by B. Burrows) and Max Power (48’); Milton Keynes Dons: Aaron Collins (81’, assisted by Marvin Ekpiteta).

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s four key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Jensen Weir’s goal on 36 minutes.

Discipline

P. Howard showed four yellow cards — against 3.3 yellows a game across the last 8 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Wigan: Finley Burns (8’) and Dara Costelloe (72’); Milton Keynes Dons: Jack Sanders (18’) and Alexander Gilbey (62’).

What it changes

Wigan move up from 24th to 21st (four league matches played).

Milton Keynes Dons move down from 11th to 22nd (four league matches played).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Max Power (Wigan) 10.5, Jensen Weir (Wigan) 8.6 and Marvin Ekpiteta (Milton Keynes Dons) 5.9 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Wigan or Milton Keynes Dons (no draw), a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record like every other call. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 77.3% of the time in the last 90 days (3366 of 4357).

Next up

Wigan next travel to Oxford United on 20 October 2026.

Milton Keynes Dons next travel to Blackpool on 20 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Wigan: Oxford United v Wigan, Tuesday 20 October — the preview. Next for Milton Keynes Dons: Blackpool v Milton Keynes Dons, Tuesday 20 October — the preview.

The numbers

  • Result: Wigan 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons · League One
  • Venue: DW Stadium · Wigan
  • Referee: P. Howard
  • Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
  • Head-to-head (last 6): Wigan 3 · draws 1 · Milton Keynes Dons 2 · 2.83 goals/game
  • Recent form: Wigan 0W 1D 4L · Milton Keynes Dons 0W 4D 1L

Wigan 3–1 Milton Keynes Dons (League One): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 246 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 18 October 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

0.75 / 1.63
Goals
against 1.13 / 1.25 · 1 of the last 5 over 2.75
over 8 matches
6.38 / 4.5
Corners
against 5 / 5.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5
over 8 matches
4 / 4.5
Shots on target
against 3.13 / 5.13 · 3 of the last 5 over 8.5
over 8 matches
1.5 / 1.25
Cards
against 1.88 / 2.13 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5
over 8 matches
3.25 yellows
Referee · P. Howard
1.63 home / 1.63 away
over 8 matches
246
Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 30 August 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 30 August 2026. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Lines marked “our book” are this fixture’s; the rest are standard thresholds, not prices.
Per gameWigan for / againstLineMilton Keynes Dons for / against
Goals scored
0.75 for · 1.13 against n 8
2.75our book
1.63 for · 1.25 against n 8
Corners won
6.38 for · 5 against n 8
9.5standard
4.5 for · 5.88 against n 8
Shots
14 for · 11.38 against n 8
19.5standard
14.25 for · 16.25 against n 8
Shots on target
4 for · 3.13 against n 8
8.5standard
4.5 for · 5.13 against n 8
Fouls committed
11.63 for · 12.75 against n 8
21.5standard
10.38 for · 10.13 against n 8
Cards shown
1.5 for · 1.88 against n 8
3.5standard
1.25 for · 2.13 against n 8

Referee: P. Howard — 3.25 yellow cards a game, 0.13 red cards, 23.38 fouls over 8 matches (1.63 to the home side, 1.63 to the away side).

Wigan
Wigan — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsFouls committed 1+2+Fouls won 1+2+Likely duel
C. Saydee n 826.8
2.56/0
3.86/2
—
J. Mellish n 882.1
2.38/6
0.43/0
—
S. Perkins n 855.1
2.26/5
0.83/1
—
M. Smith n 881
1.56/3
0.74/1
—
D. Costelloe n 865.6
1.56/2
1.46/2
—
Wigan — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsShots 1+2+Shots on target 1+2+
J. Taylor n 871.6
3.87/5
25/3
S. Perkins n 855.1
3.16/4
0.41/1
Akeel Higgins n 827.1
2.95/2
1.23/0
C. Sze n 826.5
2.54/1
1.32/1
D. Costelloe n 865.6
2.46/4
1.24/2
Wigan — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsGoals 1+2+Assists 1+2+
J. Taylor n 871.6
0.83/2
0.21/0
C. Wright n 870
0.64/0
00/0
D. Costelloe n 865.6
0.21/0
0.21/0
Akeel Higgins n 827.1
0.41/0
00/0
J. Kerr n 890
0.32/0
00/0
Wigan — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsTackles 1+2+
C. Barrett n 851.3
2.67/4
Harrison Bettoni n 838.4
2.34/2
Akeel Higgins n 827.1
2.12/2
F. Burns n 868.6
25/3
R. Borges Rodrigues n 882.8
1.85/4
Wigan — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
PlayerMinsSaves 2+3+
J. Walsh n 890.6
3.26/3
Milton Keynes Dons
Milton Keynes Dons — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsFouls committed 1+2+Fouls won 1+2+Likely duel
J. Matete n 823.1
3.95/3
1.53/0
—
J. Mellish n 882.1
2.38/6
0.43/0
—
R. Hepburn-Murphy n 824.1
2.33/2
1.94/0
—
A. Gilbey n 881.1
1.86/6
14/3
—
J. Sanders n 869.1
1.86/2
26/4
—
Milton Keynes Dons — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsShots 1+2+Shots on target 1+2+
C. Paterson n 862.3
2.56/5
0.94/1
N. Mendez-Laing n 846.4
2.25/4
1.25/0
A. Collins n 846
24/2
14/0
R. Wintle n 879.1
1.67/3
0.75/0
J. Tomlinson n 881.9
1.56/3
0.84/2
Milton Keynes Dons — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsGoals 1+2+Assists 1+2+
N. Mendez-Laing n 846.4
0.52/0
0.52/0
S. Silvera n 831.4
0.41/0
0.41/0
R. Wintle n 879.1
0.11/0
0.42/1
A. Collins n 846
0.52/0
00/0
B. Wiles n 885.8
0.11/0
0.32/0
Milton Keynes Dons — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
PlayerMinsTackles 1+2+
J. Matete n 823.1
4.97/3
A. Nemane n 837.5
2.76/2
M. Ekpiteta n 885.5
2.46/4
A. Collins n 846
27/1
C. Lemonheigh-Evans n 845.5
25/2
Milton Keynes Dons — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 30 August 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
PlayerMinsSaves 2+3+
C. MacGillivray n 891.1
3.67/4

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
WiganMilton Keynes Dons
46%Possession54%
19Shots18
6Shots on target4
7Shots off target8
6Blocked shots6
12Shots inside the box13
5Corners5
1Offsides1
11Fouls11
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0
3Saves2
340Passes407

Wigan player stats

PlayerMinGAShSoTKPTklCardsRating
J. Whitworth9000000006.5
J. Weir9020421008.7
S. Perkins9000300106.4
F. Murray9000421206.8
M. Fox9000102106.9
J. Carragher9000000106.3
M. Power9011114308.7
D. Costelloe74002042Y6.7
R. Walsh6800310006.4
F. Burns66000000Y6.1
Charlie Gray6600001206
J. Mellish2400000006.5
C. Barrett2400000106.3
L. Harris2200101006.2
B. Burrows1601002206.9

Milton Keynes Dons player stats

PlayerMinGAShSoTKPTklCardsRating
R. Wintle9000200106
C. Paterson9000200106.4
C. Nelson9000100005.8
C. Goode9000100006.3
C. Bramall9000212106.3
C. MacGillivray9000000005.6
S. Nombe6400221106.6
R. Barnett6400201106.1
D. Barlaser6400001206.6
B. Wiles4500000005.8
M. Ekpiteta4501003206.2
A. Gilbey45002000Y5.7
J. Sanders45000000Y5.6
A. Collins2610311107.6
D. Crowley2600001106.1
S. Silvera2600100006.5

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Wigan v Milton Keynes Dons — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form
WiganLDLLL
Last 5: 0W 1D 4L · 0.6 scored / 1.6 conceded per game
Milton Keynes DonsDLDDD
Last 5: 0W 4D 1L · 1 scored / 1.6 conceded per game
Head-to-head last 6
Wigan 3 · 1 draw · Milton Keynes Dons 2 · 2.83 goals/game
  • 2022-03-12 Milton Keynes Dons 1–1 Wigan
  • 2021-10-19 Wigan 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons
  • 2021-03-06 Wigan 3–0 Milton Keynes Dons
  • 2020-10-27 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Wigan
  • 2018-04-07 Wigan 5–1 Milton Keynes Dons
  • 2017-08-05 Milton Keynes Dons 0–1 Wigan
League standing · 2026/27
Wigan#24 pos7 pts9 pl-7 GD
Milton Keynes Dons#18 pos9 pts9 pl-5 GD
Goals per game
Wigan scored0.67
Milton Keynes Dons scored1.22
Wigan conceded1.44
Milton Keynes Dons conceded1.78

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Frequently asked questions

What was the model’s pick for Wigan v Milton Keynes Dons?
TACTIX’s free model pick for Wigan v Milton Keynes Dons was Home or Away (best price 1.30 at Betano).
What is the head-to-head record between Wigan and Milton Keynes Dons?
In their last 6 meetings, Wigan won 3, Milton Keynes Dons won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Wigan and Milton Keynes Dons?
Recent form — Wigan 0W 1D 4L; Milton Keynes Dons 0W 4D 1L.

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