Huddersfield Town vs Wigan Athletic Prediction & Preview
Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic is a League One fixture at the Accu Stadium in Huddersfield on Saturday 24 October 2026, kicking off at 12:30 BST. Martin Drury's Huddersfield Town have taken 11 points from their last six league games. Gary Caldwell's Wigan Athletic have taken 4.
- Fixture: Huddersfield Town v Wigan Athletic
- Competition: League One
- Date: Saturday 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: Accu Stadium, Huddersfield
Calls on this one and the rest of the weekend sit on the live match list.
Huddersfield Town are scoring heavily
Four days before this match Huddersfield beat Peterborough United 4-1 at home. Seven days before it they won 2-0 at Plymouth Argyle. Twelve goals in six games, two or more in four of them, and a 3-1 win at Burton Albion 21 days out to go with the 2-2 home draw against Sheffield Wednesday.
Three wins, two draws, one defeat, the loss a 1-2 reverse at Bromley 35 days before this fixture.
The defence is less settled than the attack. Six conceded in six, two or more in a couple of those games, which is how four of the six finished with three goals or more in them. Two clean sheets, though, including the 0-0 at Mansfield Town 42 days before Saturday. The curious line is the home record: one win from two at the Accu Stadium against two from four away.
Wigan Athletic cannot find a goal
Two goals in six League One matches. Wigan have not scored more than once in any of those games and they drew a blank in four of them, including a 0-4 home defeat by Stockport County 49 days before this fixture.
Caldwell's side did win 1-0 at home to Reading seven days before Saturday, their only win in the run, then lost 1-2 at Oxford United four days before it. The rest reads 0-1 at Stevenage, 0-1 at home to Wycombe Wanderers and 0-0 at Sheffield Wednesday.
Four points, one win, four defeats. There is something to build on at the back - two clean sheets in six, and only one of those games saw both teams score - but Wigan have won none of their last three away matches, and a side that keeps games tight without scoring tends to lose them narrowly.
Huddersfield Town vs Wigan Athletic team news
Huddersfield are without Jack Whatmough, Radinio Balker and Murray Wallace, while Derensili Sanches Fernandes has been managing a knee problem and was expected to be withdrawn early in the second half against Peterborough, with Drury flagging that he may rotate players carrying recent niggles through the Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday run Terrier Spirit. Wigan expect Morgan Fox to be out for around a month with a calf issue, Akeel Higgins and Ryan Trevitt are both dealing with hamstring injuries, and Luke Harris and Dara Costelloe are unavailable in attack Sports Mole, with Max Power having missed the Reading game Last Word on Football. James Carragher sat out the Oxford trip after a fifth yellow card of the campaign and is available again Sports Mole.
The game hinges on whether Wigan's two clean sheets in six count for more than Huddersfield's twelve goals in six. On the evidence, they do not.
Huddersfield Town vs Wigan Athletic prediction
Huddersfield Town should beat Wigan Athletic in this League One match at the Accu Stadium on Saturday 24 October 2026, and we are calling it 2-0. Huddersfield have scored two or more in four of their last six and come in off a 4-1 home win over Peterborough United. Wigan have managed two goals in six games and failed to score in four of them, so even a disciplined afternoon from Caldwell's defence leaves them needing something they have not produced since early September.
Our prediction: Huddersfield Town 2-0 Wigan Athletic
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