EFL Cup 25/26, Round 1 · 12 Aug 2025

Wigan Athletic 1–0 Notts County

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Wigan Athletic favourites at 62%.

Wigan Athletic won and made the better chances: 1.3 xG to 0.6.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Matt Palmer, 63.0 in 90′.

Each side's last five results before this match.

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

No earlier result in Footybot's data.

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	xG	Score	vs usual
Paul Mullin Forward	64	1	0.76	57.0	–
Sam Tickle Goalkeeper	90	0	–	56.4	–
Dara Costelloe Forward	26	0	–	51.0	–
Jason Kerr Defender	90	0	–	45.3	–
Christian Saydee Forward	15	0	–	44.3	–
Ryan Trevitt Midfielder	90	0	0.06	40.8	–
Jensen Weir Midfielder	90	0	–	40.7	–
Tobias Brenan Midfielder	64	0	–	39.7	–
Joseph Hungbo Forward	90	0	0.02	38.2	–
Maleace Asamoah Forward	75	0	–	37.6	–
Fraser Murray Midfielder	61	0	0.10	33.8	–
Leo Graham Midfielder	26	0	0.24	33.6	–
Harry McHugh Midfielder	16	0	–	32.8	–
Callum Wright Midfielder	74	0	0.09	32.6	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Matt Palmer Midfielder	90	–	63.0	–
Tom Iorpenda Midfielder	90	0.05	61.0	–
Jacob Bedeau Defender	90	–	60.7	–
Qamaruddin Kouhyar Midfielder	17	–	60.3	–
Matthew Dennis Forward	26	0.34	50.6	–
Kelle Roos Goalkeeper	90	–	49.9	–
Kellan Gordon Midfielder	45	0.04	49.6	–
Sonny Aljofree Defender	90	0.03	46.7	–
Rod McDonald Defender	90	–	46.4	–
Barry Cotter Defender	45	–	40.4	–
Conor Grant Forward	64	–	38.7	–
Jodi Jones Midfielder	64	0.09	37.4	–