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Preston North End and Wigan Athletic meet in FA Cup — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
FA Cup · England · 09.01.2026 · kick-off 19:30 UTC
How Preston North End and Wigan Athletic have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Preston North End:
Date Event Score 14.07.2026 Bamber Bridge vs Preston North End 1 - 4 02.05.2026 Preston North End vs Southampton 1 - 3 25.04.2026 Sheffield United vs Preston North End 2 - 3
Wigan Athletic:
Date Event Score 18.07.2026 Wigan Athletic vs Port Vale 1 - 3 02.05.2026 Stevenage vs Wigan Athletic 1 - 0 25.04.2026 Wigan Athletic vs AFC Wimbledon 0 - 1
When Preston North End and Wigan Athletic have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 09.01.2026 Preston North End vs Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 25.02.2023 Preston North End vs Wigan Athletic 2 - 1 25.02.2023 Preston North End vs Wigan Athletic 2 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Preston North End — 19
Wigan Athletic — 16
Goals conceded so far:
Preston North End — 27
Wigan Athletic — 15
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Preston North End vs Wigan Athletic
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
