Wigan's victory over their rivals should see them come into this weekend's clash with renewed confidence, and their defensive resilience should prevent Shrewsbury from finding the back of the net.
Additionally, given the Shrews' own poor defensive record, it is difficult to see anything other than a comfortable victory for Latics on Saturday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Wigan Athletic win with a probability of 53.44%. A draw had a probability of 25.7% and a win for Shrewsbury Town had a probability of 20.81%.
The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.11%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.84%) and 2-1 (9.23%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.01%), while for a Shrewsbury Town win it was 0-1 (7.82%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 3.9% likelihood.
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