UEFA Nations event
Wigan Athletic U21 and Cardiff City U21 meet in Professional Development League U21 — 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.
Professional Development League U21 · England · 25.08.2026 · kick-off 12:00 UTC
How Wigan Athletic U21 and Cardiff City U21 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:
Wigan Athletic U21:
Date Event Score 18.08.2026 Bristol City U21 vs Wigan Athletic U21 2 - 2 21.07.2026 Bury vs Wigan Athletic U21 4 - 0 30.04.2026 Wigan Athletic U21 vs Derby County Reserves 3 - 2
Cardiff City U21:
Date Event Score 18.08.2026 Cardiff City U21 vs Barnsley U21 1 - 2 14.08.2026 Cardiff City U21 vs Bournemouth U21 4 - 1 20.04.2026 Cardiff City U21 vs Hull City U21 1 - 2
When Wigan Athletic U21 and Cardiff City U21 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 26.08.2025 Cardiff City U21 vs Wigan Athletic U21 1 - 2 05.09.2022 Wigan Athletic U21 vs Cardiff City U21 1 - 2 16.08.2021 Cardiff City U21 vs Wigan Athletic U21 1 - 0
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Wigan Athletic U21 — 34
Cardiff City U21 — 20
Goals conceded so far:
Wigan Athletic U21 — 31
Cardiff City U21 — 21
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 Wigan Athletic U21 vs Cardiff City U21
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.
