The team to win about 40% of games? (5)

I believe the answer is:

wigan

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'the team' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for wigan that I've seen before include "The Road to -- Pier (Orwell)" , "Manchester-area town, its Pier, Orwell" , "Greater Manchester town with an "Athletic" football club" , "North-western town" , "Lancashire FC" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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