West Brom vs Wigan – After losing to Hull City 2-0 in the previous Championship encounter, West Bromwich Albion will be looking to pick up a win here.
West Bromwich Albion had 70% of the possession in that game and 6 of their 21 attempts on goal were on goal. Dara O’Shea scored the lone goal for West Bromwich Albion (Own goal, 57′).
Hull City had 8 attempts, 2 of which were on goal. Hull City’s goal came from Benjamin Tetteh at the 33-second mark. In 5 of the last 6 games involving West Bromwich Albion, fewer than three goals per game were tallied.
The number of goals achieved by opposing teams during this time was 8, while West Bromwich Albion only managed to score six. Let’s see if that pattern can hold throughout this contest.
In their previous three league games, West Bromwich Albion has failed to defeat Wigan Athletic, according to their prior performance. In their last five league home games, they have gone unbeaten.
Wigan and their supporters will be hoping for a better outcome after losing to Preston North End in their previous match in Championship action.
Wigan Athletic had 49% of the possession in that game and 14 attempts on goal, four of which were successful. Preston North End, on the other hand, made 7 efforts at goal, scoring on 3 of them.
For Preston North End, goals were made by Tom Cannon (57′), Daniel Johnson (53′), and Greg Cunningham (27′ Own Goal).
A relatively low number of goals have been scored between Wigan Athletic and the opposition in five of the last six games. During that time, just 1.33 goals were tallied on average per game overall, with The Latics scoring 0.5 goals on average.
Wigan Athletic has lost all eight of their league encounters away from home coming into this one. Who can say how long it will last, either.
West Brom vs Wigan – Betting Analysis
According to the statistics for their matches going back to October 20, 2018, there hasn’t been much of a rivalry between the teams, with West Bromwich Albion winning two of them, Wigan winning two, and two games ending in draws.
In total, 9 goals were tallied during this time for both teams, with 5 for The Baggies and 4 for The Latics. That equals 1.5 goals per game on average.
The two teams’ most recent league matchup took place on Championship Match Day 7 on August 30, 2022, with a score of Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Bromwich Albion.
Wigan Athletic had 33% of the possession that day, 8 attempts on goal, 3 of which were on target. Josh Magennis (6′) was their lone scorer.
West Bromwich Albion, their rivals, made 8 efforts at goal, with 3 of them being successful. The goal was scored at 22′ by Karlan Ahearne-Grant. Andy Woolmer served as the umpire.
It doesn’t get much better in terms of player selection with just one fitness worry from a nearly completely healthy group of players for West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberán to be worried about. Kean Bryan is excluded (Cruciate Ligament Repair).
Using players like Joshua Griffiths, Darnell Furlong, Dara O’Shea, Semi Ajayi, Conor Townsend, Okay Yokuslu, Jayson Molumby, Jed Wallace, John Swift, Grady Diangana, and Daryl Dike, we believe The Baggies will likely play a 4-2-3-1 formation for the match.
Ben Amos, Charlie Hughes, Jack Whatmough, Ryan Nyambe, Tendayi Darikwa, Max Power, Christ Tiehi, James McClean, Callum Lang, Will Keane, and Ashley Fletcher could all play for The Latics in a 3-5-2 formation.
We predict that West Bromwich Albion will score at least once against Wigan Athletic, who will have a difficult time scoring.
What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game in the 90 min. result market, staking on West Bromwich Albion is available for 1.56, going for a draw is 4.08 and betting on victory for Wigan Athletic is 6. They are the most competitive returns offered at the current time.
West Brom vs Wigan – Head -to- Head
Our Prediction: Home Win or Draw
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