Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on October 19th, 2024

Cambridge United and Wigan Athletic are scheduled to play against each other on October 19th, 2024, Saturday at 14:00h (UTC), in a League One match to be held in England, check the Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Abbey Stadium stadium, in the city of Cambridge, with a capacity for 8127 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.67 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Cambridge United last match

Cambridge United is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Exeter City in a match valid for League One, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by G. Monk played in a 3-4-3 formation.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 5.00 indicated as much.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Michael Morrison had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

Wigan Athletic last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for EFL Trophy, Wigan Athletic, who used a 4-1-4-1 formation, faced the Carlisle United team with a final score of 0-2.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 1.90, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic h2h

Cambridge United was in 19th place in the League One while Wigan Athletic was in 12th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Cambridge United team entered the field with the 4-4-2 formation, the same tactic Wigan Athletic used in the match.

It was on 01-04-2024 when these two teams last clashed on the field. That match, which ended with the 3-1 win for Cambridge United, was valid for the 2023/2024 season of the League One.

The Wigan Athletic team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Cambridge United team, which has no wins recently.

Cambridge United

League One leaderboard now

With 1 point won, Cambridge United is in 24th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 0 wins against 8 losses, plus 1 draw.

In the 12th round, Burton Albion, that is in the 23rd place, has a small advantage of 3 points.

Cambridge United analysis

Currently, Cambridge United has a tally of 6 goals scored and 17 goals against, at the end of round 11 of League One.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 5 losses streak in the League One, which is not a good omen for this next match.

Recent performances have highlighted that Cambridge United is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

With an average of 3.56 shots on goal per match, Cambridge United certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

Over the course of the tournament, Cambridge United recorded an average ball possession of 48.67%. This indicates that the team usually does not impose its schemes, but adopts more guarded and defensive tactics. For the next game that Cambridge United will play against Wigan Athletic, fans would like to see more aggressive soccer from their team, and especially a few more goals.

Best goalscorer from Cambridge United

Individually, the team's main offensive standout in the competition so far is Shayne Lavery. The Attacker has already scored 2 times this season and has helped Cambridge United come away with the positive result on several occasions.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic arrives in this game with 13 points, and in 16th place in the League One, having won 3 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 4 draws.

This means that, in the 12th round, the team has the same score that the Reading team that is just behind in 17th place.

Wigan Athletic analysis

After 11 rounds, Wigan Athletic has a positive goal difference, with 9 goals scored and only 5 goals taken by their goalkeeper.

Recent performances have shown that Wigan Athletic is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 0.9 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Wigan Athletic is a more offensive team than Cambridge United, having 903 attacks vs. 764 from Cambridge United, having scored 9 times, in comparison, Cambridge United converted into goal 6 times.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Dale Taylor is the player to highlight. Helping Wigan Athletic with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

For punters some entries may be interesting for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Wigan Athletic has conceded 4 away goals in 5 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that Wigan Athletic will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 3-1, something to take into consideration.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Wigan Athletic scores an average of 1 goal per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.7.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.26 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.73 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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