Peterborough United vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 28th, 2025

Peterborough United and Wigan Athletic will be playing against each other on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, at 19:45h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Peterborough United vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Peterborough United vs Wigan Athletic will occur

The game will be played in the small Weston Homes Stadium stadium, in the city of Peterborough, with a capacity for 15314 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the Peterborough 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 2.56 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Peterborough United last match

Peterborough United is coming off a draw. In its last outing they faced Exeter City in a match valid for League One, and the match ended 1-1. The eleven coached by D. Ferguson played in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

A win in this match had high probabilities, that is why the draw (odd 3.60) can be considered as a bad result.

Despite the team's less-than-exciting average performance, Malik Mothersille is certainly one of the players on the roster to watch for the future. On the field he showed a good physical presence and good footwork, proving to be crucial to Peterborough United game.

Wigan Athletic last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Wigan Athletic, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Burton Albion team with a final score of 1-2.

They were defeated despite having all the favoritism before the match. A lost match that was not in anyone's plans, a result that counted with odds of 5.00.

Peterborough United vs Wigan Athletic h2h

Peterborough United was in 12th place when they last played Wigan Athletic who was 16th place in League One. Peterborough United played using the 4-2-3-1 formation while Wigan Athletic responded with a 4-1-4-1 arrangement.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 01-10-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the League One, and it ended with a 3-0 win for Wigan Athletic.

The Wigan Athletic team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 2 wins, compared to the Peterborough United team, which won only 1 match.

In this football match, C. Brook will be the referee while A. Hickman and A. Mathieson will assist him.

Peterborough United

League One leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Peterborough United comes into this game with only 27 points. The team occupies 19th place in the League One, saddled with a negative balance of 7 wins, 13 losses, and 6 draws.

The team, in the 29th round, has 1 point over the Northampton Town team in position 20, and 1 point less than that of Bristol Rovers team that is placed in 18th place.

Peterborough United analysis

Peterborough United at the end of round 28 in League One had 42 goals scored and 47 conceded.

The average number of shots toward the net of Peterborough United can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 4.31 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

To control the game, the Peterborough United team would try to achieve an average ball possession of 55.85%. This is because teams would have some control over their opponents if they had ball possession above 50%.

Best goalscorer from Peterborough United

At the individual level in the team's offensive line, we have to highlight Kwame Poku. With 10 goals on his own, the Attacker has been instrumental in helping the Peterborough United team achieving several victories this season.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic arrives in this game with 30 points, and in 17th place in the League One, having won 8 games in total and lost 11 times, making a total of 6 draws.

In the 29th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to the Stevenage team who places just above in 16th place.

Wigan Athletic analysis

Wigan Athletic, after 28 rounds, has conceded more goals than it has scored. The goals scored are in fact 24 while 26 are those conceded to opponents.

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 has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.96 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Thelo Aasgaard so far in the competition. With 9 goals with his signature, the Midfielder has helped his team Wigan Athletic to achieve victorious results this season.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this match, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Peterborough United is Kwame Poku, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Wigan Athletic is Thelo Aasgaard, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

Wigan Athletic has conceded 12 away goals in 13 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 3-0, something to take into consideration.

Between 75-90 minutes is a good time to bet as some study have shown this to be the time where most goals occur.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.64 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 3.61 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

On the Peterborough United side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 times this season, very different from Wigan Athletic who only saw the red card once. Both the red and yellow cards market can be a good bet.

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

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