Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 04th, 2025

A League One match between Wigan Athletic and Birmingham City will hold on January 04th, 2025, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in England, check the Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City will occur

The game is set to be played in the small The DW Stadium stadium, in the city of Wigan, with a capacity for 25138 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Take the opportunity to check out the match live in Betarena, bringing much information to your bets, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City 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 2.59 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Wigan Athletic last match

Wigan Athletic comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Wrexham, in a match valid for League One, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-1. On the field, S. Maloney's team lined up with a 4-1-4-1.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 4.33 indicated as much.

The whole defensive section of the team suffered a lot from the opponent's raids, but the most in trouble seemed to be Will Aimson. The player made many crucial mistakes during the match, and he will have to regain his lucidity as early as the next match in order to return useful to his team.

Birmingham City last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Birmingham City, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Blackpool team with a final score of 0-0.

Taking into account the previous analysis, the probabilities of winning were high, which is reason enough to consider the draw (odd 4.33) as a bad outcome.

Wigan Athletic vs Birmingham City h2h

Birmingham City was in 5th place in the League One while Wigan Athletic was in 19th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Birmingham City team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Wigan Athletic used in the match.

The last preceding match between these two teams was from 31-08-2024. The match was valid for the 2024/2025 season of the League One, and it ended with a 2-1 win for Birmingham City.

The previous encounter between these teams saw them fighting hard to stay ahead.

The performance of the Birmingham City team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Wigan Athletic team.

Teams each aiming for their goals using their strengths.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Wigan Athletic comes into this game with only 27 points. The team occupies 16th place in the League One, saddled with a negative balance of 7 wins, 9 losses, and 6 draws.

Blackpool ranks just above, occupying 15th place in the 25th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 1 point.

Wigan Athletic analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Wigan Athletic is positive: after 24 rounds the team has scored 21 goals, conceding only 20.

The Wigan Athletic team comes from a defeat in the League One, and its coach Shaun Maloney wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Wigan Athletic seems to be facing a problem in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could be an indication that they are struggling to generate good scoring opportunities and need to improve their attacking performance.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Thelo Aasgaard. The Midfielder has scored 7 times in the current season and has helped Wigan Athletic come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Historical data Wigan Athletic

With 4 titles won in the history of the tournament, the Wigan Athletic team is one of the competition's top names. The record of the team will impact the final outcome of the match, and it will not be the first time the team has managed to impress their opponents with a win at a time when they are in bad shape.

Birmingham City

League One leaderboard now

The Birmingham City team with 49 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 15 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses.

Birmingham City analysis

After 24 rounds, Birmingham City has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 37 goals for and 16 conceded.

As we approach the Regular Season, Birmingham City is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 4.33 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

Birmingham City is always a candidate for the title, the first position it occupies in the League One proves that.

Teams can usually exert control over their opponents with ball possession above 50%. Therefore, the Birmingham City team typically seeks to control the game with an average ball possession of 69.33%.

With Birmingham City having a balance of 7 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw when playing away in the League One, they usually allows little chances for opponents to win.

Birmingham City is a more offensive team than Wigan Athletic, having 2440 attacks vs. 1972 from Wigan Athletic, having scored 37 times, in comparison, Wigan Athletic converted into goal 21 times.

Best goalscorer from Birmingham City

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Jay Stansfield. Birmingham City owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 12 goals in this season.

It should also be noted that 5 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Wigan Athletic is Thelo Aasgaard, who has already scored 7 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Birmingham City is Jay Stansfield, he has scored in 12 opportunities.

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

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Wigan Athletic 0.9 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Birmingham City 1.8 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.75.

Corners Top Betting Tips

The corners market can help a favorable return on your bets, the average team corners per game are 5.22 corners.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.46 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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