Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 25th, 2025

A football match between Wigan Athletic and Bristol Rovers of the League One will take place in England on Saturday, January 25th, 2025, at 15:00h (UTC), check the Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers will occur

The game takes place in the small The DW Stadium stadium, in the city of Wigan, with a capacity for 25138 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers 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.

Wigan Athletic last match

Wigan Athletic comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Burton Albion, in a match valid for League One, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 1-2. On the field, S. Maloney's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

Nobody was counting on a defeat in this match. The team had all the favoritism in their favor, but they could not avoid being defeated, an outcome that had odds of 5.00.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Will Aimson leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Bristol Rovers 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 League One, Bristol Rovers, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Barnsley team with a final score of 3-1.

The underdog's win had odds of 4.33, which shows why we have witnessed an incredible surprise with this unexpected victory.

Wigan Athletic vs Bristol Rovers h2h

Wigan Athletic occupied 20th place when they went against Bristol Rovers, who was in 11th place, in their last match at League One. Wigan Athletic first went in with a 4-2-3-1 formation, which was engaged by Bristol Rovers with a 3-1-4-2 deployment.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the League One. The meeting took place on 14-09-2024 and ended with a 0-4 win for Wigan Athletic.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Unfortunately, Wigan Athletic comes into this game with only 30 points. The team occupies 17th place in the League One, saddled with a negative balance of 8 wins, 11 losses, and 6 draws.

In the 28th round, the team holds a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to Stevenage team which is just above, in the 16th place.

Wigan Athletic analysis

Wigan Athletic at the end of round 27 in League One had 24 goals scored and 26 conceded.

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.

Recent performances have highlighted that Wigan Athletic 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.

One factor to consider is Wigan Athletic average number of shots on goal, only 3.48 per match. So the team tends not to score many goals or be dangerous in goal.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Thelo Aasgaard. The Midfielder has already scored 9 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Wigan Athletic, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Bristol Rovers arrives in this game with 28 points, and in 18th place in the League One, having won 8 games in total and lost 13 times, making a total of 4 draws.

Which means that in the 28th round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 1 point over Peterborough United team who is in the 19th place.

Bristol Rovers analysis

Currently, in the League One, Bristol Rovers sums 25 goals for and a total of 39 goals against, after 27 rounds played.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 1 goals scored on average per match.

Bristol Rovers is a more offensive team than Wigan Athletic, having 2310 attacks vs. 2227 from Wigan Athletic, having scored 25 times, in comparison, Wigan Athletic converted into goal 24 times.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Promise Omochere. The Attacker scored 4 goals in the current season, helping Bristol Rovers to achieve victory in several disputes.

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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 9 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Bristol Rovers is Promise Omochere, he has scored in 4 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.26 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.93 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 Bristol Rovers side, we know that it is a more aggressive team having received the red card 3 time 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.

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