Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on January 21st, 2025

Wigan Athletic will be playing against Burton Albion in a League One football match scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 21st, 2025, at 19:45h (UTC), in England, check the Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion will occur

The game will be played 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.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion 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 2.55 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Wigan Athletic last match

In the last match they played, Wigan Athletic collected a win. The opposing team was Mansfield Town, and the match - which ended with the result of 0-2 - was valid for FA Cup. Coach S. Maloney's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 3.50, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

Burton Albion 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, Burton Albion, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Northampton Town team with a final score of 0-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 3.20, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

Wigan Athletic vs Burton Albion h2h

Burton Albion was in 19th place when they last played Wigan Athletic who was 12th place in League One. Burton Albion played using the 5-3-2 formation while Wigan Athletic responded with a 4-2-3-1 arrangement.

Their last League One game of 2023/2024 season which took place on 29-03-2024 game ended in a staggering 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Wigan Athletic team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Burton Albion has been more irregular.

This football game will be officiated by S. Oldham while T. Cooke and C. Brown will assist him from the sideline.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic enters into this match occupying 17th place in the League One with a negative balance. The team has scored 27 points, winning only 7 games, losing 10, and scoring 6 draws.

This means that in the 16th round, the Northampton Town team is closing in at 18th place, with 1 point separating them.

Wigan Athletic analysis

After 15 rounds, Wigan Athletic has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 23 goals so far and scored 21 times.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 2 losses streak in the League One, which is not a good omen for this next match.

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.

An average of 3.43 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Wigan Athletic, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.

Wigan Athletic is a more offensive team than Burton Albion, having 2051 attacks vs. 1930 from Burton Albion, having scored 21 times. In comparison, Burton Albion converted into goal 20 times.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Thelo Aasgaard. Wigan Athletic owes some of their triumphs to the Midfielder who scored 7 goals in this season.

Burton Albion

League One leaderboard now

With 14 points won, Burton Albion is in 24th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 2 wins against 14 losses, plus 8 draws.

Cambridge United ranks just above, occupying 23rd place in the 16th round, the team suffers a small disadvantage of 3 points.

Burton Albion analysis

Burton Albion counted 20 goals scored and 38 conceded at the end of League One day number 15.

Burton Albion is going through a rough patch in their form, having lost their last 3 matches and drawing the other 2. They need to regroup and find a way to get back to winning ways if they want to stay competitive in the league.

Recent performances have shown that Burton Albion 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 starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.83 scored per game.

Best goalscorer from Burton Albion

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Danilo Orsi-Dadamo. Burton Albion owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 6 goals in this season.

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 Burton Albion is Danilo Orsi-Dadamo, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Wigan Athletic 0.82 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Burton Albion 0.82 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.2 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 6.47 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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

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