Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on September 28th, 2024

A football match between Wigan Athletic and Exeter City of the League One will take place in England on Saturday, September 28th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), check the Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City will occur

The game takes place 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

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

Introduction to the Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City betting tip 2024/2025

Wigan Athletic last match

In the last match played, Wigan Athletic met Stevenage, in a match valid for the League One. The match ended in a draw by 0-0. The coach S. Maloney's on that occasion lined the team up with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 2.88 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

Wigan Athletic average performance has certainly not been brilliant. One of the few who made a difference is Silko Thomas: well positioned on the field, with a well-tuned foot, he was instrumental to the team in saving the result.

Exeter City 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, Exeter City, who used a 4-4-2 formation, faced the Tottenham U21 team with a final score of 2-0.

This positive result confirmed their favoritism before the game, which had odds of 1.50.

Wigan Athletic vs Exeter City h2h

Last time these teams faced each other, Wigan Athletic occupied 13th place in League One and, team Exeter City the 14th place. Wigan Athletic entered the field with the tactic 3-4-3, while Exeter City arranged their formation in a 3-4-2-1.

The last time these teams met was for a League One match, on 10-02-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 1-2 win for Exeter City.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The Exeter City team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Wigan Athletic its counterpart.

In this game, C. Brown and A. Burgess will support S. Simpson who will be in charge of the game on the football field.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

With 8 points, 2 wins, 3 losses 2 draws, and a negative balance, Wigan Athletic enters this game in 14th place in the League One.

In the 8th round, the team has no advantage against the Stevenage team, which is ranked just below in position 15. It also has the same score that the Northampton Town team that is in the 13th place.

Wigan Athletic analysis

Currently, in the League One, Wigan Athletic sums 6 goals for and a total of 5 goals against, after 7 rounds played.

The performances of Wigan Athletic in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

Wigan Athletic has a ball possession percentage of 49.57% in the league. This indicates that it is not the kind of team that shows up on the field to create play. Fans hope that something will change for the next match against Exeter City and especially that the team will score more goals.

A hectic schedule could be a potential roadblock for Wigan Athletic as they gear up to play multiple games in quick succession. Even though the odds favor a closely matched game, Wigan Athletic demanding schedule could be a crucial factor in determining the eventual outcome against Exeter City.

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 Joe Hugill. Wigan Athletic owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 2 goals in this season.

Exeter City

League One leaderboard now

Exeter City arrives in this game with 9 points, and in 12th place in the League One, having won 3 games in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 0 draws.

Exeter City analysis

Exeter City goal quotient is definitely positive, with 8 down scored and 6 conceded after 7 rounds played.

Exeter City has a relatively low average of shots towards the goal, with only 3.67 attempts per game, and this is an indication that the team has a poor attack, and therefore scores few goals.

Teams can usually exert control over their opponents with ball possession above 50%. Therefore, the Exeter City team typically seeks to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.33%.

Exeter City could face difficulties in maintaining their top form when confronted with a packed schedule featuring several games in a short span. Despite the odds pointing towards a close contest, the team's busy schedule could impact their performance against Wigan Athletic.

Best goalscorer from Exeter City

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Edward Francis. The Midfielder scored 2 goals in the current season, helping Exeter City to achieve victory in several disputes.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is where most goals occur, a good time to bet if one is following the live game.

Since Exeter City has an average of 1.33 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.7 corners per game.

Exeter City is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.83 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Exeter City in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.14 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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