Wigan Athletic vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on December 21st, 2024

A League One match between Wigan Athletic and Shrewsbury Town will hold on December 21st, 2024, Saturday at 15:00h (UTC), in England, check the Wigan Athletic vs Shrewsbury Town betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Wigan Athletic vs Shrewsbury Town 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, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

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Introduction to the Wigan Athletic vs Shrewsbury Town 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 2.58 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 win recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Bolton Wanderers, in a match valid for League One, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 0-2. On the field, S. Maloney's team lined up with a 4-2-3-1.

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

With an outstanding performance, Silko Thomas was the big name in the team's victory. Responsible for his best moments, and with excellent passing performance, the midfield was a real executioner of the rival in the duel.

Shrewsbury Town 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, Shrewsbury Town, who used a 4-3-1-2 formation, faced the Wycombe Wanderers team with a final score of 1-4.

The odds for their win, 4.75 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

Wigan Athletic vs Shrewsbury Town h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in League One, Wigan Athletic was in 14th place while Shrewsbury Town was in the 19th place. Wigan Athletic opened with a 3-4-3 arrangement while Shrewsbury Town charged with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 17-02-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the League One, which ended with a 0-1 win for Wigan Athletic.

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

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic comes into this game ranking in 16th place in the League One. The team has scored 23 points, 6 wins, 8 losses and 5 draws. However, this is a negative balance.

Which means that, with the same score, the team is ahead the Rotherham United team closing in at the 17th place in the 21st round.

Wigan Athletic analysis

After 20 matches, Wigan Athletic shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 17 goals and conceded 16.

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.

With an average of 3.47 shots on goal per match, Wigan Athletic certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

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 6 goals with his signature, the Midfielder has helped his team Wigan Athletic to achieve victorious results this season.

Shrewsbury Town

League One leaderboard now

With 11 points won, Shrewsbury Town is in 24th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 3 wins against 14 losses, plus 2 draws.

Saddled with a slight disadvantage of 1 point against Burton Albion team in position 23, in the 21st round.

Shrewsbury Town analysis

Shrewsbury Town counted 19 goals scored and 39 conceded at the end of League One day number 20.

Recent performances have highlighted that Shrewsbury Town 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.

The team is not scoring many goals, averaging 1 goals per game. Moreover, it will be going to play on a difficult field, so the outcome of the match may seem one-sided. But soccer, you know, is unpredictable.

Shrewsbury Town is a more offensive team than Wigan Athletic, having 1726 attacks vs. 1694 from Wigan Athletic, having scored 19 times, in comparison, Wigan Athletic converted into goal 17 times.

Best goalscorer from Shrewsbury Town

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning John Marquis. The Attacker has already scored 4 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Shrewsbury Town, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Interesting Match Facts:

With Wigan Athletic boasting an unbeaten record in their recent encounters against Shrewsbury Town, all eyes are on them to maintain their dominance on the field.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

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 6 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Shrewsbury Town is John Marquis, 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

Something to explore in order to get favorable betting results is noting the average of 4.32 corners per game which one can get by combining the number of corners of both teams.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.05 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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