Ace Football previews the League One round 44 match between Wigan and Rotherham and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Wigan welcome Rotherham at The Brick Community Stadium in round 44 of the League One campaign. Only three matches remain this season, and important points are at stake on Monday.
Team form: Wigan vs Rotherham
Wigan Form
Wigan currently look solid, going undefeated in three matches, which started by drawing 1-1 against Exeter. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Wrexham in a 0-0 encounter, before beating Shrewsbury in a 0-1 encounter. Wigan only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League One matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew two and lost two, as they scored five and conceded five goals.
Rotherham Form
Rotherham achieved a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, starting off beating Bolton 0-1. A 3-1 defeat against Stockport County followed, before drawing with Mansfield in a match resulting 3-3. Rotherham managed a decent return of three wins in their last six League One away matches, in which they scored eight while also conceding eight times. They also experienced zero draws and three defeats.
Betting stats for Wigan and Rotherham
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Wigan and Rotherham played across all tournaments.
- In the last 22 Wigan matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 34 of the last 36 Wigan home matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 20 Wigan matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 31 of the last 33 Wigan home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Wigan matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Rotherham away matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Rotherham have won the last 3 matches in a row while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- Rotherham have won the last 3 matches in a row in the League One while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 6 of the last 7 Rotherham away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Rotherham away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Wigan vs Rotherham
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Dale Taylor, who is performing well for Wigan. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent League One outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Rotherham.The visitors will be looking to Sam Nombe to find the net once again, after managing three League One goals for Rotherham in recent matches.
Popular betting markets: Wigan vs Rotherham
Full-time result
Wigan claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in three of the games, whilst losing four. Rotherham won three of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost five of the games in this run. Wigan have not lost to Rotherham in 5 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Wigan scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Rotherham got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Wigan managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
Wigan saw over 2.5 goals in two of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Rotherham, who managed to score 1.3 times in those matches.
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