League One: Birmingham vs Wigan – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Birmingham and Wigan who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

As the early season favourites, Birmingham will look to justify their title credentials this coming Saturday when they take on Wigan for a round 4 match in the League One.

While Wigan find themselves on the 18th spot in the table with miserable three points after three rounds, Birmingham have fought their way to seven points which leaves them 5th in the standings at the very moment.

Form: Birmingham vs Wigan

Birmingham Form

Birmingham hope to get back to winning ways after first beating Wycombe by 2-3, before winning 1-2 against Leyton Orient. The streak ended in a recent 0-2 defeat against Fulham. Birmingham are without a win in their last six League One matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and zero defeats, in which they conceded one and scored one goals.

Wigan Form

Wigan got a mix of results in their last three matches. An encounter with Barnsley brought a 1-1 draw, which was followed by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Reading. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Crawley by a 1-0 scoreline. Wigan won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the League One. The scoreline from these matches says ten goals conceded and seven scored.

Betting stats and facts for Birmingham and Wigan

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Birmingham and Wigan. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players on top: Birmingham vs Wigan

As the new League One campaign has recently started, we are still a bit in the dark, as to which striker will dominate the top scorer table for Birmingham and Wigan this season. However, there might be some interesting prospects, when looking at the list of players who are in the best form at the moment.

Betting markets: Birmingham vs Wigan

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at St Andrew’s Knighthead Park across all tournaments Birmingham won five times, drew one and lost four times. Wigan claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Wigan have not lost to Birmingham in 4 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Birmingham scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Wigan got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Birmingham managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments. Wigan have scored in 6 consecutive meetings with Birmingham when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Birmingham, who scored an average of 1.5 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of Wigan’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.1 goals in these matches.

Suggested bet: Birmingham vs Wigan

To summarize, the upcoming League One clash seems to be a good opportunity to place some bets. Taking into account the stats and facts for Birmingham vs Wigan mentioned in this article, we are offering a free betting tip below.

Birmingham vs Wigan: Who wins the game?