League One: Wigan vs Mansfield – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 43 match between Wigan and Mansfield and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Mid-placed Mansfield travel to The Brick Community Stadium to face struggling Wigan in a round 43 game, which kicks-off on Saturday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.

Form: Wigan vs Mansfield

Wigan Form

Wigan recorded a win, a draw and a defeat in their last three matches. They lost 3-0 against Reading, before drawing 0-0 with Leyton Orient. They won their most recent game 1-3 against Northampton. Wigan claimed four wins in their last six League One matches at the The Brick Community Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded three and scored six goals.

Mansfield Form

Mansfield look well suited to take on any opponent presently, as their last three matches saw them gaining two victories and a draw. They ran out 4-1 and 0-2 winners against Northampton and Doncaster, respectively. Their winning streak came to an end against Burton, as the match resulted in a 0-0 draw. Mansfield claimed just one win from the last six away games in the League One. They also drew four and were defeated one times, as they were outscored by four goals to five.

Betting stats for Wigan and Mansfield

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

Players in form: Wigan vs Mansfield

It has been a superb season for Joe Taylor so far as he managed to score impressive 13 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target three times in his last six games, and Wigan rely on his abilities against Mansfield. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Saturday seems like a decent punt.

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Full-time result

Wigan claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing four. Mansfield won five of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost one of the games in this run. Mansfield have hit a nice vein of form, not losing any of their last 8 games.

Both teams to score

Wigan scored the first goal of the match in five games from a possible ten. Mansfield got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Mansfield managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Wigan’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Mansfield’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.