Manchester City need that they need to initiate a response to the weekend’s Premier League action on Monday night, with a triumph over Wigan at the JJB Stadium. Boss Roberto Mancini will have seen Man Utd triumph 3-0 over Bolton on Saturday to draw level with them on points at the top of the table. So in this top versus bottom clash of Wigan v Man City betting, City need to pick up three points to keep just a little bit of daylight between them and their bitter rivals. City’s strong form from the start of the season dipped a little over the festive period, and with an FA Cup exit against Manchester United, and a Carling Cup semi final first leg defeat against Liverpool as well to boot, City really have only one focus now and that is winning the league. City of course have been depleted because of the impending Africa Cup of Nations, losing players to injury as well is really testing the squad strength of Mancini’s outfit. The main doubts ahead of the game at Wigan, is David Silva, who has been a vital cog in the Man City attack this season, his playmaking skills missed badly when he is out. Mario Balotelli picked up an ankle injury in Carling Cup semi final first leg, and is also a doubt for the big match. While City have picked up ten wins from ten in the league at home, their away form has become patchy and has allowed the race for the title to be kept open. City have failed to win in their last four away matches now, with draws at Liverpool and West Brom, along with defeats at Chelsea and Sunderland. So while their fluent home form is carrying them along, if they can rediscover the away from they showed up until that Chelsea defeat then they will be in a much stronger position. For their dip in form, they will be expected to pick up three points at Wigan, who are in terrible trouble at the foot of the league.
City have won five, drawn three and lost two on the road this season in the league. Their awesome firepower, which has stuttered a little bit lately, has fired in 25 away goals, but they have conceded 12 on their league travels. Clean sheets have been kept in just two of their ten away matches this season, but the main indicator of an away win in Wigan v Man City betting, is the vast difference in scoring power. Wigan boss Roberto Martinez keeps on fighting but with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Man City this season already, and with terrible home form, three points are going to be tough to come by. Wigan have only managed to pick up just one home win this season, along with four draws and five defeats. They haven’t managed to pick up a win in their last five games, although there have been three draws in that sequence, one against Chelsea and one against Liverpool. So there is some fight leg in Wigan, but a terrible exit against Swindon in the FA Cup has really mounted the pressure at the club and confidence can’t be that high. Wigan are neither scoring enough, with just ten at home this season, nor are they tight enough at the back, having conceded twice as many as that. There just is not the firepower around at the club to really fire their way out of troubles, and so they have to scrap and hold out for goalless draws. That seems to be their best way forward at the moment. Wigan have not scored a goal against City in the last four meetings with them and have subsequently lost those four. Wigan have lost Mohamed Diame to the Africa Cup of Nations, while they should get Albert Crusat back into action on the wing after injury. So there are desperate times at the JJB for Martinez who has seen his side slip back down to the bottom of the league. They are already three points out of safety and another loss would really see them have to climb a very tall mountain to maintain their Premier League survival.
Wigan v Man City Betting Odds
Wigan to win: 17/2 at William Hill
Draw: 15/4 at VC Bet
Man City to win: 4/9 at Paddy Power
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