Wigan v Norwich Betting Preview – Championship 7th February 7.45pm
The survival hopes or the Latics took a hit on the weekend as they lost at home to play-off hopefuls Sheffield Wednesday. That was a big loss because Blackburn, Bolton and Bristol City all won on the weekend to heap more pressure on them. As for Norwich, they continued their improved form, stretching themselves out to three wins on the bounce and if they can land an away on Tuesday night, the Canaries will find themselves back in the play-off zone at the expense of Sheffield Wednesday. So will the Latics fall again to a play-off hopeful at home?
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Wigan v Norwich Betting Tips
The Latics had managed to land back to back league wins to boost their hopes of survival, but they fell to a 1-0 home defeat to snap that form, in a loss against Sheffield Wednesday on the weekend. The Latics stay at home for their midweek action and on home soil this season they have now gone W3 D3 L8. They have produced a pretty shocking W1 L7 record in their last eight league home games. So there are clear issues at the back for them and they have failed to score in seven of their last nine games at home in the Championship. 36% of their home games this season have gone under 2.5 goals and at Bet365 going under the goal line will return a price of 6/5. Each of the last four between these at Wigan have gone under the goal line and Norwich to win to nil is a 13/5 poke.
Earlier in the season when the two met, Wigan suffered a 2-1 loss at Carrow Road and they lost this corresponding fixture in the 214/15 season by a 1-0 defeat. A Norwich to win by a one goal margin with bookmaker Bet365 is a decent shot at 11/4. Three of the last four meetings now have been settled by a 1-0 scoreline, with two of those going in favour of the Latics. Wigan have won just two of their last nine against the Canaries now. Will Grigg is top scorer for the Latics this season in the Championship and he is trading at a price of 15/8 in the anytime goalscorer market while Yanic Wildschut is an 11/4 option. So Wigan are in big relegation trouble at the moment, six points adrift of safety and they aren’t exactly carrying the kind of form which suggests that they are going to get out of their troubles.
After their slump, Norwich are going well against now with three league win on the bounce. They have gone W4 D1 L1 in their last six league games now and their upturn in form has seen them get in the playoff race. The Canaries have posted a W4 D3 L8 record out on the road this season, which isn’t great at all, but they took a 1-0 win at Cardiff on the weekend to snap a long eight match winless streak out on the road in the Championship. The Canaries have scored exactly one goal in five of their last seven games away from home. A Norwich 1-0 correct score at Bet365 returns a price of 6/1 which looks some good value as that is what Sheffield Wednesday won by at Wigan on the weekend. In the anytime goalscorer market there’s a price of 15/8 on Cameron Jerome with Nelson Oliveira and Kyle Lafferty both at 21/10.
Wigan v Norwich Betting Odds
Norwich 11/10, Draw 11/5, Wigan 2/1
Wigan v Norwich Predictions
The Latics need a boost in this one and it may be worth sticking for a draw in the outcome of this one. Things have been pretty tight between the two of them through recent meetings and it is well worth looking under 2.5 goals for the outcome of the game. Norwich have yet to prove that their away form is fully up to part lately so look for the outright draw.
