Stoke v Wigan Betting Tips – Championship, 22nd August 8.00pm
Neither of these have really settled down in the new season. Stoke will probably be highly disappointed with their strategy of just two points from their opening three games following their relegation from the Premier League last season. That’s not a confident start at all. Wigan came up from League One and the Latics are finding their feet and while their defence hasn’t help up yet, they have been scoring wheel. Read our predictions for Stoke v Wigan.
Stoke News and Form
Three games into the new season and Stoke would not have been expecting to be on the search for their first win of the term. They suffered a 3-1 loss at Leeds and the played out back to back drawn matches against Brentford and Preston. To be fair that wasn’t the easiest run of fixtures in the Championship. But there has to be some concern about the goals that they have given up and with no clean sheet in sight so far for them, both teams to score at bet365 is at 4/5 odds* (Betting Odds were taken on August 19th, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.) and that leads our betting tips for Stoke v Wigan. Benik Afobe is the top scorer for the Potters this term with two goals to his name so far.
Afobe is the 5/1 first goalscorer favourite* (Betting Odds were taken on August 19th, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.) for the fixture. Because the Latics haven’t been tight at the back, Stroke should get plenty of chances in this one. They had that terrible time of things in the Premier League last season but it is surprising that they haven’t started better. That is because they maintained most of their squad from last season. The Potters have already conceded an average of two goals per game though so far, but there are concerns for boss Gary Rowett. We are expecting the game to go over 2.5 goals at 21/10 which looks great value considering the defensive displays of these two so far* (Betting Odds were taken on August 19th, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.).
Wigan News and Form
The Latics haven’t been tight at the back but that can be forgiven as they came up to the Championship this season after winning League One last term. They have been involved in three high-scoring games already this term, beating Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in their opening and then losing by that scoreline against Aston Villa. They dragged a point out a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest on the weekend. So the Latics haven’t had any problems sticking the ball in the back of the net and Nick Powell has three league goals on the board. Powell is a 12/5 anytime goalscorer option* (Betting Odds were taken on August 19th, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.) for Wednesday’s trip to the Bet365 Stadium. Last season away from home in League One, Wigan earned a tremendous W16 D3 L4 record and averaged over two goals per game. They don’t like to have lost that scoring power, even though they are up in a tougher division.
Stoke v Wigan Head to Head
In the last six meetings between Stoke and Wigan, the Latics have an unbeaten W2 D4 record going against the Potters. This will be the first meeting between them since the 2012/13 Premier League with both meetings ending in a 2-2 draw. In that sequence of six matches, all four of the draws were 2-2 results and both wins for Wigan came with a clean sheet.
Stoke v Wigan Betting Odds*
Stoke 21/20
Draw 23/10
Wigan 5/2
* (Betting Odds were taken on August 19th, 2018 at 8:02 p.m.)
Stoke v Wigan Predictions
Wigan to win: Given the respective stars that the two clubs have made there is no reason why Wigan can’t get something out of their visit to Stoke in midweek. They have shown that they know where the goal is. For our Stoke v Wigan predictions, we are looking at Wigan-Draw Double Chance.
