Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on September 14th, 2024

Bristol Rovers and Wigan Athletic will be playing against each other on Saturday, September 14th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Athletic will occur

The game will be played in the small Memorial Stadium stadium, in the city of Seattle, with a capacity for 9832 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

At Betarena, you can find everything about the match live, including statistics, events, odds, and everything else that can help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.55 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Bristol Rovers last match

Bristol Rovers comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Barnsley, in a match valid for League One, and the match ended 2-1. Coach M. Taylor's team lined up with this formation: 3-1-4-2.

This defeat was something that was already predicted before the game. The odds for them to win, of 4.75 indicated as much.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly James Wilson. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

Wigan Athletic last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for EFL Trophy, Wigan Athletic, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Morecambe team with a final score of 1-2.

The odds of 5.00 show that no one expected a defeat for the team in this match. Despite being the favorites to win, they could not avoid defeat.

Bristol Rovers vs Wigan Athletic h2h

Wigan Athletic was in 13th place in the League One while Bristol Rovers was in 15th place, the last time these teams faced each other. Wigan Athletic team entered the field with the 4-2-3-1 formation, the same tactic Bristol Rovers used in the match.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 27-04-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the League One, which ended with a 2-0 win for Wigan Athletic.

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Bristol Rovers, standing in 9th place with 7 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 2 wins, 2 losses and, 1 draw.

With the same score that the Reading who occupies position 8, the team starts the 6th round.

Bristol Rovers will try to utilize the home factor as an advantage to get a win. This, despite being located in the middle of the league table in the England League One and having no high aspirations or relegation concerns.

Bristol Rovers analysis

Bristol Rovers at the end of round 5 in League One had 4 goals scored and 4 conceded.

The Bristol Rovers team comes from a defeat in the League One, and its coach Matthew Taylor wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

It appears that Bristol Rovers is encountering difficulties in scoring goals, as evidenced by their low number of goals scored and the high number of games in which they have failed to score. This could imply that their attacking play is lacking in quality and they need to work on creating better chances.

Bristol Rovers average number of shots on net is 2.8 per game. This is a good indicator of the fact that the team does not score much, nor does it impose too much of a burden on opposing defenses.

The average ball possession of Bristol Rovers in this league is 43.6%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against Wigan Athletic they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

While Wigan Athletic has only managed to convert 2 of their 369 attacks into goals, Bristol Rovers has been much more successful with 474 attacks and 4 goals.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Promise Omochere. The Attacker has scored 2 times in the current season and has helped Bristol Rovers come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic arrives in this game with 3 points, and in 20th place in the League One, having won once in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 0 draws.

Wigan Athletic analysis

We have reached matchday 5 in League One and at the moment Wigan Athletic has made 2 goals and conceded 5.

Recent performances have shown that Wigan Athletic is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

Wigan Athletic has displayed their patience as a team this season, with a high average minutes of first goal scored. This patience has resulted in game control and waiting for the right opportunities, leading to a low number of goals conceded. These qualities demonstrate the team's tactical discipline and organization. Sustaining this approach will be beneficial for Wigan Athletic in upcoming matches.

The team does not shine in attack, with a scoring average of 0.5 goals per game. With these statistics against it, it can hardly count on a good result in the next away game.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Some study shows us that between 75-90 minutes is where most goals occur, this can be a good bet for those who follow the live game.

Since Wigan Athletic has an average of 0.5 goals per game when playing away from home, and they often do not concede goals away from home, the under 2.5 goals can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.38 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.2 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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