Lincoln City vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on September 21st, 2024

Lincoln City and Wigan Athletic will be playing against each other on Saturday, September 21st, 2024, at 11:30h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Lincoln City vs Wigan Athletic betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Lincoln City vs Wigan Athletic will occur

The game is set to be played in the small LNER Stadium stadium, in the city of Lincoln, with a capacity for 10780 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Lincoln City 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 2.6 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Lincoln City last match

Lincoln City in its last official match drew (1-1) against Peterborough United, in a match valid for League One. Coach M. Skubala's lined up a 3-1-4-2 formation.

Prior to the match, there were signs indicating that the game would be evenly matched between the two teams. As a result, a draw with odds around 3.75 seemed like a plausible and expected outcome.

One of the best on the field of Lincoln City was certainly Jovon Makama, with a performance well above the average one expressed by his team. He himself, with his sense of position and his excellent plays, was crucial to his team in bringing home a positive result.

Wigan Athletic last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Wigan Athletic, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Bristol Rovers team with a final score of 0-4.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 3.20, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Lincoln City vs Wigan Athletic h2h

The last time these teams battled against each other in League One, Wigan Athletic ranked 13th place while Lincoln City was in 7th place. Wigan Athletic took to the field with a 4-2-3-1 tactic, while Lincoln City deployed in a 3-5-2 formation.

The last time these two teams clashed was on 13-04-2024, in a match of the 2023/2024 season of the League One, and the match ended with a 1-2 win for Wigan Athletic.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Wigan Athletic thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Bristol Rovers, Lincoln City drew in a match against Peterborough United. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

Lincoln City

League One leaderboard now

The Lincoln City team with 10 points currently occupies the 6th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

This means that Barnsley team, in 7th place, is close behind in the 7th round with the same score.

Lincoln City analysis

The ratio of goals scored to goals conceded for Lincoln City is positive: after 6 rounds the team has scored 10 goals, conceding only 6.

With an average of 4.8 shots on goal per game in the competition, we can consider that Lincoln City is a very offensive team, which naturally increases the chances of conversion and victory.

With 37.8% of ball possession averaged per game over the course of this league, Lincoln City can hardly be said to be the kind of team that imposes its textures on the field. However,in the next match of the season against Wigan Athletic they will have to come down with a whole different attitude on the pitch, and try to build more scoring chances.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Thomas Hamer played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Peterborough United. He failed to show the expected security and did not help Lincoln City to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from Lincoln City

Ben House has proved to be a tremendous individual asset for the team's offense this season. With 3 goals scored in the competition, the Attacker has been instrumental in leading Lincoln City to obtain favorable outcomes on several occasions.

Wigan Athletic

League One leaderboard now

Wigan Athletic arrives in this game with 6 points, and in 15th place in the League One, having won twice in total and lost 3 times, making a total of 0 draws.

Which means that the team is over Exeter City team who is in the position 16 in the 7th round but with the same number of points.

Wigan Athletic analysis

We have reached matchday 6 in League One and at the moment Wigan Athletic has made 6 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.

Best goalscorer from Wigan Athletic

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Joe Hugill is the player to highlight. Helping Wigan Athletic with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

The best time to place bets is between 75-90 minutes as some study have shown this to be where most goals happen.

Since Wigan Athletic has an average of 1.67 goals per game when playing away from home, and considering that they often do not concede goals away from home, the market with less than 2.5 goals it can also be an excellent alternative to consider.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.67.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.4 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.5 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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