Wigan travel to Swansea.com Stadium for Saturday's Premier League match against Swansea City.
Swansea City are looking to bounce back after losing their last Championship game 1-0 to Preston North End. In this match, Swansea City had 72% possession and had 14 shots, including 4 shots. Preston North End had 9 shots on target and 4 shots on target. Brad Potts (30') scored for Preston North End.
Swansea City are often overlooked in the last 90 minutes. In fact, Swansea City have failed to prevent their opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches. Let's see if this trend continues in this match. Wigan and their traveling fans, who beat Stoke City in their last game, will be hoping to get a good result from this game.
In this match, Wigan Athletic had 51% possession and had 11 shots, including 1 shot. Stoke City, on the other hand, attempted 13 shots and scored 5 goals. Josh Tymon (62') scores for Stoke City. Statistics don't lie. Wigan have scored in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding a total of 10 goals to the opposition. Defensively, Wigan Athletic could do much better.
Prediction
We predict that Wigan Athletic could separate this team from Swansea City, but not by as much as they admit.
We will face Swansea City 2-1 at the end of this match. I wonder how this story will play out.
Head-to-head
A review of previous results between these clubs since 20 October 2012 shows that these meetings ended in disappointing results for Wigan.
Swansea City had 67% of possession and scored the winner. In this match 18 goals were scored, 11 of which were scored by "Lebede" and 7 by "Latics".
Average of 3 goals per game. The previous meeting between the two players took place on the 28th day of the championship, on 18 January 2020, when Swansea City beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 away.
Line-up
Swansea:
Nathan Wood, Matthew Sorinola, Luke Cundle, Jay Fulton, Ryan Manning, Oliver Cooper, Olivier Ntcham and Joël Piroe, Steven Benda, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling.
Wigan Athletic:
Curtis Tilt, Tendayi Darikwa, Max Power, Graeme Shinnie, Tom Naylor, James McClean, Charlie Wyke and Will Keane, Jamie Jones, Jason Kerr, Jack Whatmough.
Betting tips
Looking at the betting price this game on the 90 minutes results market, your money might be best valued at 1.91 for Swansea City to finish the game at 3.62 and Wigan Athletic to win at 4.33.
Where to watch
Sky Sports Red Button Broadcasts this match.