On Monday, Wigan Athletic will play Sheffield United at the DW Stadium in the second round of the EFL Championship. The home team made a good start in the Championship, but they’ve lost their way since then and are only just starting to get back on track. In their most recent match, they played Millwall and ended up drawing 1-1. Both teams scored in the first half, but the second half was not very good.
With just 25 points from 23 games, Wigan is 22nd in the league table. In an effort to get out of the drop zone, they will be aiming for victory the following week. Sheffield United, on the other hand, have resumed their pursuit of promotion to the English Premier League after recovering from a difficult stretch of form in October. Last time out, they beat struggling Huddersfield Town 1-0, and Billy Sharp scored the game’s only goal in the first 15 minutes.
Prediction
After losing six of their previous seven games, Wigan is now on a streak of consecutive games without a loss. However, they may struggle here given that they have only won two of their 11 home league games this season.
Five of Sheffield’s last six games have been victories. They should be able to continue their recent streak of consecutive victories in away contests next week.
Prediction: We say: Wigan Athletic 0-2 Sheffield United Sheffield United 0-2 Wigan Athletic Sheffield United should be too much for Wigan Athletic, who have won all three of their previous away games without conceding a goal.
Last weekend, the Latics’ performance under Toure’s direction appeared to have improved, but the Ivorian’s second game presents a significant challenge for them.
Head-to-Head
- Between Wigan and Sheffield, there have been 20 encounters. Six of those games were won by the hosts, while nine were won by the visitors. Their previous five meetings all ended in draws.
- After being winless in their previous three games, the visitors have won their past two in this match.
- The hosts have only kept one clean sheet in their past six games in this series.
- This season, the Blades have scored 20 points away from home. Only Preston North End have amassed more points.
- Wigan have only picked up nine league points at home this season, the fewest in the Championship thus far.
- This season, Sheffield has scored 36 league goals. Only Burnley has scored more goals in the league.
possible starting lineup
Wigan Athletic:
- Jones;
- Darikwa, Whatmough, Tilt, Bennett;
- Power, Naylor;
- Lang, Keane, McClean;
- Broadhead
Sheffield United:
- Foderingham;
- Ahmedhodzic, Egan, Clarke;
- Baldock, Norwood, Berge, Stevens;
- Ndiaye;
- McBurnie, Sharp
Betting Tips
- Tip 1’s outcome: Sheffield
- Tip 2 – Goals – Over/under 2.5 – Goals under 2.5 (With the exception of one of the visitors’ previous six games, all but one of the visitors’ previous six games have resulted in fewer than 2.5 goals.)
- Tip number three: Both teams should score: NO (Only once in the Blades’ previous six games have both teams scored.)
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