Preston vs Wigan Betting Tips & Match Predictions
Preston vs Wigan Intro
With the Championship season starting to take shape, both Preston and Wigan will be looking for a win when they meet at Deepdale. The home side have endured a poor season, but Wigan are deep in trouble as they head into this one. Kick off is on Saturday February 25, 2023 at 3:00 PM. Heading into this matchweek 34 contest Shaun Maloney’s Wigan team are seated in last place on the table with 31 points from their 33 games played while Ryan Lowe’s Preston squad have 42 points and sit midtable in the 14th place. We’re almost into the latter stages of the season with Preston and Wigan in contrasting form. The two sides are separated by 10 places and 11 points gap.
Preston vs Wigan Form
Drawing against Hull made it Preston 5 points from the last five games – but much more is needed. In the meantime, Wigan have not been in that good form in the last five games. They have only picked up 6 points and drew with Norwich. Preston have not been very good at home recently, taking just 1 points from last 5 home games. Wigan have not really done that well away from home lately, picking up just 4 points from 5 games.
Preston vs Wigan H2H
Although Wigan is playing away from home today, it has a much better track record in this fixture. It has won 8 of the 17 meetings, with Preston only managing to take the spoils on 5 occasions. Things are fairly even between Preston and Wigan in the most recent meetings between the two. Preston has the very slight advantage of winning one more.
Preston vs Wigan Analysis
Preston’s last match claim a draw. Hull was their last opponnent. When the referee blew fulltime, the score was 0-0. With that game now a memory, Ryan Lowe’s men will narrow their focus to this week’s challenge : Wigan in Championship. Against Hull, Preston claimed 48% of the ball. In terms of shots on goal, Preston struck a total of 5 shots in attack while in defence conceding 10 shots. Meanwhile, Wigan drew their last match. Shaun Maloney’s men were up against Norwich. At the final wistle, the score board showed 0-0. Against Norwich, Wigan had a ball possession of 35%. Looking at shots on goal, Wigan has those following stats: 9 shots in attack and 4 shots conceded.
Preston vs Wigan Odds
As far as the bookmaker’s are concerned the favourite for this match between Preston and Wigan is Preston.
