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Wigan Athletic v Birmingham City : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Wigan Athletic are in League One action on Saturday afternoon, as Shaun Maloney attempts to outsmart Chris Davies and his Birmingham City side at the DW Stadium. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head statistics across every major market, so there's nowhere better to prepare League One clash.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Wigan
30%
--
Draw
29%
--
Birmingham
42%
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Draw 1-1
13%
--
Birmingham 1-0
13%
--
Draw 0-0
11%
--
Wigan 1-0
11%
--
Birmingham 2-0
8%
--
Birmingham 2-1
8%
--
Wigan 2-1
7%
--
Wigan 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Birmingham 3-0
3%
--
Birmingham 3-1
3%
--
Wigan 3-1
2%
--
Wigan 3-0
2%
--
Birmingham 3-2
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
39%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
61%
--
Home 1st Goal
44%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
7%
--
BTTS - Yes
45%
--
BTTS - No
55%
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BTTS - Home Win
11%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
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Home/draw
58%
--
Away/draw
70%
--
Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
66%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
34%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
8%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
92%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
3%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
97%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
89%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
11%
--
Home DNB
50%
--
Away DNB
62%
--
Wigan win to nil
18%
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Birmingham win to nil
26%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 20 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 5 and won 3. Wigan have conceded 13 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 7 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wigan have played 10 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Birmingham lay in 1st place on 45 points in the League One league table having played 19 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored 35 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Birmingham have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Birmingham have played 10 away games, winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Birmingham
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham Away1914321945 
Jan 4
l
 
2-1A
-
-
2
Wycombe2013522144 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 22
Mar 1
w
 
2-3A
3
Wrexham2112631742 
Apr 12
Dec 29
w
 
3-1A
Jan 23
4
Huddersfield2012351639 
Jan 1
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Jan 28
5
Stockport2110651236 
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
Jan 1
6
Lincoln21876331 
Feb 1
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 8
w
 
1-3A
7
Reading20947031 
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1A
Feb 22
8
Bolton19946-131 
Apr 1
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 4
9
Barnsley21867-130 
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
Apr 5
w
 
1-2A
10
Mansfield19847128 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
11
Charlton20767427 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
Feb 15
l
 
1-0A
12
Blackpool20767-227 
Apr 26
d
 
2-2F
Dec 29
Apr 12
13
Exeter20839-327 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
Jan 18
w
 
0-2F
14
Stevenage19757-226 
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 18
-
Mar 22
15
L Orient20749325 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
-
w
 
1-2F
16
Peterborough207310124 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 28
w
 
3-2A
Feb 8
17
Wigan Home20668124 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Jan 4
18
Rotherham19658-223 
Apr 21
Dec 26
Feb 1
w
 
0-2F
19
Bristol R206410-1122 
Jan 25
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 1
20
Northampton215610-1321 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
21
Crawley205411-1319 
w
 
1-0F
-
Apr 18
w
 
0-1F
22
Cambridge204511-1517 
Mar 8
l
 
2-0A
Feb 11
May 3
23
Burton202612-1512 
Jan 21
Mar 22
Dec 26
Apr 21
24
Shrewsbury203314-2012 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
Mar 29
l
 
3-2A
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Wigan 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
Wigan0 - 2L Orient
Wigan2 - 1Northampton
Wigan0 - 1Wycombe
Wigan1 - 2Mansfield
Wigan3 - 0Peterborough
Wigan0 - 0Exeter
Wigan0 - 0Stevenage
Wigan1 - 0Crawley
Wigan0 - 1Charlton
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Wigan0 - 0Port Vale
Wigan1 - 1Burton
Wigan1 - 0Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0L Orient
Wigan1 - 0Bolton
Wigan1 - 1Cheltenham
Wigan1 - 2Exeter
Wigan2 - 3Stevenage
Wigan1 - 0Wycombe
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
10 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
10 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HWigan2 - 2Shrewsbury
AWigan2 - 0Bolton
HWigan0 - 2L Orient
AWigan0 - 1Huddersfield
HWigan2 - 1Northampton
AWigan1 - 0Barnsley
HWigan0 - 1Wycombe
AWigan2 - 2Blackpool
HWigan1 - 2Mansfield
AWigan0 - 2Cambridge
AWigan0 - 0Stockport
HWigan3 - 0Peterborough
HWigan0 - 0Exeter
HWigan0 - 0Stevenage
AWigan0 - 0Lincoln
AWigan4 - 0Bristol R
AWigan1 - 2Birmingham
HWigan1 - 0Crawley
AWigan0 - 2Reading
HWigan0 - 1Charlton
Birmingham 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crawley0 - 1Birmingham
Barnsley1 - 2Birmingham
Exeter0 - 2Birmingham
Shrewsbury3 - 2Birmingham
Mansfield1 - 1Birmingham
Lincoln1 - 3Birmingham
Charlton1 - 0Birmingham
Rotherham0 - 2Birmingham
L Orient1 - 2Birmingham
Wycombe2 - 3Birmingham
Huddersfield1 - 1Birmingham
Rotherham0 - 0Birmingham
Leicester2 - 1Birmingham
QPR2 - 1Birmingham
Millwall1 - 0Birmingham
Hull1 - 1Birmingham
Ipswich3 - 1Birmingham
Sheff Wed2 - 0Birmingham
West Brom1 - 0Birmingham
Stoke1 - 2Birmingham
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
15
D
3
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABirmingham1 - 0Crawley
HBirmingham2 - 0Bristol R
ABirmingham2 - 1Barnsley
HBirmingham2 - 0Stockport
ABirmingham2 - 0Exeter
ABirmingham2 - 3Shrewsbury
HBirmingham1 - 1Northampton
ABirmingham1 - 1Mansfield
HBirmingham2 - 0Bolton
ABirmingham3 - 1Lincoln
ABirmingham0 - 1Charlton
HBirmingham1 - 0Huddersfield
HBirmingham3 - 2Peterborough
ABirmingham2 - 0Rotherham
HBirmingham3 - 1Wrexham
HBirmingham2 - 1Wigan
ABirmingham2 - 1L Orient
ABirmingham3 - 2Wycombe
HBirmingham1 - 1Reading
HBirmingham1 - 0Norwich
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2006
Wigan
Birmingham
Goals: Scored
14
10
Games: Scored
8 / 10
6 / 10
Clean sheets
4 / 10
2 / 10
WIG
4
D
4
BIR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wigan1 - 0
0 - 3Birmingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Wigan4 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Wigan2 - 1
2 - 3Birmingham
Wigan2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Birmingham since 2006
Birmingham
Wigan
Goals: Scored
14
11
Games: Scored
7 / 11
8 / 11
Clean sheets
3 / 11
4 / 11
WIG
4
D
2
BIR
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Birmingham
Birmingham2 - 1
0 - 1Wigan
2 - 3Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Wigan
Birmingham3 - 1
0 - 1Wigan
Draw0 - 0Draw
Birmingham1 - 0
Birmingham3 - 2
Birmingham2 - 0
Goal Statistics

Birmingham City's defensive record is to be admired, C. Davies's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive League One outings. An average PG rating of 1.0 for Wigan Athletic makes sense in this context.

Wigan 17th Birmingham 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
37%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 74% probability of Wigan scoring 1 goal or less
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Birmingham will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-23
Wigan have scored 23% fewer goals at home than predicted
-9
Birmingham’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Birmingham
1
1.2
Attack rating
WIG
BIR
42%
better
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Games scored10
18
Failed to score10
1
Scored first8
11
Goals scored19
35
Avg. goals scored1
1.8
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for13
21
Avg. XG for1.2
1.7
KickOff rating
+42%
Defence rating
5%
better
WIG
BIR
view stats
Games conceded11
12
Clean sheets9
7
Conceded first8
8
Goals conceded18
16
Avg. goals conceded0.9
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded8
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
7
Conversion rate against12%
15%
Avg. XG against1
0.8
KickOff rating
+5%

Wigan v Birmingham League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Wigan League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
20744
S TickleT AasgaardD TaylorW Aimson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK20
2
-
J Kerr  DEF20
3
-
W Aimson DEF20
4
-
T Aasgaard MID2071
1
-
M Smith MID1813
4
-
S Smith MID17
4
-
D Rankine MID171
1
-
D Taylor FWD1744
2
-
S. Thomas FWD171
2
-
B Adeeko MID15
3
-
J Carragher DEF141
3
-
J Weir MID13
1
-
T Sibbick DEF12
1
-
J Smith FWD1111
-
C McManaman FWD111
4
-
L Chambers DEF1011
-
S Sessegnon DEF10
1
-
J Hugill FWD102
-
M Olakigbe FWD9
-
C Ramsey DEF8
-
L Robinson DEF5
2
-
T Francois MID51
1
-
M. Asamoah FWD5
-
C Sze MID4
1
-
J Stones FWD3
-
K. Payne MID1
-
Birmingham League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
191145
S PaikJ StansfieldA MayC Klarer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Paik MID192
-
A May FWD1974
1
-
C Klarer DEF181
5
-
W Willumsson MID1844
-
A Cochrane DEF171
4
-
M Leonard MID16
1
-
K Anderson  FWD1634
5
-
K Bielik DEF151
3
1
T Iwata MID1551
3
-
J Stansfield FWD14111
2
-
L Dykes FWD14
1
-
E Laird DEF13
2
-
T Gardner-Hickman MID13
3
-
R Allsop GLK12
3
-
L Harris MID121
1
-
B Davies DEF11
1
-
E Hansson FWD111
-
A Yokoyama FWD81
-
B Peacock-Farrell GLK7
-
A Sampsted DEF7
-
S Wright FWD51
-
L Jutkiewicz FWD5
-
D Sanderson DEF2
-
L Buchanan DEF21
-
B Khela MID2
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
L Orient v Crawley
Thu 26th Dec, 13:00
Stevenage v Wycombe
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Wigan
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Wrexham v Blackpool
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Bristol R
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Lincoln
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Barnsley
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Charlton v Cambridge
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Peterborough v Mansfield
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Burton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Reading v Northampton
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Stockport
Thu 26th Dec, 15:00
Rotherham v Stockport
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Charlton v Wycombe
Sun 29th Dec, 12:30
Wrexham v Wigan
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Exeter v Crawley
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Shrewsbury v Northampton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Stevenage v Bristol R
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
L Orient v Cambridge
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Peterborough v Barnsley
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Birmingham v Blackpool
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Reading v Mansfield
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Huddersfield v Burton
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Bolton v Lincoln
Sun 29th Dec, 15:00
Blackpool v Shrewsbury
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Huddersfield
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Mansfield v Bolton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Peterborough
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Crawley v Charlton
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Northampton v Stevenage
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Exeter
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Lincoln v Rotherham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Bristol R v L Orient
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Cambridge v Reading
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Stockport v Birmingham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Wrexham
Wed 1st Jan, 15:00
Burton v Northampton
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Cambridge v Bristol R
Sat 4th Jan, 12:30
Stockport v Mansfield
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Barnsley v Crawley
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wrexham v Peterborough
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wigan v Birmingham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Exeter v Bolton
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
L Orient v Shrewsbury
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Blackpool
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Lincoln v Stevenage
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Charlton v Reading
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Huddersfield v Rotherham
Sat 4th Jan, 15:00
Wycombe v Huddersfield
Tue 7th Jan, 19:45