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

DW Stadium, Wigan

Saturday afternoon sees Shaun Maloney’s Wigan Athletic and Michael Skubala’s Lincoln City go head to head in a League One clash at the DW Stadium. All of the important stats for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds across 17 markets are covered in this preview. It's all designed to help you make the most well-informed bet possible.

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Wigan Athletic's next match is v Fulham at 15:00 on Saturday 8th February
Lincoln City's next match is v Cambridge at 15:00 on Saturday 8th February
The last English League One meeting between Wigan and Lincoln was on Saturday 1st February 2025
English League One
February 1st 2025
Wigan 1
1 Lincoln
 
J. Smith 36'88' J. Collins
 
WIG
LIN
Shots On
2
4
Shots Off
6
2
Corners
4
6
Possession
46%
54%
Fouls
12
14
Yellow/red cards
5/0
2/0
 
WiganLincoln
 
S. Tickle
J. Carragher
J. Mellish
T. Sibbick
J. Kerr
J. Weir
S. Smith
H. McHugh (O. Norburn 62')
J. Smithfootball icon (R. Darcy 80')
D. Taylor (W. Goodwin 80')
S. Thomas (J. Hungbo 25')
Z. Jeacock
(E. Ring 75') T. Darikwa
A. Jackson
S. Roughan
P. O'Connor
(R. Hackett-Fairchild 64') D. Jeffries
(F. Draper 75') E. Hamilton
T. Bayliss
(C. McGrandles 46') E. Erhahon
football iconJ. Collins
(B. House 64') J. Makama

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

It's not the news we want to be reporting, but we're not predicting a high-scoring affair here. The stats suggest Wigan and Lincoln both are poor in attack and defence, and the odds suggest it's likely there's fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, with no obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals seems a good bet.

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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Wigan are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 41% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.75.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Wigan
41%
9/5
8%
7/4
Draw
29%
15/8
10%
9/5
7%
Lincoln
30%
9/5
2%
2/1
9%
Wigan 1-0
14%
5/1
14%
5/1
8%
Draw 1-1
13%
5/119/4
Draw 0-0
12%
9/2
31%
17/4
13%
Lincoln 1-0
11%
5/1
20%
5/1
8%
Wigan 2-0
8%
11/19/1
9%
Wigan 2-1
8%
11/1
20%
9/1
5%
Lincoln 2-1
6%
11/1
9%
10/1
10%
Lincoln 2-0
5%
11/1
8%
10/1
Draw 2-2
4%
20/1
24%
16/1
13%
Wigan 3-0
3%
28/1
12%
20/1
Wigan 3-1
3%
28/1
26%
20/1
Lincoln 3-1
2%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Lincoln 3-0
2%
28/122/1
10%
Wigan 3-2
2%
40/1
21%
33/1
17%
Lincoln 3-2
1%
40/133/1
17%
Over 2.5 Goals
37%
15/8
25%
9/5
12%
Under 2.5 Goals
63%
2/5
13%
2/5
7%
Home 1st Goal
49%
11/10
10%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
11/10
5%
-
No 1st Goal
8%
9/2
31%
-
BTTS - Yes
43%
5/4
15%
5/4
7%
BTTS - No
57%
4/7
13%
4/7
6%
BTTS - Home Win
14%
7/1
33%
11/2
8%
BTTS - Draw
18%
4/1
5%
18/5
2%
BTTS - Away Win
11%
7/1
23%
6/1
17%
Home/draw
70%
2/52/5
3%
Away/draw
59%
2/5
7%
4/9
Home/away
71%
2/5
3%
4/9
6%
Over 1.5 Goals
63%
8/13
16%
3/5
7%
Under 1.5 Goals
37%
6/5
20%
6/5
10%
Over 3.5 Goals
17%
11/2
50%
9/2
15%
Under 3.5 Goals
83%
1/9
8%
1/8
4%
Over 4.5 Goals
7%
14/1
50%
11/1
20%
Under 4.5 Goals
93%
1/33
3%
1/40
2%
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
33/1
62%
22/1
10%
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
1/200
1%
1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
1/8
4%
1/7
4%
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
5/1
25%
17/4
13%
Home DNB
61%
5/6
2%
4/5
2%
Away DNB
50%
5/6
4%
10/11
3%
Wigan win to nil
26%
11/4
6%
-
Lincoln win to nil
19%
11/4
13%
-
Wigan / Wigan
17%
15/4
10%
7/2
4%
Wigan / Lincoln
2%
40/1
21%
28/1
12%
Wigan / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Wigan
15%
5/19/2
4%
Draw / Lincoln
14%
5/119/4
Draw / Draw
22%
11/4
17%
5/2
10%
Lincoln / Wigan
2%
40/1
41%
25/1
Lincoln / Lincoln
16%
15/419/5
9%
Lincoln / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 27 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 4 and won 4. Wigan have conceded 19 goals, scored 11, failed to score in 9 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wigan have played 13 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Lincoln lay in 12th place on 38 points in the League One league table having played 28 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 16 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored 21 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lincoln have conceded 17 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Lincoln have played 14 away games, winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 0.9 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Lincoln
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2719622763 
l
 
0-3A
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-3F
Mar 8
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
0-1A
Feb 22
l
 
2-3F
Mar 29
3
Wrexham2916761855 
Apr 12
l
 
2-1A
May 3
l
 
1-0A
4
Stockport2914871650 
Feb 15
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1A
Apr 26
5
Huddersfield2814681548 
Feb 25
l
 
1-0A
Apr 1
d
 
2-2F
6
L Orient28135101544 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
7
Charlton281288844 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 5
8
Reading2813510244 
Mar 1
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-0F
Apr 18
9
Bolton2913511044 
Apr 1
w
 
0-2F
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
10
Barnsley2912710243 
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Mar 1
11
Stevenage271179240 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
12
Lincoln Away2910910139 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
13
Blackpool289118138 
Apr 26
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1A
14
Mansfield2711412137 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 4
w
 
4-1F
Feb 18
15
Rotherham2810711037 
Apr 21
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1A
16
Wigan Home289712-134 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
17
Exeter299515-1332 
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 8
Mar 22
d
 
0-00-0
18
Bristol R289415-1631 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-4F
Mar 15
d
 
1-1A
19
Peterborough298615-1030 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
5-1F
d
 
1-1F
20
Northampton297913-1730 
w
 
2-1F
May 3
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
21
Burton2951014-1425 
l
 
1-2F
Mar 22
Feb 22
w
 
2-3A
22
Crawley276615-2124 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 18
Mar 4
l
 
3-0A
23
Shrewsbury286517-2023 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 18
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
24
Cambridge285716-2122 
Mar 8
l
 
2-0A
Feb 8
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Wigan 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan2 - 0Bristol R
Wigan1 - 2Burton
Wigan0 - 3Birmingham
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
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWigan0 - 1Peterborough
HWigan2 - 0Bristol R
HWigan1 - 2Burton
AWigan2 - 1Stevenage
HWigan0 - 3Birmingham
AWigan1 - 2Wrexham
AWigan1 - 0Rotherham
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
Lincoln 12TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Northampton0 - 1Lincoln
Bolton3 - 0Lincoln
Shrewsbury1 - 0Lincoln
Huddersfield2 - 2Lincoln
Rotherham2 - 1Lincoln
Wrexham1 - 0Lincoln
Exeter0 - 0Lincoln
Bristol R1 - 1Lincoln
Crawley3 - 0Lincoln
Blackpool1 - 1Lincoln
Cambridge0 - 2Lincoln
Peterborough1 - 1Lincoln
Stevenage0 - 1Lincoln
Burton2 - 3Lincoln
Cheltenham1 - 2Lincoln
Oxford Utd0 - 1Lincoln
Reading1 - 1Lincoln
Carlisle1 - 3Lincoln
Barnsley1 - 5Lincoln
Port Vale0 - 2Lincoln
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLincoln0 - 2Blackpool
HLincoln5 - 1Peterborough
ALincoln1 - 0Northampton
HLincoln0 - 0Stevenage
HLincoln0 - 1Rotherham
ALincoln0 - 3Bolton
ALincoln0 - 1Shrewsbury
HLincoln2 - 0Reading
ALincoln2 - 2Huddersfield
HLincoln0 - 0Charlton
ALincoln1 - 2Rotherham
ALincoln0 - 1Wrexham
HLincoln2 - 3Wycombe
ALincoln0 - 0Exeter
ALincoln1 - 1Bristol R
HLincoln2 - 1Northampton
HLincoln2 - 1Stockport
ALincoln0 - 3Crawley
HLincoln1 - 3Birmingham
HLincoln2 - 1L Orient
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2021
Wigan
Lincoln
Goals: Scored
2
4
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
D
1
LIN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Lincoln
1 - 2Lincoln
League games at Lincoln since 2020
Lincoln
Wigan
Goals: Scored
4
6
Games: Scored
3 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
1 / 4
WIG
2
D
1
LIN
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
Draw0 - 0Draw
1 - 2Wigan
1 - 3Wigan
Lincoln2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Wigan 16th Lincoln 12th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
0
38%
1
37%
2
18%
3
4+
There is a 75% probability of Lincoln scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-26
Wigan have scored 26% fewer goals at home than predicted
+2
Lincoln’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Lincoln
1.2
1
Attack rating
WIG
LIN
9%
better
view stats
Games scored14
17
Failed to score11
9
Scored first11
10
Goals scored24
29
Avg. goals scored1
1.1
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for13
14
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+9%
Defence rating
12%
better
WIG
LIN
view stats
Games conceded15
18
Clean sheets10
8
Conceded first10
12
Goals conceded26
30
Avg. goals conceded1
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded8
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
17%
Avg. XG against1
1
KickOff rating
+12%

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

Wigan League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28577
S TickleD TaylorD TaylorS Smith
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Tickle GLK28
3
-
T Sibbick DEF20
4
-
J Carragher DEF1911
4
-
J Kerr  DEF27
4
-
J Mellish DEF5
-
S Smith MID25
7
-
H McHugh MID5
1
-
J Smith MID1932
-
J Weir MID181
4
1
S. Thomas MID242
2
-
D Taylor FWD2557
3
-
Subs
T Watson GLK
-
W Aimson DEF26
6
-
L Robinson DEF9
2
-
R Darcy MID1
-
O Norburn MID5
2
-
W Goodwin FWD5
1
-
J Hungbo FWD61
1
-
Lincoln League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
295310
S RoughanB HouseP O'ConnorP O'Connor
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
Z Jeacock GLK6
-
A Jackson DEF1521
2
1
P O'Connor DEF2823
9
1
S Roughan DEF2912
2
-
E Erhahon  MID26
7
2
T Darikwa MID2843
7
-
E Hamilton MID18
1
-
T Bayliss MID1713
1
-
D Jefferies MID2212
2
-
J Makama FWD2623
3
-
J Collins FWD32
1
-
Subs
G Wickens GLK24
3
-
L Montsma  DEF121
2
-
C McGrandles MID25
6
-
R Hackett FWD1612
3
-
E Ring FWD1511
-
B House FWD2451
9
-
F Draper FWD253
3
-