Bristol City vs Wigan Preview

Bristol City vs Wigan Intro

With the number of remaining rounds in the Championship season quickly diminishing, Wigan are in desperate need for three points here. They face Bristol City at Ashton Gate hoping to add some much needed points to their tally. Bristol City will be looking for the win to increase the gap between themselves and their opponents. Kick off for this one is on Wednesday February 15, 2023 at 7:45 PM. Before round 32, Nigel Pearson’s home team have taken 39 points and sit in the 13th place, and their opponents, fronted by Shaun Maloney, occupy the 22nd place in the Championship table on 29 points from their 31 games. As we head deeper into the Championship season, there’s a 10 points difference and a 9 positions gap between the sides.

Bristol City vs Wigan Form

Norwich became just the latest victim of Bristol City as they remain undefeated in the last five while picking up 11 points along the way. At the same time, Wigan were able to beat Huddersfield. Will they continue to climb the league and add to their 5 points in five games? Bristol City needs to be more convincing at home if they plan to add to the 7 points they have already managed from the five games so far. Last five games played away from home have brought in only three points for Wigan.

Bristol City vs Wigan H2H

While the two teams have met on a total of 15 dates during the years, this match carries a bit more weight – it could very well be a tie-braking match in terms of the historical nuber of wins. Both teams have 4 wins each. Will it be the hosts Bristol City who celebrate on Saturday, or the visitors, Wigan? Or will we add another even-score game to the list of 7 drawn matches? Bristol City can look to recent history for inspiration as it has one won more than Wigan in the last 6 meetings.

Bristol City vs Wigan Analysis

Bristol City won its previous game. Nigel Pearson’s men were facing Norwich in that game. At the end of the game, the final result was 1-0. On Wednesday February 15, 2023, they will face Wigan. Against Norwich, Bristol City claimed 35% of the ball. Looking at shots on goal, Bristol City, in its previous game, shot 5 times on target and in the same game, Nigel Pearson’s men gave up 8 shots. Meanwhile, Wigan won its previous game. Shaun Maloney’s team played Huddersfield. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 1-0. Stats against Huddersfield show that Wigan had 53% of ball possession. Looking at shots on goal, Wigan has those following stats: 4 shots in attack and 3 shots conceded.

Bristol City vs Wigan Odds

If we take a look at the odds for this match between Bristol City and Wigan we see that the bookmakers have Bristol City as favourites to get the win.