Wigan Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction: The home team are favourites going into the game

Wigan is ready to welcome Blackburn on Tuesday at DW Stadium. Blackburn has won just one of their last six games against Wigan. Would Blackburn be able to beat Wigan this time?

Wigan’s Form

Wigan's struggle to find a win at home this season persists (L3 D3) as they lost their 3rd home game against Cardiff (1-3) in the last match. Before that, they lost against Reading (0-1) at home.

Earlier Burnley crushed them by (1-5). In their six home league games, they just scored 4 goals against their visitors and conceded 11 in return.

At away, they are doing better this season (W3 D1 L2) as they won 3 out of 5 league games. With 16 points in 12 games, Wigan is sitting in the 16th position. They have netted 13 goals so far this season and conceded 16 in return.

Will Keane is the team’s top scorer with 5 goals followed by James McClean (1) and Callum Lang (1) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions. 

Wigan’s possible lineup

Amos; Kerr, Whatmough, Bennett; Darikwa, Power, Shinnie, McClean; Keane; Wyke, Magennis. 

Blackburn’s Form

Blackburn's away performance this season (L4 W2) is below average. They just lost their 4th away game of the season against Cardiff (0-1) in the last game.

They registered their four away defeats against Luton (0-2), Reading (0-3), Sheff United (0-3), and Swansea (0-3) this season. In their six away games, they just scored 2 goals against their hosts and conceded 11 in return.

At home, surprisingly they are doing well as they managed (W5 L2) to win 5 out of 7 games. They registered their 3rd consecutive home win against Rotherham (3-0) in the last game.

With 21 points in 13 games, they are sitting in the 7th position. They have netted 16 goals so far this season and conceded 15 in return. Ben Brereton is the team’s top scorer with 7 goals followed by Lewis Travis (2) and Tyrhys Dolan (2) respectively 2nd and 3rd positions.

Blackburn’s possible lineup

Kaminski; Hyam, Ayala, Wharton; Hedges, Travis, Morton, Pickering; Szmodics; Brereton, Gallagher.

Wigan vs Blackburn expert tips

Wigan’s poor home form could work wonders for Blackburn. But Blackburn is also winless against Wigan since 2018 at DW Stadium. Wigan defeated Blackburn last season (3-2) at DW. After analyzing all the facts, we are anticipating Wigan to win the match. In this match, we can expect more than 2 goals as historically both teams have scored more than two goals in a face-off.