Wigan vs Coventry prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-03-13 19:45.
There appears to be a clear trio of Championship clubs emerging in March that look more and more likely to fill the three relegation places, with Wigan Athletic starting this round as one of three sides all on 32 points, six points adrift of safety, whilst each of those three clubs have earned just one point from their last four Championship matches (D1, L3). To make matters worse, Wigan face the possibility of a three-point deduction for again failing to pay player wages on time, which new manager Shaun Maloney admitted was âa really difficult and emotional 48 hoursâ.
All three of Wiganâs losses in their current winless run (D3, L3) have all been on the road, so they will at least welcome a return home against playoff chasing Coventry City, hoping to replicate the heroics of previous home outings in which they took points from the likes of Blackburn (W 1-0) and Norwich (D 0-0). Yet after scoring just one first-half across their last 11 league fixtures, Wigan certainly need to improve their starts.
Coventry are unlikely to afford them a better first half, having themselves been either in front or on level terms at half-time on every occasion during their current seven-game undefeated stretch in Championship football (W4, D3). Drawing at home to bottom-half Hull last round was a missed opportunity though, but they nonetheless remain behind the top six by just a handful of points.
âIf weâd have scored the first goal, weâd have won,â declared boss Mark Robins after having to come from behind against Hull at the weekend. That single sentence almost sums up Coventryâs Championship season at the moment: they have converted 14 of their 18 opening goals into victory (D2, L2), including a near-best 13 wins âto nilâ, whilst starting the round as one of just six clubs yet to win when conceding the match opener (D5, L9)!
Players to watch: Wigan desperately need Will Keane to end his scoring drought, especially as eight of his ten goals this season were before half-time. Not only has Viktor Gyökeres scored in four of Coventryâs five away wins this Championship season, but he was also on the scoresheet in the reverse H2H.
Hot stat: Just five of the last 21 Championship matches involving either side produced at least three total goals.