Wigan vs Swansea prediction: ENGLAND: Championship betting tips on match 2023-04-09 14:00.
It wasn’t a very Good Friday for Wigan, who lost out 1-0 to promotion-chasing Sheffield United and remain rooted to the foot of the division. The Championship’s bottom-placed side now have only six games to close an eight-point gap to safety and thus save their place in next season’s edition, a seemingly impossible task at this stage.
Boss Shaun Moloney was at least happy that his men went “toe to toe” with the Blades last time out, and with no more than a goal conceded in six of their last seven games (W1, D3, L3), they certainly haven’t been blown away by many sides. The same can be said in each of Wigan’s last five home games, where they remain unbeaten (W2, D3), including against top sides such as Coventry and Norwich.
Whilst Swansea have no realistic aims of promotion or relegation this season, they found it within themselves to earn a hard-fought point in a 0-0 draw with Coventry last time out to consolidate their mid-table position. Swans boss Russell Martin, much like the rest of the country on Good Friday, said he was “really pleased for Fish today” as goalkeeper Andy Fisher helped extend their unbeaten run to three.
Playing against relegation-threatened opponents should offer Swansea the opportunity to kick on, as whilst they’ve picked up just one point from 14 games against the top-eight sides (D1, L13), 49 of their points came against sides below (W13, D11, L3)! The travelling fans may head here in confidence as well, after watching their side post a stunning 99th minute winner in the South Wales derby in their most recent trip!
Players to watch: Max Power has scored Wigan’s only match-winning goal across the last ten games, and that was from the penalty spot! Trying to stop him will be Swansea defender Joel Latibeaudiere, who has assisted once and received three yellow cards across his last five appearances.
Hot stat: Wigan have lost five of their last seven games played on Easter Monday (W2, L5).