Oldham vs Wigan predictions, betting tips & match preview

Oldham finished their season badly in 2015/16, finishing 17th. They won 2, drew 1 and lost 2 of their last 5 games. Oldham ended on 2 league defeats and have taken that poor form into their pre-season. Wigan won League One last term and have started their league campaign in The Championship.

It has been a case of 6 in and 10 out at Oldham during the summer transfer window. They have had a good clear out of any players who are no longer part of Stephen Robinson’s plans going forward. Chris Renshaw has progressed to  a new career at Everton under Ronald Koeman.

Wigan have added some good talent with Nick Powell and Adam Bogdan amongst others. Both of the said players are capable of doing very well in their new division. If Northern Irish hero Will Grigg can repeat his “on fire” goalscoring record of last term, Wigan will be well prepared to repel the drop straight back to League One.

Oldham lost all 3 of their friendlies coming into the start of their domestic season – league and cup competitions. Wigan had played 8 friendlies, won the last 2, drew 3 and lost 3. They have since played their 1st game back in the 2nd tier of English football.

Oldham have scored 1 goal in 3 pre season games, conceding 6 and losing all 3 matches. Wigan have scored only 6 goals in the last 3 of 8 friendlies. In the previous 5 they did not find the back of the net. They have conceded 11 goals in those 8 games.

Despite Wigan’s lack of goals in the summer, we still believe they will have more than enough to brush Oldham under the carpet. We predict a 2-0 victory to Wigan at 8/1 with bet365. With that scoreline, we are going for a 2nd betting prediction in this match preview of Wigan to Win at 19/20, also with bet365.