Shrewsbury vs Wigan Predictions

Wigan to relegate sorry Shrews

Wigan to win away at Shrewsbury and relegate the hosts is the best bet in League One on Friday. Shrewsbury have struggled at the back this season, and Wigan can take advantage.

Wigan are seven places and 17 points above rock-bottom Shrewsbury, and the visitors can be backed to take advantage of their hosts’ poor form. The away team has won 40 of the 116 bottom-half clashes in League One this season (34%), for a profit of 19.73 points to a one-point level stake.

Wigan’s 0-0 draw with Wrexham was a decent point for them, having been 3/1 outsiders to win the game. It was Wigan’s fourth straight match that was level at half time, and they didn’t create many chances.

Wigan have kept three shutouts in the last four League One meetings with Shrewsbury, and the hosts have failed to keep a clean sheet in 18 of their last 20 league games.

Shrewsbury have been disappointing in front of goal at home this season, scoring only 19 goals in 21 League One games – an average of 0.90 goals per game. They have been beaten in four of their last six on home turf without scoring.

Wigan are unbeaten in nine of the last ten League One meetings with Shrewsbury and the hosts have had five reverses in their last seven league games. They are without a win in 13 matches.

Wigan can edge this, with a 1-0 correct score in favour of the visitors looking like a decent bet. Seven of Wigan’s 11 League One wins this season were by a single goal and Shrewsbury have lost ten games 1-0.

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Edited by Mark Langdon