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Wigan head to Abbey Stadium on Monday for the League One tie with home side Cambridge United.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Cambridge United v Wigan Athletic game - plus the latest betting odds.
๐ Form Guide
Cambridge United
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Cambridge United will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 0-2 League One victory vs Barnsley.
The only player to score from Cambridge United was Gassan Ahadme (72'). Maรซl de Gevigney (13' Own goal) was the scorer for Barnsley.
Cambridge United havenโt made the most of their chances in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 1 against opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 outings. In those games, Cambridge United have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 15. That sort of pattern might not follow through into this game, however.
Going into this one, Cambridge United are without a win at home for the past 5 matches in the league. Things will have to change soon.
Wigan Athletic
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In their previous game, Wigan drew 1-1 in the League One tie with Burton Albion.
Sam Hughes (43' Own goal) and John Brayford (54') scored for Burton Albion.
For 5 of the previous six clashes involving Wigan Athletic, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes to a paltry 2, with the average goals for The Latics standing at 1.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Wigan Athletic:
- have not emerged victorious against Cambridge United in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
- remain undefeated by Cambridge United when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. A solid away record against them.
- are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
โ๏ธ Head to head
Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 28/04/2001 tells us that Cambridge United have won 1 of these and Wigan 3, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per match.
The previous league fixture between the two was League One match day 8 on 16/09/2023 when it finished Wigan Athletic 2-1 Cambridge United.
The referee was Adam Herczeg.
๐ Team News: Cambridge United
The Cambridge United manager Garry Monk has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all ahead of this game thanks to a fully healthy squad to choose from.
๐ Team News: Wigan
Due to a completely healthy squad available to select from, the Wigan manager Shaun Maloney doesnโt have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this match.
๐ญ Prediction
Looking at these two teams, we feel that Wigan Athletic will do well to hit the back of the net against this Cambridge United side who we think will likely score & stay on top.
Thatโs why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Cambridge United at full-time.
It should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 13:05 01/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Cambridge United
Formed: 1912
Stadium: Abbey Stadium (8,127)
Captain: Michael Morrison
Chairman: Shaun Grady
Manager: Garry Monk
Competitions: League One position 20
โญ Star Man: Gassan Ahadme
Generally playing in the Striker position, Gassan Ahadme was born in Vic, Spain. After making a first senior appearance for Ipswich Town in the 2022 - 2023 season, the dangerous Forward has netted 7 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 season so far coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 86 | WDWWW |
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41 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 81 | WWWLW |
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40 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 75 | DDWLD |
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39 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 71 | WWWLL |
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39 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 71 | DLWDL |
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40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 64 | DWWWW |
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40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 64 | LWLWD |
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40 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 63 | DLLDD |
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40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 60 | WDWLL |
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40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 58 | LLDWL |
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41 | 15 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 53 | DLLWL |
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40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 51 | LWLWD |
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39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 50 | LWWWL |
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39 | 14 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 50 | WLDLL |
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40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | -19 | 48 | LDWWD |
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40 | 10 | 16 | 14 | -1 | 46 | DWWDD |
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40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | -1 | 45 | WLLWW |
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40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 45 | LWLWD |
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39 | 11 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 42 | LDLLW |
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40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 40 | LLLLD |
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39 | 10 | 9 | 20 | -23 | 39 | LDLWW |
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38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 38 | DLLDW |
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40 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -21 | 34 | WDDDL |
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40 | 6 | 9 | 25 | -32 | 27 | LLLDW |
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Goals scored | 0.9 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 51 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.7 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 3.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.3 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Gassan Ahadme | 10 |
Elias Kachunga | 5 |
Fejiri Okenabirhie | 5 |
Sullay Kaikai | 3 |
Lyle Taylor | 3 |
Stephen Humphrys | 9 |
Thelo Aasgaard | 8 |
Charlie Wyke | 7 |
Josh Magennis | 6 |
Martial Godo | 4 |
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