Wigan vs Fulham.

Wigan Athletic v Fulham

Online Betting Odds and Football Match Preview

Saturday 7 February 2009,

JJB Stadium

Kickoff: 15:00

 

Wigan

 

Wigan Athletic drew 0-0 at home against Aston Villa in their last league outing, making a run of four games in a row without a victory.


To Wigan's credit, three of these matches were against top-four league teams - Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa - with Wigan earning draws against the latter two.

Prior to these four matches, Wigan had four straight wins, for a total of four wins, two draws, and two losses in their last 8 matches, earning 14 points from a possible 24. The Latics have scored 8 goals and conceded 4 goals during these matches, as they currently sit 7th on the league table.


Wigan have had an extremely busy January transfer window, signing winger Charles N'Zogbia from Newcastle, in addition to Hugo Rodallega from Mexican club Necaxa, Ben Watson from Crystal Palace and Mido on loan from Middlesbrough.

The Latics released Henri Camara on loan to Stoke and Marlon King on loan to Middlesbrough, and sold Emile Heskey to Aston Villa and Wilson Palacios to Tottenham.

Amr Zaki (thigh) and Antonio Valencia (hamstring) are hopeful for a recovery from injury in time for the match.

Best Online Betting Odds for Wigan: Bet on Wigan to win at 2 from or (see full betting odds further down the page)

Fulham

Fulham defeated Portsmouth 3-1 at home in their last league outgoing, ending a run of four games without a win.

In their last five matches, Fulham have won one, drawn two and lost two, gaining a total of 5 points from a total of 15 available. They have scored 6 goals and conceded 7 in this run, to currently be sitting 9th on the league ladder.

Fulham have signed France international defensive midfielder Olivier Dacourt on loan from Inter Milan until the end of the season. They have also signed Derby County midfielder Giles Barnes on loan for the remainder of the season.

In the opposite direction, Fulham have sent Adrian Leijer to Norwich and Andranik Teymourian to Barnsley for the rest of the season on loan. This is in addition to having sold midfielder Jimmy Bullard to Hull City earlier in the month.

Best Online Betting Odds for Fulham: Bet on Fulham to win at 4 from , , or (see full betting odds further down the page)

Prediction

Fulham defeated Wigan 2-0 at home earlier this season, and the two sides drew 1-1 in the corresponding fixture last season.

Both teams have been showing impressive form of late, with Wigan winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 3 of their last 10 league matches, and Fulham having won 2, drawn 6 and lost 2 of their last 10 league encounters.

A key point that could make the difference in this fixture is the fact that Wigan have a good home record, whilst Fulham's have the 3rd worst away record in the league, having yet to win a single match on the road this season.

With Wigan having the home advantage and showing the better form of the two squads, they will go into this match as favourites for victory. However, both teams are fairly evenly matched and so a draw could very well be on the cards.

 

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