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Both Wigan Athletic and Leyton Orient are fighting to keep their heads above water as they prepare to do battle at the Brick Community Stadium in League One on Thursday night.
Indeed, the hosts are just two points and two places above the relegation zone, while the visitors are only six points and four places clear.
Both teams are also under pressure to win having failed to do so last time out, with Wigan losing 3-0 away to Reading and Orient drawing 0-0 at Exeter City.
Read our prediction, preview and betting tips for the game below, and make sure to check out our Today's betting tips page for more of our free expert League One predictions!
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Wigan Athletic vs Leyton Orient key stats
- Wigan have won four of their last five home games (L1).
- Orient are unbeaten in five matches (W4, D1).
- Orient are also unbeaten in three H2Hs (W2, D1).
| Wigan | vs | Leyton Orient |
|---|---|---|
| 19th | Position | 17th |
| 45 | Points | 49 |
| 41 | Goals For | 55 |
| 54 | Goals Against | 62 |
| 10 | Clean Sheets | 8 |
| 14th | Home Rank | 16th |
| 20th | Away Rank | 13th |
Wigan have been in and around the relegation zone practically all season, and a club of their size will really fear going down to League Two.
Gone are the days though where the Latics won a historic FA Cup in 2013, and were playing Premier League football season after season.
Wigan have won just one of the last five H2Hs.
Now, the priority is to stay up, and a win here would go a long way into ensuring so, as this is their game in hand against a couple of teams directly below them.
However, Orient will not be the easiest opposition for them, considering Wigan have failed to win any of their last three H2Hs.
The visitors suffered a relatively poor start to the season themselves, but a couple of patches of form has seen them move further clear of the drop zone.
Indeed, Orient are on a five-game unbeaten run, which bodes well for them in terms of getting a positive result here.
Orint have lost just once in six away matches.
Still, the East Londoners cannot afford to be too complacent, as a defeat would see them dragged right back into the mix.
As such, we are expecting a cagey affair here, as the three points would mean a lot to both sides.
Wigan Athletic vs Leyton Orient form guide & betting tips
| Wigan | vs | Leyton Orient |
|---|---|---|
| L-W-D-W-L | League Form | W-W-W-W-D |
| 7 | Points | 13 |
| 13th | Form Table | 3rd |
| 5 | Goals For | 10 |
| 7 | Goals Against | 4 |
| L-W-D-W-L | Form (all comps) | W-W-W-W-D |
Whispers predicts: Wigan Athletic 1-1 Leyton Orient
Wigan are 4/3 favourites with bookmakers, but given Orient's strong form, we are happy to back against them here.
Wigan's home form is also strong though, and so we are backing a Draw at 12/5.
One noticeable trend with recent H2Hs is the lack of goals, with two or fewer goals scored in the previous five.
Under 2.5 goals at 8/11 is therefore the second of our picks.
Overall, we are predicting a tight match, and so Correct score - 1-1 at 11/2 is our third and final recommended bet as somewhat of an outside punt.
> Under 2.5 goals at 8/11 | Likelihood: Probable
> Draw at 12/5 | Likelihood: Possible
> Correct score - 1-1 at 11/2 | Likelihood: Outsider