23 Sep

Wigan vs Chelsea – (Saturday 3.00pm)

Posted by Scorecaster in Premiership.

We made the point about Liverpool vs Hull City being the biggest mis-match of the day in Premier League and we have to say Wigan vs Chelsea is not far behind given the obvious differences in terms of quality & form.

Wigan are a fantastic club & fully deserve their current Premier League status, but given how inconsistently they have started this season there has to be major fears that their stay in the Premier League is in real danger this season.

Roberto Martinez has taken over from Steve Bruce who did a great job, but towards the end of last season Wigan started to lose their focus & consistency and it appears as though that has carried on into this season.

Roberto Martinez has come in with a fresh approach to playing positive football which is to be commended, but in doing so Wigan have become more defensively fragile & their previous strengths of physical endeavour & commitment have diminished.

We expect Wigan to attempt to play positive football in this match but they will also have to be defensively solid otherwise Chelsea will take advantage of that.

Chelsea come into this match in the best possible form & confidence with 6 wins from 6 in the league, playing excellent football & scoring goals with all the squad looking in good form & extremely confident.

Carlo Ancelotti has clearly had a positive impact on the Chelsea squad & the whole team unit is playing well together with the major influences such as Petr Cech, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack & Didier Drogba all hitting top form.

Chelsea are supreme away from home & they will view this game as one they can control & win & given their current form we cannot argue with that.

Shocks do occur in football & Wigan getting a win or even any positive result would be a big shock here, but we cannot see that happening this time given Wigan’s poor record against the big sides.

Chelsea just look too strong, powerful & have too much quality for Wigan to cope with at present & look an absolutely rock solid bet to win this comfortably.

Betting Recommendations:

Outright Match Betting: Chelsea to win

Correct Score options: Chelsea to win 0-2/0-3

First goalscorer each way/Player to score anytime options: Lampard/Terry/Anelka

Scorecast options: Drogba/Lampard score 1st & Chelsea win 2-0/3-0

Double Result: Chelsea Half Time & Full Time

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