Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
The Wigan v Aston Villa odds have Villa as favourites after their Saturday win over Manchester City.
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Wigan need a win to move out of the relegation zone and dump Birmingham in it.
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Wigan Atheltic: 12/5
Aston Villa: 5/4
Draw: 23/10
Suddenly, everything is well at Aston Villa. That seems to be the feeling after they shelled out a handsome some for Darren Bent and he scores on his debut. Another new arrival, Jean Makoun is available to play, and Emile Heskey also makes his return to the DW Stadium. The clean sheet against Manchester City was also encouraging. However, Villa’s away form has been dismal and that was their first clean sheet since October. However, the psychological edge is significant here.
After getting a battering against Arsenal, Wigan are now missing centre-backs Gary Caldwell and Antonin Alcaraz, which makes a sometimes shaky defence look even more vulnerable. Wigan are nothing if not inconsistent anyway and this makes the evening look very hard given the pace that Villa have. They look like they may have a real struggle to avoid the drop back into the Championship.
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