Manchester United vs Wigan Prediction and Betting Tips

So it’s that’s time of the year again, the curtain raiser to the 2013-14 Premier League season is upon us as League Champions Manchester United play FA Cup winners Wigan Athletic this Sunday at Wembley Stadium.

United have sold over 48,000+ tickets for this match and if you are into that kind of thing, that’s a record number of fans from one club attending a game at the new Wembley. Wigan on the other hand have sold six. Two of them seats are for Dave Whelan’s ego.

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Manchester United come into this after an indifferent pre-season which has seen them play six times, winning twice, scoring 15, shipping in 10 and both teams scoring on five occasions. The change of manager has obviously brought about a change in ideas and it will take time for Moyes to bed in his methodology. Whilst that is undergoing United will score and concede, as highlighted above, and our first bet is both teams to score at 21/20 with WilliamHill.

The selection can be backed up with the fact eight of the last 10 Community Shield matches have seen this occur. Wigan come into this after Battering Barnsley 4-0 and with Grant Holt up front they can cause United problems. I appreciate the fact that Wigan have only scored five goals in 16 matches against United but that was Ferguson’s United and they are not the same beast. Dig a bit deeper into Everton and Wigan’s head to head record and you will see that in five of the last six matches both teams have bagged.  With that in mind the 21/20 stands out as the same bet is odds on with most other firms.

James McCarthy has picked up 17 bookings in the last two seasons and has already gone into the referee’s notebook after one match in the Championship. So quite why BetVictor are offering 5/2 for him to be shown a card is beyond me given the fact that he’ll be chasing red shirts around the pitch for 90 minutes. Make sure he starts and then bet accordingly.

Community Shield Betting Tips

Both teams to score 21/20 @ William Hill

James McCarthy to be shown a card 5/2 @ Bet Victor

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