Confidence reserves are hardly high in either camp right now, and even though Morecambe's overall display against Newport County was admirable, their clinical edge is still eluding them.
Wigan are hardly pulling up trees in the final third either, but with a tad more quality in the Latics' ranks, Maloney's men may need just the one goal to get off to a winning start in the EFL Trophy.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Wigan Athletic win with a probability of 53.33%. A draw had a probability of 24.5% and a win for Morecambe had a probability of 22.19%.
The most likely scoreline for a Wigan Athletic win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (9.89%) and 2-1 (9.62%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.63%), while for a Morecambe win it was 0-1 (7.04%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.7% likelihood.
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