Wigan Athletic vs Salford City Predictions

Wigan Athletic vs Salford City predictions for this EFL Trophy. Wigan Athletic face Salford City on Tuesday evening in EFL Trophy Northern Group A, with both sides kicking off their 2025-26 campaigns. Read on for our free match preview and betting tips.

EFL Trophy | Sep 2 2025 at 7:00 pm UK at Brick Community Stadium

Wigan Athletic vs Salford City Predictions

Will Wigan’s Home Edge Prove Too Much for Salford in the Trophy Opener?

• Wigan finding form
  • The Latics are unbeaten in their last three matches, showing signs of momentum after a shaky start to their League One campaign.
• Salford’s defensive weakness
  • The Ammies concede nearly ten shots inside the box per game, one of the poorest records in League Two, making them vulnerable even against rotated sides.
• Goals on the cards
  • Salford have scored in four of their last five matches across competitions, while Wigan have managed just one clean sheet in the same period.

Best Bet for Wigan Athletic vs Salford City

The EFL Trophy gets underway in Northern Group A this Tuesday as Wigan Athletic welcome Salford City to the Brick Community Stadium. Both sides arrive with reasons to be optimistic, but also with plenty to prove. Wigan are unbeaten in their last three outings across all competitions and look like a team beginning to find some rhythm after an inconsistent start to the season. Their EFL Cup progress has also given the squad a timely lift, and with Ryan Lowe at the helm since March, there’s a sense that things might slowly be coming together.

Salford, meanwhile, have started the League Two campaign fairly brightly, sitting in mid-table after six matches, but their last two results—defeat to Walsall and a late draw with Cheltenham—have left a bitter taste. Their equaliser in the 93rd minute at the weekend papered over the cracks rather than solved them, and Karl Robinson will know his side need to sharpen up in both penalty areas if they want to go further than they did last year.

It’s also the first competitive meeting between these two sides, adding another layer of intrigue. Salford will want to prove they can go toe-to-toe with League One opposition, while Wigan are eager to show their extra level of quality.

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Best Bet for this match

At BettingTips4You we always keep things clear. No endless lists of tips, no hedging our bets. Just one carefully chosen prediction for every game—the Best Bet. This ensures accountability and avoids confusion for our readers.

For Wigan Athletic v Salford City, the Best Bet is both teams to score.

The reasoning lies in the balance between Wigan’s attacking consistency and their defensive lapses, combined with Salford’s ability to carve out chances despite their struggles. Wigan’s form shows they’ve been competitive, unbeaten in three, but their clean sheet record is hardly spotless. Even in their stronger performances, they’ve often given opponents a sniff. With Paul Mullin expected to feature up front alongside Nathaniel Saydee, goals for the hosts feel likely.

Salford are no pushovers either. Cole Stockton’s return to the starting XI offers them a natural focal point, and the creativity of Ben Woodburn and Kadeem Harris adds attacking spark. Their underlying defensive stats in League Two are concerning—they concede nearly ten shots per game inside the box—but going forward they usually manage to find the net. Even when they’ve dropped points, they’ve created enough to trouble opposition keepers.

As Graham Hartshorn from BettingTips4You.com put it:

“Neither side can be trusted to keep things tight for 90 minutes. Both managers will rotate, both backlines will wobble, and that’s exactly why both nets should ripple.”

Rotation in cup competitions tends to produce chaotic matches. Young players bring energy but also mistakes. For that reason, both teams to score feels the safest and smartest call. A likely scoreline is 2-1 to Wigan, reflecting their home advantage but also acknowledging that Salford rarely leave quietly.

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