Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic Free Bets, 3pm

Wigan have a 100% record away from home in the Premier League this season, although admittedly they have only played one game, with the Latics taking advantage of a lacklustre Spurs performance to win 1-0 at White Hart Lane. They now go to St Andrews in search of the points that will lift them out of the bottom three and bet365 are happy to lay 7/2 that Roberto Martinez’s team land the spoils.

It’s hard to feel too confident about a team that have been turned over at home by Blackpool, Chelsea and Manchester City this term, with the defending particularly bad against the latter on Sunday. The 5/6 currently available about Birmingham with Paddy Power is sure to be a popular accumulator filler, with Alex McLeish’s men putting MK Dons to the sword in the Carling Cup on Tuesday and likely to triumph here.

The manager will be looking for a tighter defensive performance  than last weekend at The Hawthorns where City lost 3-1, although Cameron Jerome (11/2 Sky Bet) should prove a handful and watch out for Craig Gardner (10/1 Coral) getting forward from midfield at every opportunity. Paddy Power’s 5/4 about a home clean sheet looks like a bet worth having and the 15/8 with the same firm that Birmingham win to nil looks hard to resist.