Principal sponsors 188Bet preview the betting opportunities for the game on Monday night

Wigan were a shade unlucky against Birmingham last weekend.Liam Ridgewell's foul on James McCarthy grabbed the headlines and if he had been sent off for it when Wigan were on top, the result could have been very different.

Eleven games to go now.Five of those are against teams involved in the relegation battle but first up are Liverpool at the DW Stadium on Monday night.

With only two draws from our last nine clashes with Liverpool this will be a tough encounter.The return of Fernando Torres lifted Rafa Benitez' side to a gritty if unconvincing victory over Blackburn last weekend.

The best betting call on the game may be to go low on goals.

Liverpool had failed to hit the back of the net in their two Premier League games prior to Blackburn while the Latics have only managed two in the last seven games.The odds against this game producing less than three goals, as has been the case in three of our last four home matches against the Reds are 1.78

There have only been nine first half goals at the DW in 13 games this season while Liverpool's away matches have only yielded 12 from 14 in the same first 45 minutes.That suggests this will be cagey in the opening half and odds of 2.20 about a stalemate at the break represent a good value bet.

On the basis that Wigan's luck needs to turn soon, it may pay to have a speculative punt on the same score as when the sides met here last season.That finished 1-1 and a repeat on Monday night can be backed at odds of 7.0

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