188 BETTING PREVIEW OF WIGAN VS BLACKPOOL

All the odds ahead of the Latics opening Barclays Premier League game of the season at home to Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.

This has been an exciting close season at the DW Stadium with the arrival of Alcaraz and Boselli, Stam and McArthur.Victor Moses and James McCarthy represented their countries at U21 level in the week and there is a great sense of optimism around.

First up is the visit of new boys Blackpool who every neutral was delighted to see coming through the Championship play offs last season.Ian Holloway's boys have a tough task ahead but will be no pushovers this weekend as they look to lay down a marker of their intentions.Remember how well Burnley and before them Hull did at the start of their first seasons up.

That said Roberto Martinez will have the lads primed and ready to go.The Latics are 1.83 to win the game.Only Chelsea and man United are at shorter odds to get three points on the opening weekend.Blackpool can score goals but found it hard to come back last season.In the 12 games they trailed at half time, they lost eight of them and drew the other four.

On that basis it may pay to go for the better odds of 2.80 about Wigan leading at half time and winning the game.

Five of Wigans six home wins last season were by a single goal so perhaps 2-1 at odds of 8.50 is the best bet in the correct score market and let's go with Mauro Boselli to continue his great run of pre-season form by opening the scoring at odds of 6.0.

Join us again next Friday for a preview of our big home game against Chelsea, which of course we won last season but for which we can currently be backed at early odds of 10.0.

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