Bradford vs Wigan Athletic Prediction and Betting Tips | 26th December 2025 

Bradford welcome Wigan Athletic at the Valley Parade on Friday for the Boxing Day encounter of the 2025-26 EFL League One, looking to remain on the tails of the top two, Cardiff City and Lincoln City.

Last weekend, the Bantams saw their winning run ended by Leyton Orient, who beat them 2-1. Stephen Humphrys put Bradford in front after 17 minutes, but the home side responded with a brace from Dom Ballard.

With 37 points from 20 games, Bradford are down in third place of the League One table, just four off leaders Cardiff. Having only gained promotion from League Two last season, Graham Alexander's side are aiming for back-to-back promotion.

By contrast, Wigan Athletic are in 14th place with only 26 points, but have shown improvement lately with the side losing just once in their last seven games. That defeat, however, came in their most recent outing as Blackpool beat them 2-0 last weekend.

Now in their third consecutive League One season, the former FA Cup winners are struggling to move higher up the ranks in the English football tier. Wigan finished 15th last season and find themselves in a similar spot this time around too, almost halfway through the season.

Bradford vs Wigan Athletic Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the 30th clash between Bradford and Wigan; from the previous 29, the sides won 11 each and drew seven
• Bradford have won just once from their last seven encounters to Wigan, but they also beat them once on penalties in the League Cup
• The sides are meeting for the first time since the 2017-18 season
• Having beaten Bradford City in their last encounter, Wigan could see consecutive wins for the first time since the 1991-92 season
• Wigan have lost just once from their last eight league games, while Bradford have lost once from their last five in the competition

Bradford vs Wigan Athletic Prediction

Bradford haven't had a good record against Wigan lately but given their form this season, driven by a stoic backline, we can see them getting a win here.

Prediction: Bradford 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Bradford vs Wigan Athletic Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Bradford

Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Over 2.5

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes

Edited by Nived Zenith