Carlisle United are 19/10 to get the victory they need to breathe life into their Bristol Street Motors Trophy campaign tonight.

The Blues host Wigan Athletic in their second group game this evening.

Both sides lost their opening northern group C fixtures and need a win tonight to get firmly back into the running.

SpreadEx offer 19/10 for a Blues win against Shaun Maloney's League One visitors, with Bet365 pricing a United victory at 7/4.

Wigan are favourites to leave Brunton Park with a victory.

The Latics are priced 5/4 with Ladbrokes and 6/5 with William Hill.

The draw is 13/5.

Charlie Wyke is United's 15/2 favourite to get the opening goal against his former club.

Luke Armstrong is 8/1 and Dominic Sadi 9/1.

Head coach Mike Williamson is likely to make changes tonight, with Jack Ellis and Jack Robinson among those who could come in.

They are 33/1 and 40/1 respectively to open the scoring.

For Wigan, Thelo Aasgaard is 7/1 with Callum McManaman 15/2 and Josh Stones 8/1.

Longer shots in the visiting ranks include Michael Olakigbe at 11/1, Jonny Smith at 18/1, Toby Sibbick at 66/1 and James Carragher - son of former Liverpool and England defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie - 33/1.

Wigan's last visit to Brunton Park saw a 1-1 draw early in the 2023/24 League One campaign.

A similar result tonight is priced 6/1.

Carlisle are 10/1 to win 2-1 - the score when they last defeated Wigan at home, back in 2000 in the Auto-Windscreens Shield - and 17/2 to suffer a second 2-1 consecutive reverse in this season's Trophy. 

Another 0-0 draw for the Cumbrians is 11/1 while Williamson's team are 33/1 to win 3-0.

Wigan's last win at Brunton Park was a 3-0 reverse in the Shield in 1999 and the Latics are priced 20/1 for a repeat this evening.

Source: Oddschecker.