Wigan Athletic vs Barnsley – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

Result
1:1
01/01/2026 at 10:00 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))
  • League One - Round 24
  • Referee: Speedie B. (Eng)
  • Where to Watch on TV:
united-kingdomUnited-kingdomSky Sports+

Match Stats

Expected Goals (xG)
1.650.58
Ball Possession
39%61%
Total shots
148
Shots on target
43
Big Chances
02
Corner Kicks
85
Passes
68% (214/313)81% (414/514)
Yellow Cards
10
Red Cards
01
Expected Goals (xG)
1.650.58
xG on target (xGOT)
1.171.02
Total shots
148
Shots on target
43
Shots off target
74
Blocked Shots
31
Shots inside the Box
124
Shots outside the Box
24
Hit the Woodwork
11
Big Chances
02
Corner Kicks
85
Touches in opposition box
3026
Accurate through passes
02
Offsides
03
Free Kicks
117
Passes
68% (214/313)81% (414/514)
Long passes
31% (18/58)48% (31/64)
Passes in final third
50% (45/90)68% (106/157)
Crosses
27% (8/30)18% (4/22)
Expected assists (xA)
1.010.76
Throw-ins
2426
Fouls
711
Tackles
67% (12/18)64% (9/14)
Duels won
4750
Clearances
4034
Interceptions
1013
Errors leading to shot
01
Errors leading to goal
00
Goalkeeper Saves
23
xGOT faced
1.021.17
Goals prevented
0.020.17

Key Moments

Here there are
  • 1st Half (1 - 0)
  • 6', 1 - 0, Costelloe D. , Wright C. (A),
  • 2nd Half (0 - 1)
  • 46', Jalo F. , Cleary R. ,
  • 46', Kelly P. , Bland J. ,
  • 67', Bettoni H. , Saydee C. ,
  • 67', Borges Rodrigues R. , Hungbo J. ,
  • 69', 1 - 1, Phillips A. , McGoldrick D. (A),
  • 81', Costelloe D. , Asamoah M. ,
  • 84', Connell L. 🟥,
  • 85', Aimson W. 🟨,
  • 87', McGoldrick D. , Yoganathan V. ,

Highlights

Chances of winning


Wigan Athletic
41.3%
Draw
28%
Barnsley
30.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)
40.9% 27.5% 31.7%

Our Initial ML Estimation

42.9% 26.2% 30.2%

Wigan Athletic - Barnsley Odds

1 X 2 Marga
Avarage Now
(Initially)
2.26
(2.25)
3.34
(3.34)
3.03
(2.9)
7.1%
(9%)

  • The most likely Over/Under: 2.50
What is the prediction for Wigan Athletic - Barnsley?
  • Users Predictions: 12 users predict this event. Wigan will win (votes: 6 - 50%). Barnsley will win (votes: 2 - 16.7%). It will Tie (votes: 4 - 33.3%).
    Confidence interval (95%) for Wigan: 21.7%78.3%.
  • The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.
  • Preview Facts
    • Two mid-table teams will face off this time (ranked 12 and 15).
    • In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Wigan won 1.
    • Recent performances by Wigan have been up and down (last 5 games: 2 wins).
    • Barnsley's performance has dropped in recent matches (in the last 5 games, wins – 1).
    • Wigan will hold a modest advantage in this match.
    • There will not play in Wigan: Mabaya I. (Achilles Tendon Injury) Trevitt R. (Thigh Injury)
    • There will not play in Barnsley: Gent G. (Injury) Ogbeta N. (Inactive)
    • There are questionable in Wigan: Adeeko B. (Inactive) Rogers J. (Injury)
    • In the last 14 head-to-head matches, Wigan won 5 matches, drew 5 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 18:15. (average 1.3:1.1).
    • Including home matches between the teams, Wigan won 2 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 4 matches, and goals 10:14. (average 1.3:1.8).
    What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?
    The latest head-to-head matches between Wigan Athletic - Barnsley were as follows:
    29.03.2025 Wigan Athletic - Barnsley 1:1
    23.11.2024 Barnsley - Wigan Athletic 0:1
    13.08.2024 Wigan Athletic - Barnsley 1:2
    01.01.2024 Barnsley - Wigan Athletic 1:1
    26.08.2023 Wigan Athletic - Barnsley 0:2
    Latest results of Wigan Athletic
    Latest results of Barnsley
    29.12.2025 Barnsley - Lincoln City 0:2
    26.12.2025 Barnsley - Mansfield Town 2:3
    20.12.2025 Exeter City - Barnsley 3:0
    13.12.2025 Barnsley - Leyton Orient 3:2
    09.12.2025 Lincoln City - Barnsley 3:1
    English League One Table
    2025/26
    PlWDLDiffPts
    1Cardiff30196555:292663
    2Lincoln30187552:302261
    3Bolton311510641:291255
    4Stockport County30158742:35753
    5Huddersfield311471053:421149
    6Bradford City29147837:33449
    7Luton301361140:35545
    8Peterborough311421545:41444
    9Wycombe301110940:31943
    10Reading301110943:39443
    11Stevenage29119931:30142
    12Mansfield291091037:32539
    13Exeter291151333:30338
    14AFC Wimbledon291151332:38-638
    15Barnsley271071044:46-237
    16Plymouth301141537:46-937
    17Blackpool30961537:44-733
    18Leyton Orient30961540:49-933
    19Northampton30961529:39-1033
    20Doncaster30961533:50-1733
    21Burton30881433:45-1232
    22Wigan307101331:42-1131
    23Rotherham29871431:43-1231
    24Port Vale28571622:40-1822

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