Wigan Athletic favourites for feisty fight facing Barnsley

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The DW Stadium (25138 seats)

It's still early in the Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Wigan Athletic - Barnsley preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Wigan Athletic form and stats

Only two Championship home games for Wigan Athletic so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Barnsley in the Championship last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that, an away loss at Queens Park Rangers.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wigan Athletic handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D1-L0.

Early season league goal statistics from Wigan Athletic's 2 home games: 3 goals, 4 conceded.

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Barnsley form and stats

No Championship points yet away for Barnsley, from their first 2 matches.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Wigan Athletic in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 0-0. A loss against Luton Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Barnsley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

0 goals so far away for Barnsley, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 4 - 2 - 1 (Wigan Athletic wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

C. Kipre
1 goals
L. Evans
1 goals
M. Jacobs
1 goals / 1 assists

Wigan Athletic missing players

Barnsley missing players

Wigan Athletic Barnsley
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played 0 3 6
1 1 0 Won 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 2
4 1 0 Lost 0 2 3
4 3 0 Scored 0 0 4
11 4 0 Conceded 0 4 9
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 0% 67% 83%
67% 67% 0% Over 1.5 0% 67% 67%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 33%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 33%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 33%
67% 67% 0% Failed To Score 0% 100% 50%
 
5.3 5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.3 5.3
4.7 4.7 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.3 4.7
2.5 2.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnsley have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Barnsley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barnsley have yet to win a game away.
  • Wigan Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

Wigan Athletic
All League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Wigan Athletic 0 - 1 Stoke City
17-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 0 - 2 Leeds United
20-08-19 CH Middlesbrough 1 - 0 Wigan Athletic
24-08-19 CH Queens Park Rangers 3 - 1 Wigan Athletic
31-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 14:00 Barnsley
14-09-19 CH Hull City 14:00 Wigan Athletic
21-09-19 CH Wigan Athletic 14:00 Charlton Athletic
27-09-19 CH Fulham 18:45 Wigan Athletic
01-10-19 CH Wigan Athletic 18:45 Birmingham City
05-10-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 14:00 Wigan Athletic
Barnsley
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
13-08-19 CC Barnsley 0 - 3 Carlisle United
17-08-19 CH Barnsley 2 - 2 Charlton Athletic
20-08-19 CH Birmingham City 2 - 0 Barnsley
24-08-19 CH Barnsley 1 - 3 Luton Town
31-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 14:00 Barnsley
15-09-19 CH Barnsley 11:30 Leeds United
21-09-19 CH Nottingham Forest 14:00 Barnsley
29-09-19 CH Barnsley 12:30 Brentford
02-10-19 CH Barnsley 18:45 Derby County
05-10-19 CH Preston North End 14:00 Barnsley

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Leeds United 5 4 1 0 10 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 8 1 8 13
2 Swansea City 5 4 1 0 11 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 13
3 Charlton Athletic 5 3 2 0 9 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 11
4 Bristol City 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 11
5 Fulham 6 3 1 2 10 5 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 5 10
6 Preston North End 5 3 0 2 10 6 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 4 9
7 Sheffield Wednesday 5 3 0 2 7 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 9
8 West Bromwich Albion 5 2 3 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 9
9 Nottingham Forest 5 2 2 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 8
10 Cardiff City 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 2 1 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 -2 8
11 Millwall 5 2 2 1 4 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 6 -2 8
12 Reading 5 2 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 7
13 Queens Park Rangers 5 2 1 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 7
14 Blackburn Rovers 5 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 7
15 Birmingham City 5 2 1 2 4 7 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 1 6 -3 7
16 Derby County 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 6
17 Middlesbrough 6 1 3 2 7 8 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 5 6 -1 6
18 Luton Town 5 1 1 3 8 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 4 4 -1 4
19 Brentford 5 1 1 3 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 2 -2 4
20 Hull City 5 1 1 3 5 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 4
21 Barnsley 5 1 1 3 4 9 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 4
22 Wigan Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 11 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 3
23 Huddersfield Town 5 0 1 4 4 9 3 0 0 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 1
24 Stoke City 5 0 1 4 5 13 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 -8 1

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