Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Monday 29 December 2025

Result

Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic

League One · Monday 29 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Burton Albion 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Burton Albion lost to Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the League One on Monday 29 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Harrison Bettoni opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Burton Albion did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Harrison Bettoni (64') and Dara Costelloe (87').

Discipline: Burton Albion received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 15th on 27 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 26 points from 21. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 56.

Burton Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Tickle of Wigan Athletic (8.0), ahead of Dara Costelloe (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burton Albion wins, 3 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Callum WrightWigan Athletic
  • 64'Goal · Harrison BettoniWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 87'Goal · Dara CostelloeWigan Athletic · 0-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Burton Albion 2, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Brad Collins, Terence Vancooten, George Evans, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Sulyman Krubally, Kegs Chauke, Jack Armer, Fábio Tavares, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)

Sam Tickle, James Carragher, Will Aimson, Morgan Fox, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Tobias Brenan, Tyrese Francois, Joseph Hungbo, Harrison Bettoni, Callum Wright, Dara Costelloe