Wigan Athletic 0-2 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 August 2023

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Wigan Athletic · Barnsley · League One predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Barnsley: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Barnsley 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Barnsley scored through Devante Cole (25') and John McAtee (90+2').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 1st on 10 points from 4 and Barnsley 16th on 4 points from 4. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 70 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John McAtee of Barnsley (7.8), level with Sam Tickle (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 1 for Barnsley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Red card · Charlie HughesWigan Athletic
  • 25'Goal · Devante ColeBarnsley · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsBarnsley
  • 67'Yellow card · Herbie KaneBarnsley
  • 80'Yellow card · Adam PhillipsBarnsley
  • 90+2'Goal · John McAteeBarnsley · 0-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Josh MagennisWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Wigan Athletic 4, draws 3, Barnsley 1.

Team news

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

Sam Tickle, Sean Clare, Charlie Hughes, Kell Watts, Tom Pearce, Matthew Smith, Baba Adeeko, Stephen Humphrys, Callum Lang, Callum McManaman, Charlie Wyke

Barnsley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Liam Roberts, Kacper Łopata, Jack Shepherd, Jordan Williams, Jon Russell, Barry Cotter, Adam Phillips, Herbie Kane, Nicky Cadden, Devante Cole, Max Watters