Wigan Athletic 1-1 Barnsley: result and report

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Barnsley

League One · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic drew with Barnsley 1-1 in the League One on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dara Costelloe opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Dara Costelloe (6'). Barnsley scored through A. Phillips (69').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 12th on 29 points from 22 and Barnsley 15th on 28 points from 20. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dara Costelloe of Wigan Athletic (7.6), level with Fraser Murray (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 6 draws and 2 for Barnsley.