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Wigan Athletic v Barnsley : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Nov, 15:00 BST, DW Stadium, Wigan

Daniel Stendel pays counterpart Gary Caldwell a visit on Saturday afternoon in the League One, as their Barnsley and Wigan Athletic sides go head to head at the DW Stadium. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've sifted through our expansive database and found the statistics that matter the most. Head to head (H2H) and recent form is included, and the KickOff predictions are produced from them. Odds are there to make sure you get the best return.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Wigan
39%
--
Draw
27%
--
Barnsley
35%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Wigan 1-0
10%
--
Barnsley 1-0
10%
--
Wigan 2-1
8%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Barnsley 2-1
8%
--
Wigan 2-0
7%
--
Barnsley 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Wigan 3-1
4%
--
Barnsley 3-1
3%
--
Wigan 3-0
3%
--
Barnsley 3-0
2%
--
Wigan 3-2
2%
--
Barnsley 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
53%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
17%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
16%
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Home/draw
65%
--
Away/draw
61%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
72%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
28%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
25%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
75%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
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Home DNB
57%
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Away DNB
53%
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Wigan win to nil
21%
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Barnsley win to nil
19%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Wigan have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 1 and won 2. Wigan have conceded 20 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 7 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Wigan have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 4 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

 
Won
Draw
Lost
Wigan
Barnsley
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Huddersfield138411628 
Jan 23
l
 
2-1A
Dec 19
Jan 9
2
Stockport137241123 
l
 
0-4A
Feb 13
Apr 24
l
 
3-1F
3
Plymouth14725223 
Nov 28
May 1
Feb 20
l
 
3-0A
4
Reading136431222 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 16
Jan 23
l
 
2-1F
5
Oxford Utd11641922 
Jan 19
l
 
2-1A
Oct 31
Jan 30
6
Bradford13643222 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Apr 13
Nov 24
7
Cambridge14563021 
Mar 6
l
 
3-2A
l
 
1-2F
Jan 16
8
Luton12624420 
Mar 29
Dec 12
Jan 19
l
 
2-1A
9
Sheff Wed12543819 
Feb 20
d
 
0-00-0
Nov 20
Mar 20
10
Mansfield11533418 
-
Apr 27
Mar 29
Dec 26
11
Leicester12534318 
Apr 13
l
 
3-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 17
12
L Orient13526517 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 13
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
13
Burton13454-117 
May 8
Dec 1
Dec 29
Apr 3
14
Stevenage11434415 
Apr 24
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-5F
Feb 13
15
MK Dons12363-315 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 9
-
Apr 27
16
Wycombe12363-415 
l
 
0-1A
Apr 17
Dec 1
May 8
17
AFC Wim12345-1113 
Feb 6
l
 
1-0A
May 1
Nov 28
18
Doncaster12336-312 
Apr 10
Dec 26
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
19
Notts C11254-311 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Jan 1
Mar 26
20
Blackpool11326-411 
Mar 20
Nov 21
w
 
2-1F
Feb 9
21
Peterborough12246-1010 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Apr 10
Dec 12
22
Bromley12237-199 
Oct 31
Jan 30
l
 
0-1A
Mar 6
23
Barnsley11227-108 
Nov 14
Feb 27
-
-
24
Wigan12219-127 
-
-
Feb 27
Nov 14
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
4
Barnsley have lost 4 consecutive away league games
Wigan 24TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
9
D
2
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Wigan1 - 0Reading
Wigan0 - 1Wycombe
Wigan0 - 4Stockport
Wigan3 - 1MK Dons
Wigan0 - 2L Orient
Wigan0 - 1AFC Wim
Wigan3 - 0Rotherham
Wigan2 - 1Mansfield
Wigan0 - 0L Orient
Wigan2 - 0Exeter
Wigan2 - 0Bradford
Wigan0 - 3Plymouth
Wigan1 - 0Huddersfield
Wigan1 - 0Luton
Wigan1 - 2Reading
Wigan0 - 1Lincoln
Wigan0 - 1Bolton
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Wigan0 - 2Blackpool
Wigan1 - 0Burton
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AWigan0 - 3Leicester
AWigan1 - 2Huddersfield
AWigan1 - 2Oxford Utd
HWigan1 - 0Reading
AWigan0 - 1Stevenage
HWigan0 - 1Wycombe
AWigan0 - 0Sheff Wed
HWigan0 - 4Stockport
HWigan3 - 1MK Dons
AWigan0 - 1AFC Wim
HWigan0 - 2L Orient
AWigan2 - 3Cambridge
AWigan0 - 1Stevenage
HWigan0 - 1AFC Wim
AWigan0 - 0Port Vale
HWigan3 - 0Rotherham
HWigan2 - 1Mansfield
AWigan3 - 1Northampton
HWigan0 - 0L Orient
AWigan0 - 3Reading
Barnsley 23RD
20 league games
Away
4
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Reading2 - 1Barnsley
Luton2 - 1Barnsley
Stockport3 - 1Barnsley
Plymouth3 - 0Barnsley
L Orient1 - 3Barnsley
Doncaster0 - 0Barnsley
Northampton0 - 1Barnsley
Luton2 - 1Barnsley
Stevenage1 - 0Barnsley
Port Vale0 - 0Barnsley
Rotherham1 - 3Barnsley
Burton1 - 1Barnsley
Mansfield2 - 2Barnsley
L Orient1 - 3Barnsley
Huddersfield2 - 1Barnsley
Bolton3 - 2Barnsley
Cardiff4 - 0Barnsley
Reading2 - 2Barnsley
Wigan1 - 1Barnsley
Exeter3 - 0Barnsley
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABarnsley1 - 2Reading
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
HBarnsley1 - 2Cambridge
ABarnsley1 - 3Stockport
HBarnsley1 - 1Leicester
ABarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
HBarnsley1 - 5Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 1Blackpool
ABarnsley3 - 1L Orient
ABarnsley0 - 0Doncaster
HBarnsley0 - 1Bromley
HBarnsley1 - 3Stockport
ABarnsley1 - 0Northampton
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
ABarnsley0 - 1Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 2Bradford
ABarnsley0 - 0Port Vale
ABarnsley3 - 1Rotherham
HBarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
ABarnsley1 - 1Burton
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Wigan since 2014
Wigan
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
WIG
2
D
3
BAR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Barnsley
Draw0 - 0Draw
Wigan3 - 2
1 - 4Barnsley
Wigan2 - 0
League games at Barnsley since 2013
Barnsley
Wigan
Goals: Scored
2
9
Games: Scored
2 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
5 / 7
WIG
3
D
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Wigan
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 2Wigan
0 - 4Wigan
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Wigan Athletic of late. It has been 8 League One matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.3 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Barnsley.

Wigan 24th Barnsley 23rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Wigan will score no more than 1 goal
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-28
Wigan have scored 28% fewer goals at home than predicted
-3
Barnsley’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season
Wigan
PG (predicted goals)
Barnsley
1.3
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
WIG
BAR
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
WIG
BAR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Wigan v Barnsley League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Wigan League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12215
J WeirJ WeirJ MellishJ Carragher
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Barrett DEF12
3
-
J Weir MID122
3
-
J Mellish MID121
3
-
F Burns DEF11
4
-
R. Walsh MID111
3
-
J Carragher DEF10
5
-
S Perkins FWD101
1
-
J Whitworth GLK9
-
F Murray MID9
1
D Costelloe FWD91
2
-
M Fox DEF8
-
A. Harris DEF8
1
-
C. Gray MID8
5
-
M Power MID811
2
-
B. Burrows FWD81
-
S Hogan FWD71
-
J Mullen DEF6
1
-
C Sze MID6
1
-
K. Miller DEF5
1
-
A. Higgins FWD41
-
C Saydee FWD42
-
J Walsh GLK3
-
L Harris MID3
-
L. Chapman DEF1
-
R Trevitt MID1
-
C McManaman FWD1
-
Barnsley League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11323
A. KayC McGeehan P KellyA. Kay
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Kay DEF111
3
-
T. Noslin MID11
2
-
C McGeehan  MID113
3
-
P Kelly MID1112
3
-
R Cleary FWD1121
1
-
A. Richards FWD111
1
-
R. Ravenhill GLK9
-
S Gale DEF9
2
-
J. Bland MID9
3
-
C O'Riordan DEF8
1
-
M Kirk FWD82
1
-
L Connell MID7
1
L. Alker FWD6
-
J Shepherd DEF5
2
-
V. Yoganathan MID52
-
C. Taylor FWD5
1
-
Z Larkeche DEF4
-
T Adeyemo FWD3
1
-
C Slicker GLK2
-
J Okedina DEF2
-
B Touré FWD2
-