Barnsley v Wigan Athletic

Last updated : 19 December 2015 By Rob Miles (BarnsleyBoy)

Last time out - Barnsley Team:

Adam Davies

Reece Wabara

Alfie Mawson

Lewin Nyatanga

Aidan White

Marley Watkins

Ben Pearson

Conor Hourihane

Adam Hammill

Ivan Toney

Sam Winnall

 

Head to Head

Last Six Barnsley v Wigan results:       

5/12/15 Wigan (Will Grigg 48,82) 2-2 Barnsley (Adam Hammill 42, Ivan Toney 53) (Football League Trophy)

8/2/14 Wigan (Nicky Maynard 35, Martyn Waghorn 44) 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)

3/8/13 Barnsley 0-4 Wigan (Ben Watson 37, Grant Holt 54, Leon Barnett 79, Shaun Maloney 88) (Championship)

3/5/03 Wigan (Tony Dinning 13) 1-0 Barnsley (Division Two)

28/9/02 Barnsley (Kevin Betsy 66) 1-3 Wigan (Andy Liddell 2, Matt Jackson 11, Scott Green 65) (Division Two)

4/9/90 Barnsley 0-1 Wigan (League Cup)

Overall Record:

Barnsley Wins: 2

Wigan Wins: 5

Draws: 3

Barnsley Goals: 8

Wigan Goals: 16

At Oakwell:

Barnsley Wins: 1

Wigan Wins: 3

Draws: 1

Barnsley Goals: 4

Wigan Goals: 10

 

First Met In League: Barnsley 0-0 Wigan, Saturday 21st October 1978. (Fourth Division)

Biggest Win: Barnsley 3-2 Wigan Saturday 20th November 1954 (FA Cup) Wigan 0-1 Barnsley

Tuesday 28th August 1990 (League Cup)

Biggest Defeat: Barnsley 0-4 Wigan (Ben Watson 37, Grant Holt 54, Leon Barnett 79, Shaun Maloney 88) Saturday 3rd August 2013.  (Championship)

Last Home Win: Barnsley 3-2 Wigan Saturday 20th November 1954. (FA Cup)

Last Away Win: Wigan 0-1 Barnsley Tuesday 28th August 1990. (League Cup)

Last Home Draw: Barnsley 0-0 Wigan Saturday 21st October 1978. (Fourth Division)

Last Away Draw: Wigan (Will Grigg 48,82) 2-2 Barnsley (Adam Hammill 42, Ivan Toney 53) Saturday 5th December 2015 (Football League Trophy)

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-4 (Ben Watson 37, Grant Holt 54, Leon Barnett 79, Shaun Maloney 88) Saturday 3rd August 2013.

 

Last Home Meeting:

Monday 6th April 2015:

Barnsley 0                                         4 Wigan                                              

Barnsley:

Luke Steele, Scott Golbourne, Tom Kennedy (Dale Jennings 61 RC), Martin Cranie, Scott Wiseman, Jean-Yves Mvoto, Stephen Dawson, David Perkins, Jacob Mellis (Jim O’Brien 82), Chris O’Grady, Chris Dagnall (Jason Scotland 75).

Unused substitutes:

Ben Alnwick, Jim McNulty, Tomasz Cywka, John Cofie.

Manager: David Flitcroft (29th December 2012- 30th November 2013)

Wigan:

Scott Carson, Stephen Crainey, Emmerson Boyce, James Perch, Leon Barnett, James McCarthy, Ben Watson, Shaun Maloney, James McArthur (Chris McCann 72), Jean Beausejour (Callum McManaman 71), Grant Holt (Marc Antoine Fortune 75)

Unused substitutes:

Lee Nicholls, Jordi Gomez, Roger Espinoza, Nouha Dicko.

 

Manager: Owen Coyle 14th June 2013- 2nd December 2013)

 

Still at respective clubs:

Barnsley: 0

Wigan: 4 (Barnett, Holt, Nicholls, McCann)

Managers since last meeting (including caretakers):

Barnsley: 4 (Micky Mellon 30th November 2013- 17th December 2013, Danny Wilson 17th December 2013- 12th February 2015, Mark Burton/Paul Heckingbottom 12th February 2015- 25th February 2015, Lee Johnson 25th February 2015-present)

Wigan: 4 (Sandy Stewart/Graham Barrow 2nd December 2013- 7th December 2013, Uwe Rosler 7th December 2013- 19th November 2014, Malky Mackay 19th November 2014- 6th April 2015, Gary Caldwell 7th April 2015- present)

 

This Season:

Last six 2015-2016 results:

Barnsley:

12/12/15 Colchester (George Moncur 67, Chris Porter 70) 2–3 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 18, Adam Hammill 40, Ivan Toney 60) (League One)

5/12/15 Wigan (Will Grigg 48,82) 2–2 Barnsley (Adam Hammill 42, Ivan Toney 53) (Football League Trophy)

28/11/15 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 90) 1–1 Sheffield United (Chris Basham 16) (League One)

24/11/15 Peterborough (Lee Angol 24, Miles Addison 62, Marcus Maddison 73) 3–2 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane pen 38, Sam Winnall 77) (League One)

21/11/15 Oldham (Mark Yeates 78) 1–2 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane 30, Kevin Long 89) (League One)

14/11/15 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 77) 1–2 Port Vale (AJ Leitch-Smith 40, Sam Foley 47) (League One)

W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 11 A: 11 GD: 0 Points: 7 * 1 draw in cup

Overall League Record: W: 6 D: 3 L: 12 F: 28 A: 36 GD: -8 Points: 21 Pos: 21st

 

Wigan:

12/12/15 Wigan 0–1 Blackpool (Tom Aldred 36) (League One)

5/12/15 Wigan (Will Grigg 48,82) 2-2 Barnsley (Adam Hammill 42, Ivan Toney 53) (Football League Trophy))

28/11/15 Southend 0-0 Wigan (League One)

24/11/15 Wigan 0-1 Burton (Abdenasser El Khayati 74) (League One)

21/11/15 Wigan (Alex Revell 36) 1-0 Shrewsbury (League One)

14/11/15 Rochdale 0-2 Wigan (Jason Pearce 16, Michael Jacobs 61) (League One)

W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 5 A: 4 GD: +1 Points: 7 * 1 draw in cup

Overall League Record: W: 9 D: 7 L: 5 F: 29 A: 20 GD: +9 Points: 34 Pos: 6th

 

Wigan last time out:

Wigan 0-1 Blackpool:

Jussi Jaakelainen, Down Cowie (Donervon Daniels 45), Leon Barnett, Jason Pearce, Reece James, David Perkins, Max Power, Will Grigg, Donald Love (Alex Revell 75), Craig Davies (Michael Jacobs 64), Yanic Wildschut.

Unused Substitutes:

Richard O’Donnell, Andy Kellett, Francisco Junior, Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila.

Wigan manager Gary Caldwell said: 

"It's a massively disappointing result.

"We didn't put the ball in the box as much as we should and we didn't create enough opportunity from our good play.

"But there were spells in the game where I thought we did okay.

"The disappointing thing is that we got it to good areas and didn't make enough of it."

 

Mad Sites:

www.barnsley-mad.co.uk

www.wiganathletic-mad.co.uk

Official Sites:

www.barnsleyfc.co.uk

www.wiganlatics.co.uk

 

Other Fixtures:

Friday 18th December 2015

7:45pm:

Southend v Bury

Saturday 19th December 2015:

3pm:

Blackpool v Peterborough

Burton v Doncaster

Chesterfield v Bradford

Coventry v Oldham

Crewe v Fleetwood

Millwall v Gillingham

Rochdale v Colchester

Scunthorpe v Sheffield United

Shrewsbury v Swindon

Sunday 20th December 2015:

12noon:

Walsall v Port Vale