Team News
Jacob Mellis and Bobby Hassell are definitely out whilst Jack Hunt, Martin Woods and Emmanuel Frimpong are all nursing knocks. Manager Danny Wilson is hopeful however that all three will be fine for tonight.
Brek Shea is hoping to return to the squad after illness ruled him out of the game at Doncaster at the weekend.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Jack Hunt
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Tom Kennedy
Emmanuel Frimpong
Paul Digby
Dale Jennings
Martin Woods
Chris O’Grady
Nick Proschwitz
Head To Head
Last Six Wigan v Barnsley results:
3/8/13 Barnsley 0-4 Wigan (Championship)
3/5/03 Wigan 1-0 Barnsley (Division Two)
28/9/02 Barnsley 1-3 Wigan (Division Two)
4/9/90 Barnsley 0-1 Wigan (League Cup)
28/8/90 Wigan 0-1 Barnsley (League Cup)
Overall Record:
Wigan Wins: 4
Barnsley Wins: 2
Draws: 2
Wigan Goals: 12
Barnsley Goals: 6
At Wigan:
Wigan Wins: 1
Barnsley Wins: 1
Draws: 1
Wigan Goals: 2
Barnsley Goals: 2
First Met In League: Barnsley 0-0 Wigan Saturday 21st October 1978.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 3-2 Wigan Saturday 20th November 1954 & Wigan 0-1 Barnsley Tuesday 28th August 1990.
Biggest Defeat: Barnsley 0-4 Wigan Saturday 3rd August 2013.
Last Home Win: Barnsley 3-2 Wigan Saturday 20th November 1954.
Last Away Win: Wigan 0-1 Barnsley Tuesday 28th August 1990.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley 0-0 Wigan Saturday 21st October 1978.
Last Away Draw: Wigan 1-1 Barnsley Saturday 3rd March 1979.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-4 (Ben Watson 37, Grant Holt 54, Leon Barnett 79, Shaun Maloney 88) Saturday 3rd August 2013.
Last Away Defeat: Wigan (Tony Dinning 13) 1-0 Barnsley Saturday 3rd May 2003.
Last Away Meeting: Saturday 3rd May 2003.
Wigan 1 0 Barnsley
Tony Dinning 13
Wigan:
John Filan, Nicky Eaden, Matt Jackson, Steve McMillan, Ian Breckin, Tony Dinning, Gary Teale, Jimmy Bullard, Lee McCulloch, Peter Kennedy, Neil Roberts.
Unused Subs:
Paul Mitchell, Leighton Baines, Michael Flynn, David Moore, Chris Lynch.
Manager: Paul Jewell.
Barnsley:
Matthew Ghent, Neil Austin, Chris Morgan, Robbie Williams, Antony Kay, Nicky Wroe, Kevin Donovan, Dean Gorre (Rory Fallon 70), Kevin Betsy, Mitch Ward, Bruce Dyer (Isaiah Rankin 85.)
Unused Substitutes: Craig Parry, Brian O’Callaghan, Leo Bertos.
Manager: Glyn Hodges.
Still at respective clubs:
Wigan: 0
Barnsley: 0
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Wigan:
15/2/14 Cardiff 1-2 Wigan (FA Cup)
11/2/14 Sheffield Wednesday 0-3 Wigan (Championship)
8/2/14 Huddersfield 1-0 Wigan (Championship)
1/2/14 Wigan 2-1 Charlton (Championship)
28/1/14 Middlesbrough 0-0 Wigan (Championship)
25/1/14 Wigan 2-1 Crystal Palace (FA Cup)
W: 4 D: 1 L: 1 F: 9 A: 4 GD: +5 Points: 7 (two wins in FA Cup)
Barnsley:
15/2/14 Doncaster 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
8/2/14 Barnsley 2-2 Ipswich (Championship)
1/2/14 Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
28/1/14 Barnsley 2–2 Blackburn (Championship)
18/1/14 Barnsley 2–0 Blackpool (Championship)
4/1/14 Barnsley 1–2 Coventry (FA Cup)
W: 1 D: 3 L: 2 F: 9 A: 9 GD: 0 Points: 6
Interesting Stats
This will only be the ninth ever meeting between the two sides, Barnsley have won just two of the previous eight and have lost each of the last four.
The Reds have NEVER beaten Wigan in a league match with their two successes coming in the FA Cup and League Cup.
They have won just the once at Wigan, a 1-0 victory at Springfield Park in a League Cup tie back in 1990.
The Latics are chasing a second league double over Barnsley. They won both encounters in their Division Two title-winning season of 2002-2003 and they won 4-0 at Oakwell back on the opening day of this season.
When Wigan smashed four past the Reds on a red hot August afternoon it looked like the FA Cup holders were set for an immediate return to the Premier League under Owen Coyle. Six months on, Coyle is gone and new gaffer Uwe Rosler is trying to take the Latics into the play-off places.
When the former Manchester City striker and Brentford boss took over Wigan were 16th in the Championship but six wins from 11 games in charge has lifted them to 9th, seven points off six spot.
Wigan have been very good defensively this season and have conceded just 28 goals. Only QPR (21) and Brighton, Burnley (25) have conceded less.
Wigan have won four of their last six matches in all competitions with Saturday’s 2-1 win at Cardiff sending them into the Quarter-Finals of the FA Cup.
They have lost just two of their past 15 matches, both of them away.
Wigan have lost just twice at the DW Stadium this season and have won seven of the 14 matches played there, including the last three.
36% of Wigan’s goals in 2013-2014 have been scored in the final 15 minutes, a league-high. Barnsley on the other hand have scored just twice in the final 15 minutes this season, a joint-league low with Charlton.
Ref Watch:
Nigel Miller.
2013-2014: Games: 9 Yellows: 17 Reds: 0
This will be Miller’s third Championship match. All his nine outings this season have come in the last three months.
Last Wigan match: Wigan 1-0 Bournemouth Tuesday 20th September 2005 (No bookings for Wigan players.)
Last Barnsley match: Barnsley 2-0 Millwall Tuesday 29th January 2013. (No bookings for Barnsley players.)
On This Day:
Wigan:
Played: 5 Won: 1 Drawn: 0 Lost: 4 Scored: 2 Conceded: 9.
Last match on the 18th February: 1995. Wigan 0-4 Mansfield.
Last win: 1984
Last draw: N/A
Last defeat: 1995
STAT! – Wigan have played just five times on this date and lost four of them.
Barnsley:
Played: 17 Won: 5 Drawn: 4 Lost: 8 Scored: 20 Conceded: 28.
Last match on the 18th February: 2012. Barnsley (O’Brien, Done) 2-0 Portsmouth. Att: 9,336.
Last win: 2012
Last draw: 1990
Last defeat: 1995
STAT! – Barnsley have won their last three matches on this date.
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Other Fixtures:
Tuesday 18th February 2014:
7:45pm:
Sheffield Wednesday v Derby
Yeovil v Watford
Wednesday 19th February 2014:
7:45pm:
Nottingham Forest v Leicester