· The season continues to limp on to its inevitable midtable finish as the Reds were pegged back to draw for the second league game in a row.
· It was only the second time Barnsley have been involved in a stalemate away from home in League One this season, the other also being 1-1, at Cambridge in November.
· It is their third away draw in all competitions in 2024-2025, all three of which have been 1-1 and two have been at Wigan following a League Cup tie there in August.
· It was also only the second time Barnsley have had back to back league games this season, also occurring v Stockport and Wycombe in September/October, both of which were at Oakwell and both finished 2-2.
· The game had started off brightly for the Reds with Davis Keillor-Dunn curling home a beautiful freekick after just eight minutes, the earliest Barnsley have netted since Keillor-Dunn himself scored after seven minutes in a 2-2 draw against Reading on the 26th November.
· It is the earliest Barnsley have netted on the road since Devante Cole scored after six minutes in a 3-2 defeat Portsmouth on the 16th April 2024.
· It was Keillor-Dunn’s 14th league goal of the season, only four players have netted more in League One.
· Of the 16 goals he has scored in all competitions this season this was the eighth which opened the scoring in a game.
· Conor McCarthy received a yellow card after 90 minutes meaning Barnsley have now received 17 cards of some colour in the 90th minute or later.
· Fabio Jalo made his 14th appearance of the season and his first ever start, he has been shown four yellow cards in those 14 games.
· Captain Luca Connell has now made 97 league appearances for the club but this was only the sixth one to come from the bench and first since the 1st February against Burton.
· Three of the four meetings between Barnsley and Wigan have finished 1-1, two of which have occurred this season.
· They have drawn five of the last nine clashes.
· The home team has failed to net more than once in each of the last seven meetings, whereas the away side has only managed it once in that run.
· The Reds have now lost only one of the last seven clashes.
· This stalemate edges draws ahead overall with this the eighth, compared with seven Wigan wins and six Barnsley wins.
· Barnsley are unbeaten in their last four trips to Wigan (W2 D2) and have lost only one of the last seven (W4 D2 L1)
· There has been a total of 11 shots on target in three of Barnsley’s last four matches.
· Barnsley won only one corner, their lowest in a league game this season and lowest since this exact weekend last season – failing to win a single corner against Cambridge on the 29th March 2024.
· There were 27 fouls, the most in 17 matches since there were 30 at Bolton on Boxing Day.
Barnsley Team:
51. Kieran Flavell
6. Mael de Gevigney
4. Marc Roberts
21. Conor McCarthy
30. Jonathan Bland
3. Jon Russell
50. Kelechi Nwakali
7. Corey O’Keeffe
40. Davis Keillor-Dunn
11. Fabio Jalo
36. Max Watters
Substitutes:
48. Luca Connell (for Jalo 71)
44. Stephen Humphrys (for Watters 79)
29. Connor Barratt (for Bland 90)
Unused Substitutes:
27. Adam Hayton, 5. Donovan Pines, 8. Adam Phillips, 24. Jonathan Lewis.
Wigan Team:
1. Sam Tickle
23. James Carragher
15. Jason Kerr
4. Will Aimson
11. Owen Dale
21. Scott Smith
25. Oliver Norburn
18. Jonny Smith
10. Ronan Darcy
14. Chris Sze
28. Dale Taylor
Substitutions:
20. Callum McManaman (for Sze 62)
37. Maleace Asamoah (for Dale 62)
44. Joseph Hungbo (for Darcy 79)
24. Harry McHugh (for Smith 86)
Unused Substitutes:
12. Tom Watson, 2. Jon Mellish, 19. Luke Robinson.
Sky Bet League One Results:
Thursday 27th March 2025
Leyton Orient (9th) 1-0 Stevenage (13th)
Kelman 12
Saturday 29th March 2025
Charlton Athletic (4th) 4-0 Huddersfield Town (7th)
Godden 1
Campbell 17
Campbell 53
Nicholls og 60
Stockport County (5th) 2-1 Burton Albion (21st)
Wootton 8
Olaofe 76
Larsson 89
Birmingham City (1st) 4-1 Shrewsbury Town (24th)
Davies 27
Laird 61
May 77
May 86
Oliver 87
Blackpool (10th) 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (8th)
Fletcher 13
Collins 35
Ennis 59
Bristol Rovers (20th) 1-2 Mansfield Town (14th)
Vickers 1
Sawyers 26
Dwyer 59
Cambridge United (23rd) 1-1 Northampton Town (19th)
Hoskins 26
Brophy 52
Exeter City (17th) 0-2 Wrexham (2nd)
Rathbone 23
Rodriguez pen 60
Reading (6th) 3-1 Peterborough United (15th)
Hughes og 7
Knibbs 58
Savage 63
Poku 66
Rotherham United (16th) 0-4 Crawley Town (22nd)
Doyle 23
Doyle 52
Holohan 84
Camara 87
Wigan Athletic (18th) 1-1 BARNSLEY (11th)
Keillor-Dunn 8
Asamoah 77
Wycombe Wanderers (3rd) 1-0 Lincoln City (12th)
Humphreys 66
Barnsley lie in 11th place in Sky Bet League One with 54 points from 39 games. We are 8 points off the Play-Offs, 23 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 32 points off First Place and 18 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 30/3/25
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Forty: Barnsley v Exeter City, Tuesday 1st April 2025. Kick Off: 7:45pm
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Forty One: Birmingham City v Barnsley, Saturday 5th April 2025. Kick Off: 3pm