England - League OneStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Wigan Athletic and Barnsley, taking place on Saturday, 26 August 2023, at The DW Stadium in Wigan.
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Wigan Athletic, Recent FormAfter an eye catching 4-0 away win in their last match against Bolton Wanderers, the Wigan Athletic players will be in buoyant mood ahead of this fixture.
Manager Shaun Maloney will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 games, but they have only kept 2 clean sheets in their last 6 games at The DW Stadium.
Their strong run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 8 games in a row.
Charlie Wyke will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 5 goals in the last 6 league games for Wigan Athletic.
Barnsley, Recent FormThe 3-1 home defeat to Oxford United will not have sat easily with the Barnsley squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points.
Whilst manager Neill Collins will be pleased with his team's performance in front of goal, having scored 14 goals in their last 6 games, he will want to tighten up his defence if they are to pick up more points, with 13 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
There will be mixed feelings from The Tykes, having been undefeated in their last 4 away league games, but drawn the last 3 of these games.
Goalscorer Devante Cole will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 4 goals in his last 6 league matches for Barnsley.
The last time these two sides met, it wasn't one to remember, finishing without a goal and both sides taking just a point for their efforts.
In the previous 2 league encounters between these two teams, The Tykes have failed to score a single goal against Wigan. We've seen plenty of goals from Barnsley when they've visited The Latics in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 6 goals, which is an average of 2 per game. Playing at home, Wigan have conceded at least one goal in 2 of their last 3 league games against Barnsley.
It has been a share of the points the last 2 times these sides have met in the league, with the game ending in a draw on both occasions; that said, Wigan may be feeling slightly more positive, having built up a run of 4 matches undefeated against their opponents.
There is only really one injury concern for the Wigan manager Shaun Maloney ahead of this clash, with Jason Kerr (Cruciate ligament) missing out, which gives Maloney a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Barnsley manager Neill Collins has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Wigan Athletic Playing at home | Barnsley Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 72' | Time first goal scored | 7' |
| 24' | Time first goal conceded | 81' |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | - |
| - | Biggest defeat | - |
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