Wigan Athletic vs Barnsley prediction

Match preview

Hard to call. The model spreads it 39% for Wigan Athletic, 28% for the draw and 32% for Barnsley.

At home this season Wigan Athletic average 1.43 points and 1.0 goals per game, conceding 1.4. Away from home Barnsley take 0.67 points per game, scoring 1.0 and conceding 1.8. Shots on target, which drive our ratings, read 3.6 per game for Wigan Athletic at home and 4.2 for Barnsley on the road.

Current runs: Barnsley have gone 8 league matches without a win.

Barnsley sit 23rd in the table, but their underlying numbers rank 18th in the league, so the model rates them higher than their position suggests.

The model expects 1.25 goals from Wigan Athletic and 1.21 from Barnsley; 1-1 is the most likely scoreline at 13%, over 2.5 goals 45% and both teams to score 50%.

In their last 5 league meetings Wigan Athletic won 1 and 4 ended level.

Most likely scores

• 1-113%
• 1-011%
• 0-111%
• 0-08%
• 2-18%

Wigan Athletic form

• Dvs Mansfield Town0-02026-11-03
• Wvs Bromley3-22026-10-31
• Lat Leicester City0-32026-10-27
• Lat Huddersfield Town1-22026-10-24
• Lat Oxford United1-22026-10-20

Barnsley form

• Dvs Oxford United1-12026-10-31
• Lat Reading1-22026-10-24
• Lat Luton Town1-22026-10-20
• Lvs Cambridge United1-22026-10-17
• Lat Stockport County1-32026-10-10