Wigan Athletic 3-2 Barnsley: result and report
Championship · Thursday 13 April 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Barnsley
Championship · Thursday 13 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Barnsley: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Barnsley 3-2 in the Championship on Thursday 13 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from N. Powell (71'), N. Powell (72') and N. Powell (82', penalty). Barnsley scored through Adam Armstrong (42') and Ryan Kent (59').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 37 points from 41 and Barnsley 14th on 55 points from 41. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Wigan Athletic (9.7), ahead of Shaun MacDonald (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 0 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Adam Armstrong
- 45+1'Yellow card · S. MacDonald
- 49'Yellow card · Marley Watkins
- 53'Yellow card · Saidy Janko
- 59'Goal · Ryan Kent
- 71'Goal · N. Powell
- 72'Goal · N. Powell
- 76'Yellow card · Gethin Jones
- 78'Yellow card · Dan Burn
- 78'Yellow card · Angus MacDonald
- 82'Penalty goal · N. Powell
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jamie Hanson
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jakob Haugaard, Callum Connolly, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Jamie Hanson, Max Power, Sam Morsy, Michael Jacobs, Gabriel Obertan
Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Davies, Saidy Janko, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Gethin Jones, Marley Watkins, George Moncur, Matty James, Ryan Kent, Tom Bradshaw, Adam Armstrong