Wigan Athletic 1-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Tuesday 2 December 2025

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Burton Albion

League One · Tuesday 2 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Wigan Athletic · Burton Albion · League One predictions

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Burton Albion: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Burton Albion 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 2 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Paul Mullin of Wigan Athletic in the 41st minute.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 22 points from 17 and Burton Albion 19th on 22 points from 17. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Saydee of Wigan Athletic (7.2), level with Terence Vancooten (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 5 draws and 2 for Burton Albion.

Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Burton Albion's L-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Jasper MoonBurton Albion
  • 41'Goal · Paul MullinWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Jensen WeirWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 5, Burton Albion 2.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-1-2)

Sam Tickle, Will Aimson, Jason Kerr, Morgan Fox, Fraser Murray, Jensen Weir, Matthew Smith, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Christian Saydee, Dara Costelloe, Paul Mullin

Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)

Brad Collins, Terence Vancooten, Jasper Moon, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, Kegs Chauke, George Evans, Jack Armer, Julian Larsson, Jake Beesley, Fábio Tavares