Championship strugglers Wigan and Barnsley played out a goalless draw at the DW Stadium in a game that will not live long in the memory for those in attendance.
In a cagey affair, neither side showed much in terms of quality or flair.
The result leaves the hosts in the bottom three while the visitors ended the game with 10 men after Ben Williams was dismissed for a shocking challenge on Wigan’s Lee Evans in stoppage time.
With just four minutes on the clock, Nathan Byrne’s cross veered towards goal but was cleared after scraping the underside of the crossbar.
A few minutes later, Jamal Lowe crossed to find Michael Jacobs but the forward’s effort was blocked.
The forward will rue not taking full advantage of Chey Dunkley’s poor clearance, though, when he found himself with the ball on the edge of the six-yard box. The Wigan defender quickly recovered to block Chaplin’s goal-bound strike.
Wigan’s closest effort on goal came from the boot of centre-back Charlie Mulgrew after his free-kick looked destined for the top corner before being tipped behind by Brad Collins.
Luke Thomas and Chaplin then linked up superbly but the latter’s effort was scuffed wide.
The first came when he tipped behind a thunderous effort from Tykes captain Mike Bahre. The Scottish stopper was then on hand to somehow keep out Luke Thomas’ sweet volley from the resulting corner.
Barnsley came close again when Schmidt was inches away from converting Williams’ cross.
As the clock struck 90 minutes, Williams lunged in on Wigan’s Lee Evans. A mass brawl nearly ensued but Latics manager Paul Cook played peacekeeper as referee Andy Woolmer pulled out the red card.
