All pre-match information for the Barnsley - Blackpool game:

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 30.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

The league table shows that 4 points divide the two opponents in this League One game. Barnsley own both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the most scored goals (20) in League One
  • Blackpool have yet to win a game away.

These are hustling days for the hometeam, as they played only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester City U21, was also a home game here at Oakwell Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Barnsley form and stats

2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Barnsley so far this season.

Barnsley's previous fixture was a EFL Trophy game also played at their own stadium, finishing 3-1 versus Manchester City U21. The home team hope to to build on that result.

Before that match, a League One win away at Northampton Town.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barnsley handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barnsley as they are travelling to their away game against Cambridge United in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Barnsley are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Oakwell Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Blackpool form and stats

Still no away game victory in the League One for Blackpool with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts. Blackpool seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Blackpool go into this game after a win, the home game against Reading that ended 4-1. Rhodes certainly enjoyed Blackpool's last game versus Reading, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory. Rhodes, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.75. Rhodes scored three goals and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Wycombe Wanderers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Blackpool have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were 5 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Derby County in just three days.

Blackpool have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley-Blackpool H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley four wins, Blackpool four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyD. Cole
D. Cole
9 goals
BlackpoolJ. Rhodes
J. Rhodes
4 goals
BarnsleyB. Cotter
B. Cotter
2 goals

Barnsley missing players

Blackpool missing players

Barnsley Blackpool
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 0 Played P 1 3 8
5 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 3
3 3 0 Lost L 0 2 2
20 13 0 Scored S 0 0 8
11 9 0 Conceded C 0 5 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 62%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 62%
56% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 38%
44% 80% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
22% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
56% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
44% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 62%
 
4.2 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.7 5.9
6 5.2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 2.3 2.5
2.4 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 12.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 4 9.7 13.2
5.2 5.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 4.2
43% 48% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 24%
 
13.7 14 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.7 8.9
5 5.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 3.3 2.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Barnsley's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Barnsley have scored more than double the goals of Blackpool.
  • Barnsley have the most scored goals (13) at home in League One
  • Barnsley have the most scored goals (20) in League One
  • Barnsley have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Blackpool have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Blackpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Blackpool have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Blackpool have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 9 5 4 0 15 6 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 2 2 0 8 3 9 19
2 Oxford United 8 6 0 2 15 7 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 3 0 1 8 4 8 18
3 Stevenage 9 5 3 1 14 6 4 1 3 0 5 3 5 4 0 1 9 3 8 18
4 Port Vale 9 5 2 2 11 14 4 3 0 1 5 3 5 2 2 1 6 11 -3 17
5 Barnsley 9 5 1 3 20 11 5 2 0 3 13 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 9 16
6 Exeter City 9 5 1 3 10 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 3 0 2 6 4 3 16
7 Bolton Wanderers 8 4 2 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 14
8 Peterborough United 9 4 2 3 13 11 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 14
9 Derby County 8 4 1 3 14 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 3 0 1 10 4 5 13
10 Cambridge United 8 4 1 3 10 7 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 13
11 Wycombe Wanderers 8 4 1 3 9 12 4 2 1 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 4 7 -3 13
12 Lincoln City 8 3 3 2 12 9 3 2 1 0 7 1 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 12
13 Bristol Rovers 8 3 3 2 12 9 4 1 2 1 7 5 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 12
14 Blackpool 8 3 3 2 8 7 5 3 2 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 0 5 1 12
15 Leyton Orient 9 3 2 4 8 13 4 2 0 2 3 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 -5 11
16 Charlton Athletic 8 3 1 4 11 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 10
17 Shrewsbury Town 8 3 0 5 4 9 4 2 0 2 3 4 4 1 0 3 1 5 -5 9
18 Northampton Town 8 2 1 5 6 9 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 -3 7
19 Carlisle United 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 5 -4 7
20 Burton Albion 9 1 3 5 6 14 4 0 2 2 2 6 5 1 1 3 4 8 -8 6
21 Wigan Athletic 8 4 1 3 13 12 3 2 0 1 4 4 5 2 1 2 9 8 1 5
22 Reading 8 3 0 5 7 10 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 0 0 4 2 8 -3 5
23 Fleetwood Town 8 0 2 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 2 3 4 8 -10 2
24 Cheltenham Town 9 0 1 8 0 15 4 0 0 4 0 9 5 0 1 4 0 6 -15 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.