League One: Top-notch versus second-rate, at least according to the league table. Barnsley - Fleetwood Town. Home victory or a shock?
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (29) in League One
- Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in League One
It's no vacation for neither Barnsley nor Fleetwood Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Barnsley form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Barnsley have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 7 games.
The Barnsley club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Shrewsbury Town and win 3-0. Cole, who usually features in attack, was the champion player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.14 (out of 10). Cole scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-1 draw away before that, with Leyton Orient the opponent.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Barnsley matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 5 games).
Barnsley can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Barnsley have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Fleetwood, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Fleetwood Town, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Reading (placed 23rd) last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when Vela scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Reading. Lawal was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender Lawal hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Lincoln City.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Fleetwood Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.
A quick return to home after this game, as Fleetwood are hosting Blackpool in the League One only four days away.
Fleetwood Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Fleetwood Town have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The 5 latest fixtures featuring these teams have all ended as Barnsley wins. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  D. Cole 10 goals |  C. Styles 3 goals |   J. Marriott 3 goals |
Barnsley missing players
Fleetwood Town missing players
| Barnsley | Fleetwood Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 29 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 13 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 69% |
| 50% | 71% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 15% |
| 14% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 46% |
| 50% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 14% | 38% |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10.5 | 6.6 | 7.1 |
| 5.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12.3 | 12.1 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 13.1 | 12.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| 47% | 53% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 25% | 22% |
| 13.4 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 13.7 | 13.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.8 |
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barnsley have scored more than double the goals of Fleetwood Town.
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (29) in League One
- Barnsley have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in League One
- Barnsley have the the best goal difference (+16) in League One
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fleetwood Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fleetwood Town have the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in League One
- Fleetwood Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
