A lot at stake in this fixture, with Barnsley in 5th and Portsmouth at 6th. Here's our match guide!
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (16) in League One
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League One
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barnsley and Portsmouth.
Barnsley form and stats
Overall League One results playing at home this season for Barnsley are 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Barnsley are confident in defense, having played 272 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Barnsley's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Burton Albion (placed 22nd). The home side are looking to build on that result. It's uncommon, but the exact score line 2-0 has occurred three league matches in a row. The striker Cole won the honour of being "man of the match" for Barnsley with a rating of 8.15/10. Cole scored two goals.
Preceding that result, a home win against Grimsby Town in the EFL Trophy. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Barnsley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Barnsley are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Northampton Town awaits in four days.
Barnsley are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Oakwell Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 11 goals in 4 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Barnsley defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Portsmouth form and stats
Portsmouth are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Derby County (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Ogilvie, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Ogilvie hit two key passes and won 4 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Peterborough United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Portsmouth playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Portsmouth win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lincoln City in just four days.
Portsmouth has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 5 goals from 3 games. Portsmouth are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding nine meetings): Barnsley won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Portsmouth have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Cole 8 goals |   C. Bishop 4 goals |  K. Yengi 2 goals |
Barnsley missing players
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| Barnsley | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 43% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6 | 7.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 11.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.3 | 15 |
| 5.7 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 5 |
| 40% | 46% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 29% |
| 13.4 | 13.5 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10.3 | 11.1 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portsmouth have scored away.
- Barnsley have scored in all their matches so far.
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (11) at home in League One
- Barnsley have the most scored goals (16) in League One
- Barnsley have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in League One
- Barnsley have the the best goal difference (+9) in League One
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals (3) in League One
- Portsmouth have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in League One
- Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (5) in League One
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 3 | Oxford United | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Stevenage | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Derby County | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | Peterborough United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 20 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 21 | Reading | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 23 | Cheltenham Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 1 |
| 24 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 1 |
