A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With AFC Bournemouth in 7th position and Barnsley placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Barnsley could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only three sleeps ago.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, AFC Bournemouth have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 17 games.
Bournemouth travelled for their previous game, a trip to Preston North End that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Bristol City and winning 2-1.
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 Bournemouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost five.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Swansea City in only three days. This game is also played here at Vitality Stadium.
The Bournemouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Bournemouth have conceded only 16 goals.
Barnsley form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Barnsley playing as the away team in the Championship this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Barnsley as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. It’s been three wins in a row for Barnsley on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Barnsley goalkeeper Bradley Collins is eager to challenge this, with his 243 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Barnsley's last game was the home draw against Derby County (0-0). That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Birmingham City.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Barnsley in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Barnsley, one draw and seven defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Barnsley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Wycombe Wanderers is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barnsley have scored 19 goals in 17 league games away. 20 goals have been conceded by Barnsley in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Barnsley - AFC Bournemouth 0-4, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): AFC Bournemouth three wins, two draws and Barnsley zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Solanke 10 goals |   C. Woodrow 10 goals |  J. Stanislas 9 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Barnsley missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 17 | 35 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| 50 | 28 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 42 |
| 34 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 37 |
| 89% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 63% | 59% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | 71% |
| 43% | 41% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 47% | 49% |
| 29% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 14% |
| 14% | 29% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 54% | 47% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 43% |
| 37% | 47% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | 31% |
| 20% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 83% | 35% | 34% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.8 | 11.4 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 33% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 40% | 34% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norwich City | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 26 | 76 |
| 2 | Watford | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 66 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 66 |
| 4 | Brentford | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 63 |
| 5 | Reading | 35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 60 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 58 |
| 7 | AFC Bournemouth | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 56 |
| 8 | Cardiff City | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 18 | 54 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough | 35 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 38 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 50 |
| 10 | Stoke City | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 48 |
| 11 | Millwall | 35 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 34 | 33 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 46 |
| 12 | Queens Park Rangers | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -4 | 46 |
| 13 | Bristol City | 35 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 36 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 28 | -12 | 45 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 49 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 44 |
| 15 | Preston North End | 35 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 39 | 45 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 28 | -6 | 44 |
| 16 | Luton Town | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 21 | -12 | 44 |
| 17 | Nottingham Forest | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 40 |
| 18 | Derby County | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -13 | 39 |
| 19 | Huddersfield Town | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 39 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -12 | 38 |
| 20 | Coventry City | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 27 | -14 | 38 |
| 21 | Birmingham City | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -17 | 35 |
| 22 | Rotherham United | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 32 |
| 23 | Sheffield Wednesday | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 32 | -19 | 28 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 35 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 37 | -35 | 23 |
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