Championship match tips and game guide for the Barnsley vs AFC Bournemouth meet

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

The visiting AFC Bournemouth side are thought to be the strongest party at Barnsley, as the away team have a 35 point lead from their 27 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Championship

There have been limited time to rest for the hosting team, as they played a Championship fixture only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nottingham Forest.

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Barnsley form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Barnsley have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Oakwell Stadium.

The fans are hoping that Barnsley will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Nottingham Forest (placed 7th). Midfielder Gomes was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.0 (out of ten) in that game. Gomes dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Birmingham City.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Barnsley as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Cardiff City are visiting.

Barnsley have scored 8 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. 15 goals have been conceded.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

7-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for AFC Bournemouth in their Championship matches away.

AFC Bournemouth's previous game was their home loss versus Hull City (0-1). Davis was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender Davis hit three key passes and won 7 of 9 duels.

A 2-3 defeat away at Luton Town before that.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AFC Bournemouth have scored 17 goals in 14 league games away. It's not easy to score on Bournemouth as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the sides faced each other earlier this season; AFC Bournemouth - Barnsley 3-0. Barnsley-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley one win, AFC Bournemouth four wins, two draws. three of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
18 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
7 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Anthony
J. Anthony
6 goals

Barnsley missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 6 14 27
2 2 0 Won W 3 7 14
8 4 3 Drew D 2 4 7
16 6 1 Lost L 1 3 6
17 8 2 Scored S 7 17 43
41 15 4 Conceded C 3 10 24
88% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 93%
69% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 74%
42% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 21% 52%
15% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 14% 22%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 14% 7%
50% 42% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 36% 44%
15% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 83% 57% 44%
46% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 19%
 
3.7 3.3 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5 5.1
5.7 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.3 4.9
2 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10 9.2 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.4 11.9
3.2 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.4
20% 24% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 36%
 
13 12.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 10.9 10
5 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.1 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have scored more than double the goals of Barnsley.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most clean sheets (8) away in Championship
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 27 17 6 4 73 25 14 9 3 2 36 12 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 57
2 Blackburn Rovers 28 15 7 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 15 52
3 AFC Bournemouth 27 14 7 6 43 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 14 7 4 3 17 10 19 49
4 Queens Park Rangers 27 14 6 7 40 31 14 7 4 3 17 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 9 48
5 West Bromwich Albion 27 12 9 6 34 20 13 8 5 0 21 6 14 4 4 6 13 14 14 45
6 Huddersfield Town 28 12 8 8 37 33 13 7 3 3 19 15 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 44
7 Nottingham Forest 28 12 7 9 38 29 15 6 3 6 19 18 13 6 4 3 19 11 9 43
8 Middlesbrough 27 12 6 9 31 26 14 8 2 4 20 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 5 42
9 Coventry City 26 11 7 8 35 30 14 8 2 4 22 13 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 40
10 Luton Town 26 10 8 8 38 32 13 6 4 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 38
11 Stoke City 27 11 5 11 32 29 14 6 3 5 19 16 13 5 2 6 13 13 3 38
12 Sheffield United 25 10 6 9 33 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 14 5 4 5 16 21 1 36
13 Blackpool 27 10 6 11 28 32 15 7 2 6 13 15 12 3 4 5 15 17 -4 36
14 Millwall 26 8 9 9 27 29 12 5 4 3 14 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 -2 33
15 Preston North End 26 8 9 9 29 33 13 5 6 2 18 15 13 3 3 7 11 18 -4 33
16 Bristol City 28 9 6 13 36 49 15 5 5 5 18 19 13 4 1 8 18 30 -13 33
17 Swansea City 25 8 8 9 28 32 12 5 4 3 15 12 13 3 4 6 13 20 -4 32
18 Birmingham City 28 8 8 12 30 42 14 5 4 5 17 19 14 3 4 7 13 23 -12 32
19 Hull City 27 8 5 14 23 31 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -8 29
20 Cardiff City 26 6 5 15 28 47 12 2 1 9 9 19 14 4 4 6 19 28 -19 23
21 Reading 27 8 4 15 33 51 15 4 4 7 21 31 12 4 0 8 12 20 -18 22
22 Peterborough United 26 5 5 16 23 53 12 4 4 4 15 15 14 1 1 12 8 38 -30 20
23 Derby County 27 8 11 8 26 26 13 6 5 2 16 11 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 14
24 Barnsley 26 2 8 16 17 41 12 2 4 6 8 15 14 0 4 10 9 26 -24 14

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