Barnsley vs Bristol City betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley are longing to improve their points total at their own ground in this soon-to-be-played game against Bristol City.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (26) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Barnsley form and stats

With 4 Championship wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Barnsley are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two draws in a row at home now for Barnsley.

Barnsley drew their last game, also a home match. Fulham (placed 1st) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Helik, defender, was given a rating of 7.74/10 in that game, top of the team. Helik won 9 of 13 duels.

In the match before that, Barnsley hosted Stoke City and drew the game 1-1.

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

Barnsley have scored 14 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. Barnsley's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Barnsley has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Bristol City form and stats

There's been little loot from Bristol City's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Championship. Bristol City only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 2 draws.

It's the second away game in a row for Bristol, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Blackburn Rovers (placed 4th) last time out. Goalkeeper Bentley got the top player rating of the team with 8.94/10. Bentley saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-2 loss hosting Birmingham City before that.

A new game in only four days for Bristol City, the Championship home match versus West Bromwich Albion. Busy days.

The visiting Bristol have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bristol City have conceded 40 goals in these games. When Bristol City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 5 of 5 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head match ended Bristol City - Barnsley 2-1, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - five - four (Barnsley wins - draws - Bristol City wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
17 goals
Bristol CityC. Martin
C. Martin
9 goals
Bristol CityA. Semenyo
A. Semenyo
6 goals

Barnsley missing players

Bristol City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Bristol City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 5 18 37
5 4 1 Won W 3 5 12
10 6 1 Drew D 1 2 7
21 8 2 Lost L 1 11 18
26 14 3 Scored S 10 23 47
52 21 5 Conceded C 10 40 65
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 84%
36% 22% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 65%
14% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 44% 30%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 22% 19%
47% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 70%
17% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 11%
44% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 28% 22%
 
3.6 3.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 4.6 4.2
5.8 5.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 6 6.1
1.9 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 9.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 10.1
3.2 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.2 3.4
22% 25% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 40% 38%
 
12.8 12.4 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 14.3 14.2
4.6 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (26) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Championship
  • Bristol City have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Championship
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Fulham 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
5 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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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 36 23 8 5 90 31 19 12 4 3 45 16 17 11 4 2 45 15 59 77
2 AFC Bournemouth 34 19 8 7 55 30 17 10 4 3 34 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 25 65
3 Huddersfield Town 37 17 12 8 51 38 18 10 5 3 27 17 19 7 7 5 24 21 13 63
4 Blackburn Rovers 37 16 10 11 46 37 19 11 4 4 32 20 18 5 6 7 14 17 9 58
5 Sheffield United 36 16 9 11 50 40 17 9 4 4 29 13 19 7 5 7 21 27 10 57
6 Luton Town 35 16 9 10 48 39 17 9 5 3 27 17 18 7 4 7 21 22 9 57
7 Queens Park Rangers 35 16 8 11 50 41 19 9 6 4 27 17 16 7 2 7 23 24 9 56
8 Middlesbrough 36 16 8 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 18 4 6 8 17 24 6 56
9 Nottingham Forest 35 15 10 10 50 34 18 8 4 6 27 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 16 55
10 Coventry City 36 15 9 12 48 43 19 10 4 5 29 17 17 5 5 7 19 26 5 54
11 Millwall 36 14 12 10 37 34 18 9 6 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 54
12 Blackpool 36 14 9 13 42 41 19 10 2 7 22 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 1 51
13 Preston North End 37 12 15 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 19 6 6 7 16 19 0 51
14 West Bromwich Albion 36 13 11 12 39 34 17 8 7 2 23 12 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 50
15 Stoke City 36 12 10 14 45 42 18 7 4 7 25 21 18 5 6 7 20 21 3 46
16 Swansea City 35 12 8 15 38 50 17 8 4 5 23 20 18 4 4 10 15 30 -12 44
17 Cardiff City 37 12 7 18 43 55 19 6 3 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 43
18 Bristol City 37 12 7 18 47 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 5 2 11 23 40 -18 43
19 Birmingham City 37 10 11 16 42 56 18 6 5 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 41
20 Hull City 37 10 8 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 19 5 5 9 15 19 -11 38
21 Reading 36 10 5 21 42 72 18 5 4 9 25 36 18 5 1 12 17 36 -30 29
22 Barnsley 36 5 10 21 26 52 18 4 6 8 14 21 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 25
23 Derby County 37 11 12 14 36 41 18 9 6 3 25 16 19 2 6 11 11 25 -5 24
24 Peterborough United 36 5 8 23 27 72 17 4 6 7 17 23 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 23

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