Barnsley vs Cardiff City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 02.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

This is a vital face-off in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Barnsley and Cardiff City undergoing more worry than bliss. This game is a typical "six-pointer" with the host team positioned 24th and the away side in 20th place.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) 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

Barnsley's results here at Oakwell Stadium in the Championship have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Barnsley to get some points in this home game.

Barnsley haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 183 minutes ago. Adeboyejo scored that one.

The Barnsley crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to AFC Bournemouth here at Oakwell Stadium. Palmer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.71/10. Palmer hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Nottingham Forest.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barnsley as they are travelling to their away game against Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup. That match is three days after this one.

Barnsley aren't scoring a lot here at Oakwell Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 13 games. Barnsley have conceded 16 in these home matches. 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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Cardiff City form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship, are W4-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Hugill and Davies scored in Cardiff's previous match, the home game against Nottingham Forest that ended 2-1. Attacker Hugill got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Hugill scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the Cardiff City manager Morison faced defeat when travelling to Bristol City and losing 2-3.

Cardiff City have another game that requires travelling in just four nights, a FA Cup fixture against Liverpool. A grim diary for them!

Cardiff City have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. When Cardiff City is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Reading, Derby County, Swansea City and Peterborough United.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley and Cardiff City have met earlier this season: Cardiff City - Barnsley 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Barnsley victory, four draws and five Cardiff City wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cardiff CityK. Moore
K. Moore
5 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
4 goals
Cardiff CityA. Flint
A. Flint
4 goals

Barnsley missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Cardiff City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 14 27
2 2 1 Won W 0 4 7
8 4 1 Drew D 2 4 5
17 7 2 Lost L 1 6 15
17 8 3 Scored S 4 19 30
42 16 6 Conceded C 7 28 48
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 54% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 78%
41% 23% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 71% 59%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 30%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 15%
48% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 56%
15% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 4%
48% 54% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 41%
 
3.6 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.1 4.1
5.8 5.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.7
1.9 1.8 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.1 9.6 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 11.5 11.5
3.4 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.9
19% 19% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 28%
 
13.1 12.5 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 12.1 11.3
4.9 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • 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
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cardiff City have scored at least twice as many goals away as Barnsley have scored home.
  • Cardiff City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Championship
  • Cardiff City have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Championship
  • Cardiff City 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 Fulham 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
10 Luton Town 27 10 9 8 38 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 39
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 28 9 10 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 14 4 3 7 13 18 -2 37
14 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
15 Millwall 27 9 9 9 29 29 13 6 4 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 36
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Swansea City 26 8 8 10 28 34 12 5 4 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 32
19 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

Barnsley:
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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 28 17 7 4 74 26 15 9 4 2 37 13 13 8 3 2 37 13 48 58
2 Blackburn Rovers 29 15 8 6 45 30 15 10 3 2 31 17 14 5 5 4 14 13 15 53
3 AFC Bournemouth 28 15 7 6 44 24 13 7 3 3 26 14 15 8 4 3 18 10 20 52
4 Queens Park Rangers 28 15 6 7 44 31 15 8 4 3 21 11 13 7 2 4 23 20 13 51
5 West Bromwich Albion 29 12 9 8 34 24 14 8 5 1 21 8 15 4 4 7 13 16 10 45
6 Middlesbrough 28 13 6 9 32 26 15 9 2 4 21 13 13 4 4 5 11 13 6 45
7 Huddersfield Town 29 12 9 8 38 34 14 7 4 3 20 16 15 5 5 5 18 18 4 45
8 Nottingham Forest 29 12 7 10 39 31 15 6 3 6 19 18 14 6 4 4 20 13 8 43
9 Coventry City 27 11 7 9 35 31 14 8 2 4 22 13 13 3 5 5 13 18 4 40
10 Luton Town 27 10 9 8 38 32 14 6 5 3 22 16 13 4 4 5 16 16 6 39
11 Sheffield United 26 11 6 9 35 32 11 5 2 4 17 11 15 6 4 5 18 21 3 39
12 Stoke City 28 11 6 11 33 30 14 6 3 5 19 16 14 5 3 6 14 14 3 39
13 Preston North End 28 9 10 9 33 35 14 5 7 2 20 17 14 4 3 7 13 18 -2 37
14 Blackpool 28 10 7 11 29 33 15 7 2 6 13 15 13 3 5 5 16 18 -4 37
15 Millwall 27 9 9 9 29 29 13 6 4 3 16 12 14 3 5 6 13 17 0 36
16 Bristol City 29 9 7 13 38 51 15 5 5 5 18 19 14 4 2 8 20 32 -13 34
17 Birmingham City 29 8 9 12 32 44 14 5 4 5 17 19 15 3 5 7 15 25 -12 33
18 Swansea City 26 8 8 10 28 34 12 5 4 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 22 -6 32
19 Hull City 28 9 5 14 25 31 14 5 3 6 15 16 14 4 2 8 10 15 -6 32
20 Cardiff City 27 7 5 15 30 48 13 3 1 9 11 20 14 4 4 6 19 28 -18 26
21 Reading 28 8 4 16 33 55 15 4 4 7 21 31 13 4 0 9 12 24 -22 22
22 Peterborough United 27 5 5 17 23 55 13 4 4 5 15 17 14 1 1 12 8 38 -32 20
23 Derby County 28 8 12 8 28 28 14 6 6 2 18 13 14 2 6 6 10 15 0 15
24 Barnsley 27 2 8 17 17 42 13 2 4 7 8 16 14 0 4 10 9 26 -25 14

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.