Barnsley vs Cardiff City match preview: Even contest expected at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 34 points and a 24th position in the Championship table. Visiting Cardiff City holds 9th place with 54 pts.

Barnsley and Cardiff City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have collected 22 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-7-7.

Barnsley faced defeat in their previous match, away at Reading (0-2). In the game before, an away victory match versus Hull City with a 1-0 scoreline.

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 nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost three.

Barnsley has scored 26 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.

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Cardiff City form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Cardiff City have produced an overall stat of 5-7-7 so far.

There were no winners in Cardiff City's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 2-2 vs Brentford (placed 4th). A loss against Nottingham Forest was the result prior to that, in a home game.

A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Brentford. Cardiff City were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Joe Ralls scoring the equalizer.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cardiff City playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Cardiff City win, five draws and three defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cardiff City have scored 26 goals in 19 league games away. Cardiff City have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cardiff City - Barnsley 3-2 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Barnsley won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Cardiff City has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
13 goals
Barnsley
C. Chaplin
11 goals
Cardiff City
L. Tomlin
7 goals

Barnsley missing players

Cardiff City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Cardiff City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
8 5 1 Won W 2 4 12
10 7 4 Drew D 2 7 15
18 6 1 Lost L 2 7 9
42 26 10 Scored S 10 24 50
60 31 9 Conceded C 9 33 50
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 92%
75% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 72%
53% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 61% 53%
33% 44% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 31%
14% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 22% 17%
58% 72% 83% BTTS BTTS 50% 61% 61%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 25%
31% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 17% 22% 22%
 
5.3 5.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.1 4.9
5.1 4.4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 6.4 5.9
2.2 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.7 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
507 263 77 Total Shots T S 77 215 441
146 81 28 Shots on Target S O 23 70 137
29% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cardiff City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
13 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
14 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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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 Leeds United 37 21 8 8 56 30 18 11 4 3 26 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 26 71
2 West Bromwich Albion 37 19 13 5 64 37 18 8 7 3 36 23 19 11 6 2 28 14 27 70
3 Fulham 37 18 10 9 52 38 19 12 2 5 32 21 18 6 8 4 20 17 14 64
4 Brentford 37 17 9 11 64 33 18 10 5 3 36 15 19 7 4 8 28 18 31 60
5 Nottingham Forest 37 16 12 9 48 38 18 8 4 6 20 19 19 8 8 3 28 19 10 60
6 Preston North End 37 16 8 13 50 45 19 11 3 5 35 24 18 5 5 8 15 21 5 56
7 Bristol City 37 15 10 12 51 53 18 7 5 6 25 27 19 8 5 6 26 26 -2 55
8 Millwall 37 13 15 9 44 40 18 8 7 3 25 18 19 5 8 6 19 22 4 54
9 Cardiff City 37 13 15 9 52 50 18 8 8 2 26 17 19 5 7 7 26 33 2 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 36 14 11 11 52 42 19 8 8 3 24 16 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 53
11 Swansea City 37 13 14 10 46 45 19 8 5 6 24 20 18 5 9 4 22 25 1 53
12 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
13 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 48
14 Derby County 36 12 12 12 46 49 18 9 7 2 25 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 -3 48
15 Sheffield Wednesday 37 13 9 15 46 49 18 7 5 6 16 21 19 6 4 9 30 28 -3 48
16 Birmingham City 37 12 11 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 27 29 19 6 6 7 21 28 -9 47
17 Stoke City 37 12 6 19 49 55 19 8 3 8 29 24 18 4 3 11 20 31 -6 42
18 Huddersfield Town 37 11 9 17 45 58 19 7 5 7 24 25 18 4 4 10 21 33 -13 42
19 Middlesbrough 37 9 14 14 37 47 19 6 8 5 18 19 18 3 6 9 19 28 -10 41
20 Wigan Athletic 37 10 11 16 38 50 18 6 6 6 18 22 19 4 5 10 20 28 -12 41
21 Hull City 37 11 8 18 49 63 19 6 3 10 27 33 18 5 5 8 22 30 -14 41
22 Charlton Athletic 37 10 9 18 44 54 19 7 5 7 25 23 18 3 4 11 19 31 -10 39
23 Luton Town 37 10 5 22 43 71 18 7 4 7 27 27 19 3 1 15 16 44 -28 35
24 Barnsley 37 8 10 19 42 62 19 5 7 7 26 33 18 3 3 12 16 29 -20 34

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