Delightful dogfight as daring Barnsley duels with determined Charlton Athletic

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23009 seats)

The Championship league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 15th and 2nd respectively.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Barnsley form and stats

The hosts won their first game here at Oakwell Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Barnsley last season were 15 wins, 8 draws and 0 losses from 23 games. In general it's been a long time since Barnsley tasted defeat here at Oakwell Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 32 home games.

The fans are hoping that Barnsley will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Championship game against Sheffield Wednesday. Ahead of that match, Barnsley won a home game hosting Fulham (1-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Barnsley have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 1 time, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Barnsley at home. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Charlton Athletic playing as the away team this season. Charlton Athletic have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Charlton Athletic are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Championship against Stoke City. Preceding that game was the away victory against Blackburn Rovers with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Charlton Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were W1-D2-L3.

It's early days yet, but Charlton Athletic has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Barnsley 5 wins, 3 draws and Charlton Athletic 2 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

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Barnsley Charlton Athletic
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored 0 2 5
2 0 0 Conceded 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 7 0 Corners For (avg) 0 2 1.5
5.5 5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 12 8
2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Barnsley Last season Charlton Athletic
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   24 49
26 15   Won   11 28
13 8   Drew   5 10
7 0   Lost   8 11
80 40   Scored   34 79
39 16   Conceded   26 45
87% 87%   Over 0.5   92% 92%
74% 78%   Over 1.5   79% 80%
52% 48%   Over 2.5   54% 53%
30% 17%   Over 3.5   8% 16%
11% 9%   Over 4.5   4% 6%
48% 57%   BTTS   58% 57%
46% 43%   Clean Sheets   33% 37%
20% 13%   Failed To Score   17% 14%
 
6.5 6.6   Corners For (avg)   6.2 6.2
4.4 4.1   Corners Against (avg)   6.2 5.5
1.7 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.4 1.9
3 0   Red Cards   4 6
Key stats last season:
  • Barnsley have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Barnsley
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 LO Bristol Rovers 2 - 1 Barnsley
20-07-19 CF Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 3 Barnsley
27-07-19 CF Barnsley 1 - 4 Sheffield United
03-08-19 CH Barnsley 1 - 0 Fulham
10-08-19 CH Sheffield Wednesday 2 - 0 Barnsley
13-08-19 CC Barnsley 18:45 Carlisle United
17-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Charlton Athletic
20-08-19 CH Birmingham City 18:45 Barnsley
24-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Luton Town
31-08-19 CH Wigan Athletic 14:00 Barnsley
Charlton Athletic
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Gillingham 3 - 1 Charlton Athletic
23-07-19 CF Colchester United 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
27-07-19 CF Charlton Athletic 1 - 4 Aston Villa
03-08-19 CH Blackburn Rovers 1 - 2 Charlton Athletic
10-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 3 - 1 Stoke City
13-08-19 CC Charlton Athletic 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
17-08-19 CH Barnsley 14:00 Charlton Athletic
21-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 18:45 Nottingham Forest
24-08-19 CH Charlton Athletic 14:00 Brentford
31-08-19 CH Reading 14:00 Charlton Athletic

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
2 Charlton Athletic 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 Leeds United 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Birmingham City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Derby County 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
6 Millwall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Queens Park Rangers 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Swansea City 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 West Bromwich Albion 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
10 Preston North End 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
11 Fulham 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
12 Brentford 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
13 Cardiff City 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
14 Hull City 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
15 Barnsley 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
16 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
17 Huddersfield Town 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Luton Town 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
19 Middlesbrough 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
20 Nottingham Forest 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Bristol City 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Blackburn Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
23 Reading 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
24 Stoke City 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0

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