Barnsley contests Coventry City in Championship battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

It's round two of the Championship season and a lot to play for. Check out our exhaustive preview of Barnsley-Coventry City!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Barnsley and Coventry City.

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Barnsley form and stats

Last season, Barnsley's league statistics were 23 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Championship. Over these 46 matches they scored 58 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Barnsley managed 12-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 22 conceded.

Barnsley travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bolton Wanderers (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that ended 0-0. Midfielder George Miller was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.75 (out of ten) in that game. Miller hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

1-1 away at Cardiff City before that.

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 three times, drawn one and lost zero.

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

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Coventry City form and stats

Let's have a look at how Coventry City performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 13 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 13 with 19/39 goals scored/conceded.

Coventry City might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Northampton Town proved too strong as Coventry City slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Ricoh Arena. Midfield player Jamie Allen was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.43/10. Allen hit three key passes and had 35 successful passes (of 41 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Nottingham Forest.

Coventry City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

The schedule is very tough for Coventry now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Blackpool is waiting in only three days.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Barnsley won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Coventry City managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyT. Sibbick
T. Sibbick
1 goals
Coventry CityK. McFadzean
K. McFadzean
1 goals
Coventry CityV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
1 goals

Barnsley missing players

Coventry City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Coventry City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
2 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
Barnsley Last season Coventry City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
23 12   Won W   4 14
10 6   Drew D   6 13
15 6   Lost L   13 19
59 30   Scored S   19 49
52 23   Conceded C   39 61
94% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 85%
73% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
46% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 41%
17% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 24%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
46% 42%   BTTS BTTS   57% 48%
29% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 28%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   39% 39%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.1
4.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.4
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.2
3 0   Red cards R C   3 5
 
11.2 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   10 9.9
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hull City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Luton Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AFC Bournemouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Barnsley 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Blackpool 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cardiff City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Derby County 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Fulham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Huddersfield Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
17 Millwall 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
18 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Reading 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Swansea City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
22 Sheffield United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 46 29 10 7 75 36 23 14 6 3 39 15 23 15 4 4 36 21 39 97
2 Watford 46 27 10 9 63 30 23 19 2 2 44 12 23 8 8 7 19 18 33 91
3 Brentford 46 24 15 7 79 42 23 12 9 2 39 20 23 12 6 5 40 22 37 87
4 Swansea City 46 23 11 12 56 39 23 12 6 5 27 16 23 11 5 7 29 23 17 80
5 Barnsley 46 23 9 14 58 50 23 12 6 5 30 22 23 11 3 9 28 28 8 78
6 AFC Bournemouth 46 22 11 13 73 46 23 13 3 7 40 24 23 9 8 6 33 22 27 77
7 Reading 46 19 13 14 62 54 23 12 4 7 37 27 23 7 9 7 25 27 8 70
8 Cardiff City 46 18 14 14 66 49 23 8 6 9 37 26 23 10 8 5 29 23 17 68
9 Queens Park Rangers 46 19 11 16 57 55 23 11 4 8 32 27 23 8 7 8 25 28 2 68
10 Middlesbrough 46 18 10 18 55 53 23 11 4 8 30 25 23 7 6 10 25 28 2 64
11 Millwall 46 15 17 14 47 52 23 7 10 6 24 24 23 8 7 8 23 28 -5 62
12 Luton Town 46 17 11 18 41 52 23 8 9 6 25 23 23 9 2 12 16 29 -11 62
13 Preston North End 46 18 7 21 49 56 23 7 5 11 21 24 23 11 2 10 28 32 -7 61
14 Stoke City 46 15 15 16 50 52 23 9 5 9 29 28 23 6 10 7 21 24 -2 60
15 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 12 19 65 54 23 9 7 7 37 28 23 6 5 12 28 26 11 57
16 Coventry City 46 14 13 19 49 61 23 10 7 6 30 22 23 4 6 13 19 39 -12 55
17 Nottingham Forest 46 12 16 18 37 45 23 6 8 9 21 24 23 6 8 9 16 21 -8 52
18 Birmingham City 46 13 13 20 37 61 23 6 4 13 18 37 23 7 9 7 19 24 -24 52
19 Bristol City 46 15 6 25 46 68 23 7 3 13 18 30 23 8 3 12 28 38 -22 51
20 Huddersfield Town 46 12 13 21 50 71 23 8 7 8 28 23 23 4 6 13 22 48 -21 49
21 Derby County 46 11 11 24 36 58 23 6 7 10 20 26 23 5 4 14 16 32 -22 44
22 Wycombe Wanderers 46 11 10 25 39 69 23 7 5 11 17 28 23 4 5 14 22 41 -30 43
23 Rotherham United 46 11 9 26 44 60 23 5 4 14 26 35 23 6 5 12 18 25 -16 42
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 11 23 40 61 23 8 8 7 22 17 23 4 3 16 18 44 -21 41

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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 Hull City 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Luton Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Stoke City 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Birmingham City 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 AFC Bournemouth 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 West Bromwich Albion 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Barnsley 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
10 Blackpool 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Cardiff City 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Derby County 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Fulham 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Huddersfield Town 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Middlesbrough 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
17 Millwall 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
18 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Reading 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
20 Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
21 Swansea City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
22 Sheffield United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
23 Preston North End 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
24 Peterborough United 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.