Football betting preview: Barnsley with moderate expectations before welcoming Fulham

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley have not won many points this season. Will the gang get something when Fulham visit Oakwell Stadium?

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (89) 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 struggle is real here at Oakwell Stadium with only 17 points collected from 17 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-8.

The spoils were shared in Barnsley's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stoke City (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfielder Brittain was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Brittain dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

Heartbreak before that as Barnsley lost 0-2 at Derby County's place.

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

Barnsley have scored 13 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Fulham form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Championship. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Coventry City game have they lost an away game, meaning Fulham has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

Fulham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Swansea City (placed 16th). Defender Williams was the best team player with a rating of 7.85. Williams scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 2 of 11 duels.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Blackburn Rovers.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Fulham manager da Silva as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against West Bromwich Albion.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 44 goals in 16 league games away this season. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The newest logged result between these squads is the Fulham - Barnsley 4-1 played earlier this season. Barnsley-Fulham H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley two wins, Fulham five wins, zero draws. five of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
35 goals
FulhamN. Kebano
N. Kebano
9 goals
FulhamH. Wilson
H. Wilson
9 goals

Barnsley missing players

Fulham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Fulham
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 7 Played P 6 16 35
5 4 2 Won W 5 11 23
9 5 2 Drew D 1 3 7
21 8 3 Lost L 0 2 5
25 13 7 Scored S 15 44 89
51 20 8 Conceded C 2 14 30
91% 88% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
66% 53% 43% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 83%
37% 24% 29% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 57%
14% 18% 29% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 37%
9% 12% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 44% 31%
46% 41% 43% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 57%
17% 24% 29% Clean Sheets C S 67% 38% 37%
46% 47% 43% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 9%
 
3.6 3.2 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.5 6.4
5.8 5.5 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.9 3.7
1.9 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.8 9.6 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 14.1 16
3.3 3.2 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.8 6 6.3
22% 24% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 46% 41%
 
12.7 12.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 9.2 8.7
4.6 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.9 2.9
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 (13) at home in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Barnsley.
  • Fulham have the most points (36) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (44) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals (89) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (44) in Championship
  • Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (45) in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+30) away in Championship
  • Fulham have the the best goal difference (+59) in Championship
  • Fulham 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 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 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 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

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 35 23 7 5 89 30 19 12 4 3 45 16 16 11 3 2 44 14 59 76
2 AFC Bournemouth 33 18 8 7 53 30 16 9 4 3 32 17 17 9 4 4 21 13 23 62
3 Huddersfield Town 36 17 11 8 49 36 18 10 5 3 27 17 18 7 6 5 22 19 13 62
4 Blackburn Rovers 36 16 10 10 46 36 18 11 4 3 32 19 18 5 6 7 14 17 10 58
5 Sheffield United 35 16 9 10 49 36 17 9 4 4 29 13 18 7 5 6 20 23 13 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 35 16 7 12 46 40 18 12 2 4 29 16 17 4 5 8 17 24 6 55
9 Millwall 35 14 11 10 37 34 17 9 5 3 21 13 18 5 6 7 16 21 3 53
10 Nottingham Forest 34 14 10 10 46 34 17 7 4 6 23 20 17 7 6 4 23 14 12 52
11 Coventry City 35 14 9 12 44 42 18 9 4 5 25 16 17 5 5 7 19 26 2 51
12 Preston North End 36 12 14 10 40 40 18 6 9 3 24 21 18 6 5 7 16 19 0 50
13 West Bromwich Albion 35 13 10 12 37 32 16 8 6 2 21 10 19 5 4 10 16 22 5 49
14 Blackpool 35 13 9 13 41 41 18 9 2 7 21 19 17 4 7 6 20 22 0 48
15 Stoke City 35 12 9 14 43 40 18 7 4 7 25 21 17 5 5 7 18 19 3 45
16 Swansea City 34 12 8 14 38 49 17 8 4 5 23 20 17 4 4 9 15 29 -11 44
17 Cardiff City 36 12 6 18 43 55 18 6 2 10 19 22 18 6 4 8 24 33 -12 42
18 Birmingham City 36 10 10 16 42 56 17 6 4 7 21 23 19 4 6 9 21 33 -14 40
19 Bristol City 36 11 7 18 46 65 19 7 5 7 24 25 17 4 2 11 22 40 -19 40
20 Hull City 36 10 7 19 30 41 18 5 3 10 15 22 18 5 4 9 15 19 -11 37
21 Reading 35 10 5 20 42 68 18 5 4 9 25 36 17 5 1 11 17 32 -26 29
22 Derby County 36 11 12 13 36 39 18 9 6 3 25 16 18 2 6 10 11 23 -3 24
23 Barnsley 35 5 9 21 25 51 17 4 5 8 13 20 18 1 4 13 12 31 -26 24
24 Peterborough United 35 5 7 23 25 70 16 4 5 7 15 21 19 1 2 16 10 49 -45 22

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