Here's the complete lowdown on the Barnsley - Luton Town fixture:

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 17.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Luton Town have come here for an engaging fight against the hosts Barnsley. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Championship preview!

It's no vacation for neither Barnsley nor Luton Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Barnsley form and stats

The hosts won their first Championship game here at Oakwell Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Barnsley last season were 12 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses from 23 games.

Barnsley's last game was hosting Coventry City (placed 14th) and winning 1-0. The goalie Bradley Collins was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.3 out of ten. Collins saved a penalty, stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Bolton Wanderers (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that finished 0-0.

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 three times, drawn one and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Barnsley as they are travelling to their away game against Queens Park Rangers in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

At Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Luton Town form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Championship ended in defeat. Last season Luton Town had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 9, drew 2 and lost 12.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Luton, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus West Bromwich Albion (placed 4th). Harry Cornick, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Cornick scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Stevenage (after extra-time, 3-0 on penalties).

We have checked recent matches where Luton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, one draw and eight defeats.

After this away game Luton return home for a Championship game against Birmingham City. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Luton Town has managed 2 goals and let in 3 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Barnsley-Luton Town H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley three wins, Luton Town three wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Luton TownH. Cornick
H. Cornick
2 goals
BarnsleyT. Sibbick
T. Sibbick
1 goals
BarnsleyD. Frieser
D. Frieser
1 goals

Barnsley missing players

Luton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Luton Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 1 Scored S 0 2 5
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.5
3.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5
4 8 8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 6 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 10.5
2 1 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.5
50% 100% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 56%
Barnsley Last season Luton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
48 24   Played P   23 46
23 12   Won W   9 17
10 6   Drew D   2 11
15 6   Lost L   12 18
59 30   Scored S   16 41
52 23   Conceded C   29 52
94% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 91%
73% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   48% 63%
46% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 30%
17% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 13%
2% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   4% 4%
46% 42%   BTTS BTTS   22% 35%
29% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 33%
31% 29%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5.1
4.5 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.2
1.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.3
3 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
11.2 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   9 10.3
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2 2.8
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 32%

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

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