Barnsley vs Millwall match preview: Even contest expected at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Tue 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Struggling Barnsley will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Millwall in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Barnsley form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Barnsley at their home stadium (Oakwell Stadium) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats.

Barnsley are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 228 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Woodrow).

The Barnsley fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Oakwell Stadium: A 0-2 defeat against Cardiff City (placed 9th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Reading (0-2).

This is expected to be a close game, with Barnsley perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Barnsley as a small favourite), we find ten games. Barnsley has won two of these, drawn four and lost four.

The Barnsley fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 19 matches. Barnsley have conceded 33 from these games.

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Millwall form and stats

5-8-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Millwall in their Championship matches away.

Millwall play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Nottingham Forest (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Bristol City.

It was a convincing performance from Millwall when Nottingham Forest were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Matt Smith (3) scored their goals. Matt Smith certainly enjoyed Millwall's last game versus Nottingham Forest, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 3-0 victory.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Millwall, five draws and five defeats.

Millwall have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 19 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 22 goals have been conceded by Millwall in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Millwall - Barnsley 1-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Barnsley wins - draws - Millwall wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
13 goals
Barnsley
C. Chaplin
11 goals
MillwallM. Smith
M. Smith
11 goals

Barnsley missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Millwall
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 19 6 Played P 5 19 37
8 5 1 Won W 0 5 13
10 7 2 Drew D 4 8 15
19 7 3 Lost L 1 6 9
42 26 5 Scored S 3 19 44
62 33 11 Conceded C 4 22 40
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 92%
76% 84% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 68% 73%
51% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 32% 38%
32% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 16% 19%
14% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 5%
57% 68% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 57%
16% 11% 17% Clean Sheets C S 20% 32% 32%
32% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 40% 26% 19%
 
5.2 5.7 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 5.6
5.2 4.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 4.8
2.2 1.7 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
510 266 104 Total Shots T S 44 191 397
146 81 27 Shots on Target S O 13 59 131
29% 32% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 32% 34%
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.
  • Millwall have won significantly less corners away then at 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 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 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 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 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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  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 37 14 11 12 52 45 19 8 8 3 24 16 18 6 3 9 28 29 7 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 Derby County 37 13 12 12 49 49 19 10 7 2 28 13 18 3 5 10 21 36 0 51
13 Queens Park Rangers 37 14 8 15 58 62 19 8 5 6 37 33 18 6 3 9 21 29 -4 50
14 Reading 37 13 9 15 46 42 18 7 2 9 23 24 19 6 7 6 23 18 4 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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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.