Football tips: Barnsley vs Millwall - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley have performed better than Millwall so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Millwall.

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Barnsley form and stats

8 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Barnsley have to build on here at Oakwell Stadium in the Championship. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Barnsley has won their last four matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Oakwell Stadium.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Bradley Collins not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.

The Barnsley supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Stoke City in Championship and win 2-0. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Bristol City.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Barnsley have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 22 matches with the results: Won eleven, drawn seven and lost four.

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.

Barnsley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Barnsley have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Millwall form and stats

The visitors are W6-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Luton Town (placed 17th) in their previous outing. The Championship match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Wycombe Wanderers.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Millwall in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Millwall, six draws and three defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Preston North End in just three days.

Millwall have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 16 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Millwall - Barnsley 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Barnsley won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Millwall has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
9 goals
MillwallJ. Wallace
J. Wallace
7 goals
BarnsleyA. Mowatt
A. Mowatt
5 goals

Barnsley missing players

Millwall missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Millwall
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 6 Played P 5 16 32
14 8 5 Won W 1 6 9
6 3 1 Drew D 3 6 16
11 4 0 Lost L 1 4 7
36 20 13 Scored S 5 16 31
35 16 4 Conceded C 5 15 28
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 81% 78%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 69% 69%
48% 53% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 28%
13% 20% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
42% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 50% 50%
29% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 44% 41%
35% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 0.9 1.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.9 11.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 10.7 11.2
3.5 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.8 3.5
33% 31% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 36% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Millwall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Norwich City 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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 Norwich City 32 20 7 5 45 25 16 10 5 1 22 9 16 10 2 4 23 16 20 67
2 Brentford 32 17 9 6 59 34 16 9 5 2 32 17 16 8 4 4 27 17 25 60
3 Watford 32 17 9 6 43 23 16 12 2 2 32 12 16 5 7 4 11 11 20 60
4 Swansea City 30 17 8 5 38 19 16 10 5 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 18 13 19 59
5 Reading 32 15 6 11 44 37 16 9 0 7 24 20 16 6 6 4 20 17 7 51
6 Cardiff City 32 14 7 11 48 34 16 6 3 7 27 19 16 8 4 4 21 15 14 49
7 AFC Bournemouth 32 13 10 9 46 32 16 9 3 4 27 16 16 4 7 5 19 16 14 49
8 Barnsley 31 14 6 11 36 35 15 8 3 4 20 16 16 6 3 7 16 19 1 48
9 Middlesbrough 32 13 7 12 37 34 16 8 2 6 19 17 16 5 5 6 18 17 3 46
10 Stoke City 32 11 12 9 37 35 16 7 4 5 22 19 16 4 8 4 15 16 2 45
11 Millwall 32 9 16 7 31 28 16 3 10 3 15 13 16 6 6 4 16 15 3 43
12 Bristol City 32 13 3 16 32 43 16 7 2 7 14 16 16 6 1 9 18 27 -11 42
13 Queens Park Rangers 30 10 10 10 30 34 15 6 4 5 16 16 15 4 6 5 14 18 -4 40
14 Preston North End 32 12 4 16 34 42 16 4 3 9 11 16 16 8 1 7 23 26 -8 40
15 Blackburn Rovers 31 11 6 14 45 37 15 6 4 5 23 18 16 5 2 9 22 19 8 39
16 Nottingham Forest 32 10 9 13 27 31 16 5 6 5 15 14 16 5 3 8 12 17 -4 39
17 Luton Town 31 10 8 13 24 35 15 5 6 4 17 17 16 5 2 9 7 18 -11 38
18 Derby County 31 10 7 14 24 32 16 5 4 7 11 16 15 5 3 7 13 16 -8 37
19 Huddersfield Town 32 10 6 16 38 47 16 8 2 6 24 17 16 2 4 10 14 30 -9 36
20 Coventry City 32 8 10 14 29 43 16 6 6 4 17 17 16 2 4 10 12 26 -14 34
21 Birmingham City 32 7 10 15 23 40 16 2 3 11 10 27 16 5 7 4 13 13 -17 31
22 Rotherham United 30 8 5 17 33 41 15 4 3 8 20 21 15 4 2 9 13 20 -8 29
23 Sheffield Wednesday 31 9 7 15 21 35 15 6 5 4 12 9 16 3 2 11 9 26 -14 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 31 5 8 18 23 51 16 3 5 8 10 19 15 2 3 10 13 32 -28 23

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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.