Open game expected at Oakwell Stadium: Barnsley vs Nottingham Forest preview

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Struggling Barnsley will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Nottingham Forest in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

Barnsley are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Nottingham Forest are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Barnsley form and stats

6 victories, 9 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Barnsley have to build on here at Oakwell Stadium in the Championship.

Barnsley haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 186 minutes ago. A. Halme scored that one.

No payout for Barnsley in their previous match, an away game at Leeds United that ended in defeat 0-1. In the match before that, Barnsley hosted Wigan Athletic and drew the game 0-0.

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 twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost four.

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

The Barnsley fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 28 in 22 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 33 goals have been conceded.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

8 wins, 11 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Nottingham Forest playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Nottingham Forest when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Cardiff City match has the points been distributed unevenly.

Nottingham's last game was the home draw against Swansea City (2-2). A 1-1 draw at Preston North End's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Nottingham Forest playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were five Nottingham wins, eight draws and six defeats.

After this away game Nottingham return home for a Championship game against Stoke City. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Nottingham Forest have scored 31 goals on their travels this season, from 22 away games in the league. Nottingham have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nottingham Forest - Barnsley 1-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Barnsley three wins, two draws and Nottingham Forest five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Nottingham ForestL. Grabban
L. Grabban
20 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
13 goals
BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
12 goals

Barnsley missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
44 22 7 Played P 7 22 44
10 6 1 Won W 3 8 18
13 9 3 Drew D 2 11 16
21 7 3 Lost L 2 3 10
46 28 4 Scored S 12 31 57
68 33 9 Conceded C 10 22 45
91% 91% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
70% 77% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 68%
45% 45% 14% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 41% 41%
30% 36% 14% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 23% 23%
11% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 5%
50% 59% 43% BTTS BTTS 86% 68% 55%
23% 23% 29% Clean Sheets C S 14% 27% 32%
36% 27% 43% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 18%
 
5.3 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.4 4.5 5.6
5.1 4.6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7.2 6.2
2 1.7 1.1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.1 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
581 297 100 Total Shots T S 85 255 563
171 96 30 Shots on Target S O 25 70 145
27% 29% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 44% 39%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley has the fewest points from losing position (6)
  • Nottingham Forest 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 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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 Leeds United 44 26 9 9 70 34 22 14 5 3 36 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 36 87
2 West Bromwich Albion 45 22 16 7 75 43 22 10 9 3 42 25 23 12 7 4 33 18 32 82
3 Brentford 44 24 9 11 79 35 22 14 5 3 43 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 44 81
4 Fulham 44 22 11 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 22 8 9 5 23 21 14 77
5 Nottingham Forest 44 18 16 10 57 45 22 10 5 7 26 23 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 70
6 Cardiff City 44 17 16 11 62 57 22 10 9 3 32 21 22 7 7 8 30 36 5 67
7 Millwall 44 16 17 11 50 46 22 9 8 5 29 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 4 65
8 Swansea City 44 16 16 12 57 52 22 9 5 8 26 23 22 7 11 4 31 29 5 64
9 Preston North End 44 17 11 16 56 53 22 11 4 7 37 29 22 6 7 9 19 24 3 62
10 Bristol City 44 17 11 16 59 63 22 8 6 8 29 32 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 62
11 Derby County 44 16 13 15 58 60 22 11 8 3 32 18 22 5 5 12 26 42 -2 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 44 16 12 16 60 57 22 9 9 4 29 21 22 7 3 12 31 36 3 60
13 Wigan Athletic 44 15 12 17 54 53 22 10 6 6 32 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 1 57
14 Reading 44 15 11 18 55 50 22 7 4 11 25 30 22 8 7 7 30 20 5 56
15 Sheffield Wednesday 44 15 11 18 54 59 22 7 7 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 56
16 Queens Park Rangers 44 15 9 20 61 71 22 8 5 9 38 39 22 7 4 11 23 32 -10 54
17 Huddersfield Town 45 13 12 20 51 66 23 8 6 9 26 30 22 5 6 11 25 36 -15 51
18 Stoke City 44 14 8 22 57 67 22 10 3 9 35 26 22 4 5 13 22 41 -10 50
19 Middlesbrough 44 12 14 18 45 57 22 6 8 8 19 26 22 6 6 10 26 31 -12 50
20 Birmingham City 44 12 14 18 53 70 22 6 7 9 32 39 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 50
21 Charlton Athletic 44 12 11 21 48 59 22 8 5 9 26 25 22 4 6 12 22 34 -11 47
22 Hull City 44 12 9 23 57 83 22 7 3 12 29 36 22 5 6 11 28 47 -26 45
23 Luton Town 44 12 9 23 50 80 22 7 7 8 30 35 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 45
24 Barnsley 44 10 13 21 46 68 22 6 9 7 28 33 22 4 4 14 18 35 -22 43

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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.