Home advantage could prove decisive in Barnsley - Peterborough United battle

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley are unlocking their away locker room to Peterborough United for yet another important fixture following their 1-1 result against 14th-placed Swansea City.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (31) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals (83) 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

The story so far in the Championship for Barnsley at their home stadium (Oakwell Stadium) is 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats.

Barnsley travelled for their previous game, a trip to Swansea City that ended 1-1. The Barnsley goalkeeper Walton was crucial in the match against Swansea City last time out, making six saves. Midfield player Bassi got a match rating of 8.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Bassi served one assist, hit eight key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Millwall (1-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barnsley handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and zero defeats.

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

Barnsley have scored 17 league goals here from 20 matches, not a lot. Barnsley have conceded 22 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Barnsley has at home met teams with this table position (low), six times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 5 of 6 times.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Peterborough United have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-3-16 (21 played).

Szmodics and Marriott scored in Peterborough United's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager McCann when Marriott scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Edwards was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Edwards won 3 of 3 duels.

Before that, Peterborough United travelled to Bristol City and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Peterborough have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were one victory, one draw and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Peterborough United as they have only managed to score 14 times from 21 away games in the league. For Peterborough United, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Peterborough United is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 6 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Hull City, Reading, Derby County, Bristol City and Peterborough.

Head 2 Head

Peterborough United - Barnsley 0-0 was the output when this pair of teams last met, earlier this season. Barnsley-Peterborough United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Barnsley four wins, Peterborough United four wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Peterborough UnitedJ. Clarke-Harris
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals
BarnsleyC. Morris
C. Morris
7 goals
Peterborough UnitedJ. Marriott
J. Marriott
7 goals

Barnsley missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Peterborough United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
41 20 6 Played P 6 21 42
6 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
12 7 2 Drew D 2 3 10
23 8 2 Lost L 3 16 25
31 17 6 Scored S 6 14 36
60 22 6 Conceded C 12 51 83
93% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
71% 60% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 90% 81%
34% 20% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 62%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 31%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
49% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 48%
17% 25% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
41% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 57% 50%
 
3.9 3.3 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 3.8
5.8 5.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 6 5.5
1.9 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
10.1 9.7 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 7.7 9.1
3.3 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 3.1
23% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 28%
 
12.9 12.7 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 16.9 14.8
4.5 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (17) at home in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals (31) in Championship
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Peterborough United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Peterborough United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Peterborough United have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals (51) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals (83) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the most conceded goals in the second half (55) in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-37) away in Championship
  • Peterborough United have the the worst goal difference (-47) in Championship
  • Peterborough United 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 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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 Fulham 41 25 8 8 95 37 20 12 4 4 46 19 21 13 4 4 49 18 58 83
2 AFC Bournemouth 40 21 11 8 62 35 20 11 6 3 38 20 20 10 5 5 24 15 27 74
3 Huddersfield Town 42 19 13 10 56 45 21 11 6 4 31 22 21 8 7 6 25 23 11 70
4 Luton Town 42 19 11 12 60 47 21 11 6 4 35 21 21 8 5 8 25 26 13 68
5 Nottingham Forest 40 19 10 11 61 37 21 11 4 6 34 21 19 8 6 5 27 16 24 67
6 Sheffield United 42 18 11 13 54 43 21 11 5 5 33 15 21 7 6 8 21 28 11 65
7 Middlesbrough 41 18 9 14 52 42 20 12 2 6 29 18 21 6 7 8 23 24 10 63
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 17 12 13 53 44 21 12 5 4 36 22 21 5 7 9 17 22 9 63
9 Coventry City 42 17 11 14 58 53 21 10 5 6 31 21 21 7 6 8 27 32 5 62
10 Millwall 42 16 14 12 46 41 21 11 6 4 27 15 21 5 8 8 19 26 5 62
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 12 14 47 41 21 11 7 3 29 16 21 5 5 11 18 25 6 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 9 16 57 55 21 9 6 6 28 22 21 8 3 10 29 33 2 60
13 Preston North End 42 14 16 12 44 47 21 8 10 3 28 23 21 6 6 9 16 24 -3 58
14 Swansea City 41 16 10 15 49 54 20 9 6 5 26 22 21 7 4 10 23 32 -5 58
15 Stoke City 42 15 10 17 53 48 21 9 4 8 28 22 21 6 6 9 25 26 5 55
16 Blackpool 41 14 11 16 45 49 21 10 3 8 23 23 20 4 8 8 22 26 -4 53
17 Cardiff City 41 14 7 20 48 63 21 7 3 11 21 27 20 7 4 9 27 36 -15 49
18 Bristol City 42 13 9 20 53 73 21 7 7 7 27 28 21 6 2 13 26 45 -20 48
19 Hull City 42 13 8 21 36 46 21 6 3 12 18 27 21 7 5 9 18 19 -10 47
20 Birmingham City 42 11 12 19 45 64 21 7 5 9 24 29 21 4 7 10 21 35 -19 45
21 Reading 42 13 7 22 50 78 21 7 4 10 29 39 21 6 3 12 21 39 -28 40
22 Derby County 42 13 13 16 42 48 21 11 7 3 29 18 21 2 6 13 13 30 -6 31
23 Peterborough United 42 7 10 25 36 83 21 5 7 9 22 32 21 2 3 16 14 51 -47 31
24 Barnsley 41 6 12 23 31 60 20 5 7 8 17 22 21 1 5 15 14 38 -29 30

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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.