Barnsley vs Preston North End betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Tue 21.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Ground (23287 seats)

Barnsley hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 24 points and a 22nd position in the Championship table. Visiting Preston North End holds 9th place with 43 pts.

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 Preston North End.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have collected 18 points from their Championship home games so far after 4-6-4.

Barnsley lost their last game at Bristol City (placed 8th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Barnsley had a home game versus Huddersfield Town which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 1.

There will be little rest for Barnsley after this match as they are travelling to Portsmouth for a FA Cup game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Barnsley in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

Preston North End have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-5-6 (13 played). It's three draws from Preston North End's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Preston North End won their last game, 2-1 versus Charlton Athletic played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Blackburn Rovers that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Preston North End playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 2 Preston North End wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 16 goals have been conceded by Preston North End in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Preston North End - Barnsley 5-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Barnsley victories, 4 draws and 2 Preston North End wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
10 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
8 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
8 goals

Barnsley missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Preston North End
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 28
5 4 2 Won W 2 2 12
9 6 2 Drew D 1 5 7
14 4 0 Lost L 0 6 9
35 24 11 Scored S 3 8 39
51 26 7 Conceded C 1 16 34
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
79% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 54% 75%
57% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 43%
43% 57% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 25%
18% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 14%
68% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 54%
11% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 23% 18%
29% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 46% 32%
 
5.2 5.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.3 5
5.3 4.7 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 5.3 5.3
2.4 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.9 1.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
384 212 48 Total Shots T S 22 140 322
113 67 20 Shots on Target S O 10 42 109
31% 36% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 19% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Preston North End have scored away.
  • Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (8) 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 West Bromwich Albion 27 14 11 2 50 30 13 6 6 1 30 19 14 8 5 1 20 11 20 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
7 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
8 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
9 Preston North End 28 12 7 9 39 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 13 2 5 6 8 16 5 43
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 28 8 10 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 14 13 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 34
18 Birmingham City 28 9 6 13 34 45 14 5 3 6 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 24 -11 33
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 27 7 4 16 33 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 25
22 Barnsley 28 5 9 14 35 51 14 4 6 4 24 26 14 1 3 10 11 25 -16 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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 West Bromwich Albion 27 14 11 2 50 30 13 6 6 1 30 19 14 8 5 1 20 11 20 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
7 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
8 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
9 Preston North End 28 12 7 9 39 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 13 2 5 6 8 16 5 43
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 28 8 10 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 14 13 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 34
18 Birmingham City 28 9 6 13 34 45 14 5 3 6 20 21 14 4 3 7 14 24 -11 33
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 27 7 4 16 33 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 13 3 1 9 16 22 -9 25
22 Barnsley 28 5 9 14 35 51 14 4 6 4 24 26 14 1 3 10 11 25 -16 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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.