Championship prediction and preview: Barnsley modest favorites to beat Rotherham United

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Barnsley leading Rotherham United by 32 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship

It's no vacation for neither Barnsley nor Rotherham United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Rotherham are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Barnsley form and stats

When playing at home in the Championship, Barnsley have managed 11 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 21 games.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Coventry City (0-2).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Barnsley matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and two defeats (from two games).

Barnsley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 27 goals in 21 games. Barnsley have only conceded 20 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rotherham United form and stats

Playing away, Rotherham United, who have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship, have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 10 defeats in the Championship this season. It's a growing despair in Rotherham as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Birmingham City.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Rotherham when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Brentford.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rotherham as they have only managed to score 17 times from 19 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Rotherham have conceded 22 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Rotherham United - Barnsley 1-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Barnsley won four games, one match ended with a draw and Rotherham United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
11 goals
Rotherham UnitedM. Smith
M. Smith
10 goals
Rotherham UnitedF. Ladapo
F. Ladapo
9 goals

Barnsley missing players

Rotherham United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Rotherham United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 7 Played P 6 19 41
21 11 4 Won W 0 6 11
9 5 2 Drew D 0 3 6
13 5 1 Lost L 6 10 24
54 27 8 Scored S 2 17 42
46 20 4 Conceded C 11 22 56
91% 90% 71% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 98%
74% 71% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 58% 66%
49% 48% 43% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 37% 49%
16% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 17%
2% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 5% 7%
47% 43% 43% BTTS BTTS 17% 37% 44%
30% 38% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 26% 20%
33% 29% 29% Failed to Score F T 83% 42% 39%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11 11.7 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 9.7 10.7
3.5 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.4 2.8
36% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 37% 37%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Rotherham United have the fewest clean sheets (8) in Championship

  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 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 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 Norwich City 43 27 9 7 66 32 22 13 6 3 35 14 21 14 3 4 31 18 34 90
2 Watford 43 25 10 8 60 28 21 17 2 2 41 12 22 8 8 6 19 16 32 85
3 AFC Bournemouth 43 22 11 10 73 42 21 13 3 5 40 21 22 9 8 5 33 21 31 77
4 Swansea City 43 22 10 11 52 34 22 11 6 5 25 15 21 11 4 6 27 19 18 76
5 Brentford 42 20 15 7 72 41 21 10 9 2 36 20 21 10 6 5 36 21 31 75
6 Barnsley 42 21 8 13 54 46 21 11 5 5 27 20 21 10 3 8 27 26 8 71
7 Reading 42 19 10 13 57 46 21 12 2 7 33 23 21 7 8 6 24 23 11 67
8 Queens Park Rangers 43 17 11 15 51 51 21 10 4 7 28 23 22 7 7 8 23 28 0 62
9 Cardiff City 43 16 13 14 59 47 21 7 5 9 34 24 22 9 8 5 25 23 12 61
10 Middlesbrough 43 17 9 17 51 48 21 10 4 7 27 21 22 7 5 10 24 27 3 60
11 Millwall 43 14 17 12 42 44 22 6 10 6 20 23 21 8 7 6 22 21 -2 59
12 Stoke City 42 14 14 14 45 47 21 9 5 7 27 23 21 5 9 7 18 23 -2 56
13 Luton Town 41 16 8 17 36 46 20 8 6 6 24 22 21 8 2 11 12 24 -10 56
14 Preston North End 43 15 7 21 44 55 22 6 5 11 19 24 21 9 2 10 25 31 -11 52
15 Bristol City 42 15 6 21 42 56 21 7 3 11 15 24 21 8 3 10 26 32 -14 51
16 Blackburn Rovers 43 13 11 19 54 49 21 7 7 7 27 24 22 6 4 12 27 25 5 50
17 Nottingham Forest 42 12 13 17 34 41 21 6 7 8 19 21 21 6 6 9 15 20 -7 49
18 Coventry City 42 12 12 18 40 56 21 9 7 5 24 20 21 3 5 13 15 36 -16 48
19 Birmingham City 42 12 12 18 32 50 21 6 3 12 17 32 21 6 9 6 15 18 -18 48
20 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 45 62 21 8 6 7 27 21 21 4 5 12 18 41 -17 47
21 Derby County 43 11 10 22 31 51 21 6 6 9 16 21 22 5 4 13 15 30 -20 43
22 Rotherham United 41 11 6 24 42 56 22 5 3 14 25 34 19 6 3 10 17 22 -14 39
23 Sheffield Wednesday 43 12 9 22 36 55 22 8 7 7 22 17 21 4 2 15 14 38 -19 39
24 Wycombe Wanderers 42 8 10 24 32 67 21 5 5 11 14 27 21 3 5 13 18 39 -35 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.