This could be an interesting match as Barnsley have their presumed home advantage while Swansea City are ahead 9 points in the Championship table.
- Barnsley has the most points from losing position (13) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship
Barnsley and Swansea City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Barnsley form and stats
Barnsley have played 11 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Barnsley, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
A nice win for Barnsley last time playing, versus Tranmere Rovers. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Michal Helik and Cauley Woodrow scoring for the victors. Heartbreak before that as Barnsley lost 0-1 at Norwich City's place.
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 19 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn six and lost four.
Barnsley are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Watford awaits in three days.
Barnsley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 11 games. 11 goals have been conceded.
Swansea City form and stats
5-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Swansea City, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship, in their Championship matches away.
Swansea City play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Stevenage. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Watford.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Swansea City in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Swansea City, six draws and two defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Swansea manager S. Cooper as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Blackburn Rovers.
Swansea City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Swansea City as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Swansea City - Barnsley 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Barnsley won zero, Swansea City won five and five draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Woodrow 8 goals |   A. Ayew Pelé 8 goals |  J. Lowe 8 goals |
Barnsley missing players
Swansea City missing players
| Barnsley | Swansea City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 29 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 78% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 70% |
| 57% | 55% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 13% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 36% | 35% |
| 22% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 57% |
| 35% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.5 | 11.1 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.7 | 11 |
| 3.4 | 4.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 34% | 30% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 34% |
- Barnsley has the most points from losing position (13) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals (13) in Championship
- Swansea City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Swansea City has the most clean sheets (13) in Championship
- Swansea City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Swansea City 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 | Norwich City | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 47 |
| 2 | Swansea City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Brentford | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | Reading | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | Watford | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 33 |
| 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -4 | 31 |
| 14 | Luton Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 30 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 16 | Coventry City | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 26 |
| 17 | Millwall | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -12 | 23 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 20 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -10 | 21 |
| 21 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 22 | Derby County | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 19 |
| 23 | Rotherham United | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -19 | 15 |
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