Barnsley vs Swansea City match preview: Even contest expected at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Wed 24.November
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley have some lost ground to recover from their 23rd spot, and the first chance is versus Swansea City. Read more!

Insights:
  • Barnsley is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Swansea City.

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Barnsley form and stats

With 2 Championship wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Barnsley are certainly not brimming with confidence.

In their previous game, the manager P. Asbaghi led his Barnsley to a defeat in the Championship match away at Fulham. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Oakwell Stadium. Barnsley's goalkeeper Bradley Collins was extremely busy against Fulham, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Bradley Collins, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.31 out of 10 in that game. Collins stopped the opponent with eight saves.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Hull City (0-2).

There will be little rest for Barnsley after this match as they are travelling to Peterborough United for a Championship game in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Barnsley here at Oakwell Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Swansea City form and stats

Swansea City have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

Swansea's last game was the home draw against Blackpool (1-1). Ryan Manning, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.73. Manning hit two key passes and won 10 of 16 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting AFC Bournemouth's place.

After this away game Swansea return home for a Championship game against Reading. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Swansea find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. The Swansea City manager R. Martin has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Barnsley won zero games, four matches ended with a draw and Swansea City got six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight

Top Goalscorers

Swansea CityJ. Piroe
J. Piroe
10 goals
Swansea CityJ. Paterson
J. Paterson
6 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
3 goals

Barnsley missing players

Swansea City missing players

Barnsley Swansea City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 2 9 18
2 2 0 Won W 1 2 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 6
11 5 3 Lost L 0 5 6
13 7 2 Scored S 1 10 21
29 12 6 Conceded C 0 18 23
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 78%
67% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 67%
39% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 78% 61%
22% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 28%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 50%
11% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 22% 44%
44% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 28%
 
4.7 4.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.4 4.8
5.3 4.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 0.5 4.3 4
2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 10.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 8.9 9.3
3.6 3.4 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.4 2.7
20% 23% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 45% 44%
 
13.1 12 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 13.2 10.4
5.6 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.7 4.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Barnsley have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in Championship
  • Barnsley is in the worst form (1-0-5)
  • Swansea City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Fulham 18 13 2 3 48 15 9 7 1 1 23 6 9 6 1 2 25 9 33 41
2 AFC Bournemouth 18 12 4 2 33 13 9 6 2 1 21 9 9 6 2 1 12 4 20 40
3 West Bromwich Albion 18 9 5 4 27 16 9 6 3 0 16 5 9 3 2 4 11 11 11 32
4 Stoke City 18 9 4 5 24 19 9 6 2 1 15 8 9 3 2 4 9 11 5 31
5 Coventry City 18 9 4 5 25 21 9 7 1 1 19 8 9 2 3 4 6 13 4 31
6 Queens Park Rangers 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 5 3 1 15 8 9 3 2 4 15 16 6 29
7 Huddersfield Town 18 8 4 6 22 20 9 6 1 2 13 9 9 2 3 4 9 11 2 28
8 Blackburn Rovers 18 7 6 5 29 27 9 5 2 2 19 16 9 2 4 3 10 11 2 27
9 Millwall 18 6 8 4 18 18 9 4 3 2 10 9 9 2 5 2 8 9 0 26
10 Blackpool 18 7 5 6 20 21 9 4 1 4 7 9 9 3 4 2 13 12 -1 26
11 Luton Town 18 6 6 6 26 24 9 4 3 2 15 10 9 2 3 4 11 14 2 24
12 Swansea City 18 6 6 6 21 23 9 4 4 1 11 5 9 2 2 5 10 18 -2 24
13 Nottingham Forest 18 6 5 7 24 23 9 2 2 5 10 15 9 4 3 2 14 8 1 23
14 Middlesbrough 18 6 5 7 20 20 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 2 3 4 7 10 0 23
15 Birmingham City 18 6 4 8 18 21 9 3 2 4 9 12 9 3 2 4 9 9 -3 22
16 Preston North End 18 5 6 7 19 24 9 4 3 2 12 10 9 1 3 5 7 14 -5 21
17 Sheffield United 18 5 5 8 22 26 9 3 2 4 13 11 9 2 3 4 9 15 -4 20
18 Bristol City 18 5 5 8 20 28 9 1 5 3 7 10 9 4 0 5 13 18 -8 20
19 Cardiff City 18 5 3 10 19 32 9 2 1 6 7 14 9 3 2 4 12 18 -13 18
20 Reading 18 7 2 9 23 29 9 4 2 3 15 14 9 3 0 6 8 15 -6 17
21 Hull City 18 4 3 11 13 22 9 2 2 5 7 11 9 2 1 6 6 11 -9 15
22 Peterborough United 18 4 3 11 17 34 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 1 0 8 5 24 -17 15
23 Barnsley 18 2 5 11 13 29 9 2 2 5 7 12 9 0 3 6 6 17 -16 11
24 Derby County 18 4 9 5 16 18 9 3 5 1 11 9 9 1 4 4 5 9 -2 0

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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.