Championship: Fulham expected to win home against Barnsley

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

The league table in Championship tells a story about these teams so far, with Fulham leading Barnsley by 31 points. Match preview to follow:

It's no vacation for neither Fulham nor Barnsley 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.

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Fulham form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Championship games here at Craven Cottage for Fulham. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. Fulham has recorded two wins in a row here at Craven Cottage, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Fulham drew their last game, 1-1 away at Millwall (placed 11th). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Blackburn Rovers.

A decent goal production from Fulham in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 16 league matches. Fulham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-3-11 (15 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Adam Murray, the Barnsley manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

The manager Adam Murray was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Oakwell Stadium. Barnsley suffered a 0-1 loss to Birmingham City (placed 14th). A draw for Barnsley before that, at their own venue hosting Sheffield Wednesday (1-1).

The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Barnsley have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Barnsley - Fulham 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Fulham victories, zero draws and one Barnsley win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
21 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
10 goals
BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
10 goals

Fulham missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 7 Played P 5 15 32
16 10 6 Won W 0 1 5
8 2 1 Drew D 1 3 10
8 4 0 Lost L 4 11 17
47 29 14 Scored S 5 12 37
33 18 7 Conceded C 12 27 58
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 94%
72% 88% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 78%
50% 69% 57% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 56%
19% 25% 43% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 27% 38%
12% 12% 29% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 20% 16%
53% 56% 57% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 66%
34% 38% 43% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 9%
19% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 31%
 
5.5 6.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.7 5.1
4.3 4.1 5.9 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.9 5.1
1.9 2.2 1.9 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 2.8 2.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
419 234 111 Total Shots T S 62 187 432
142 78 37 Shots on Target S O 18 50 127
33% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 24% 29%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley has the fewest scored goals (12) away
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Barnsley have scored away.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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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.