Leeds United vs Barnsley preview for betting prediction

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Thu 16.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Leeds United supporters in this Elland Road clash with Barnsley, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

The hosts Leeds United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. That game was an away game at Swansea City, so at least Leeds are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

Leeds are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Barnsley are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Leeds United form and stats

Leeds United, who have the most clean sheets (20) in Championship, have performed here at Elland Road this season with 13 wins from 21 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 3.

Leeds are confident in defense, having played 222 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Leeds in their previous game, a Championship match away at Swansea City (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Stoke City.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Bielsa Caldera when Pablo Hernández scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Leeds home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leeds as they are travelling to their away game against Derby County in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

The Leeds United fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 35 goals in 21 league matches. Leeds United have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-4-13 (21 played).

There were no winners in Barnsley's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Wigan Athletic (placed 15th). Before that, Barnsley travelled to Luton Town and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Barnsley played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.

A new game in only three days for Barnsley, the Championship home match versus Nottingham Forest. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 21 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Barnsley have conceded 34 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Barnsley - Leeds 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Leeds victories, one draw and three Barnsley wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
16 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
13 goals
BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
12 goals

Leeds United missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leeds United Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 6 21 43
25 13 5 Won W 1 4 10
9 5 1 Drew D 2 4 13
9 3 0 Lost L 3 13 20
69 35 15 Scored S 8 18 46
34 14 1 Conceded C 11 34 67
98% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 90% 91%
70% 67% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 72%
33% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 48% 47%
19% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 24% 30%
9% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 12%
37% 33% 17% BTTS BTTS 50% 43% 51%
47% 52% 83% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 23%
19% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 35%
 
7.7 7.9 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 5.3
4 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 5.1
1.7 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
697 355 93 Total Shots T S 72 273 570
230 121 39 Shots on Target S O 22 73 169
30% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 27%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley has the fewest points from losing position (6)
  • Barnsley has the fewest scored goals (18) away
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (14) at home
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals (34)
  • Leeds United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (14)
  • Leeds United has the fewest matches over the total-line (14)
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (11) at home
  • Leeds United has the most clean sheets (20)
  • Leeds United has the most matches under the total-line (29)
  • Leeds United has the most scored goals in the second half (46)
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leeds United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Leeds United 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 Leeds United 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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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 Leeds United 43 25 9 9 69 34 21 13 5 3 35 14 22 12 4 6 34 20 35 84
2 West Bromwich Albion 43 22 15 6 74 41 21 10 8 3 42 25 22 12 7 3 32 16 33 81
3 Brentford 43 23 9 11 78 35 21 13 5 3 42 16 22 10 4 8 36 19 43 78
4 Fulham 43 22 10 11 58 44 22 14 2 6 35 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 14 76
5 Nottingham Forest 43 18 15 10 55 43 21 10 4 7 24 21 22 8 11 3 31 22 12 69
6 Cardiff City 43 16 16 11 60 56 21 9 9 3 30 20 22 7 7 8 30 36 4 64
7 Swansea City 43 16 15 12 55 50 22 9 5 8 26 23 21 7 10 4 29 27 5 63
8 Preston North End 43 17 11 15 56 52 22 11 4 7 37 29 21 6 7 8 19 23 4 62
9 Millwall 43 15 17 11 49 46 21 8 8 5 28 24 22 7 9 6 21 22 3 62
10 Derby County 43 16 13 14 57 58 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 5 5 11 25 40 -1 61
11 Bristol City 43 17 10 16 58 62 21 8 5 8 28 31 22 9 5 8 30 31 -4 61
12 Blackburn Rovers 43 16 12 15 60 56 22 9 9 4 29 21 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 60
13 Reading 43 15 11 17 54 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 22 8 7 7 30 20 6 56
14 Sheffield Wednesday 43 15 10 18 54 59 21 7 6 8 18 28 22 8 4 10 36 31 -5 55
15 Wigan Athletic 43 14 12 17 46 53 21 9 6 6 24 22 22 5 6 11 22 31 -7 54
16 Queens Park Rangers 43 15 8 20 60 70 22 8 5 9 38 39 21 7 3 11 22 31 -10 53
17 Stoke City 43 14 7 22 56 66 22 10 3 9 35 26 21 4 4 13 21 40 -10 49
18 Birmingham City 43 12 13 18 52 69 21 6 6 9 31 38 22 6 7 9 21 31 -17 49
19 Middlesbrough 43 11 14 18 43 56 22 6 8 8 19 26 21 5 6 10 24 30 -13 47
20 Huddersfield Town 43 12 11 20 49 65 22 7 6 9 24 29 21 5 5 11 25 36 -16 47
21 Charlton Athletic 43 12 10 21 47 58 22 8 5 9 26 25 21 4 5 12 21 33 -11 46
22 Hull City 43 12 9 22 57 75 22 7 3 12 29 36 21 5 6 10 28 39 -18 45
23 Luton Town 43 12 8 23 49 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 22 5 2 15 20 45 -30 44
24 Barnsley 43 10 13 20 46 67 22 6 9 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 43

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