Stoke City vs Barnsley match preview: Even contest expected at Bet365 Stadium

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bet365 Stadium (30089 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Stoke City and Barnsley experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 22nd and the visitors in 23rd place.

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 Stoke and Barnsley.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City have played 20 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 8-3-9 (wins-draws-losses).

Stoke are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by N. Powell).

In their previous game, the manager M. O'Neill led his Stoke to a defeat in the Championship match away at Wigan Athletic. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bet365 Stadium. Ahead of that match, Stoke City lost 0-2 at home to Middlesbrough.

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 Stoke have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost four.

Stoke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 29 goals in 20 games. Stoke's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Barnsley form and stats

There's been little loot from Barnsley's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 19 away games in the Championship. Barnsley only have 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 3 draws.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Barnsley goalkeeper Jack Walton is eager to challenge this, with his 294 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Conor Chaplin and Jacob Brown scored in Barnsley's previous match, the home game against Blackburn Rovers that ended 2-0. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Millwall.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Barnsley playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Barnsley win, one draw and five defeats.

Barnsley has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Luton Town in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 17 goals scored from 19 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Barnsley have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stoke - Barnsley 4-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Stoke City, three draws and one win for Barnsley. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
13 goals
BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
12 goals
StokeS. Clucas
S. Clucas
10 goals

Stoke City missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stoke City Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
40 20 5 Played P 5 19 40
12 8 3 Won W 1 4 10
7 3 0 Drew D 0 3 11
21 9 2 Lost L 4 12 19
50 29 11 Scored S 3 17 45
61 26 5 Conceded C 7 29 62
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 92%
78% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 63% 72%
55% 55% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 48%
28% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 30%
15% 15% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 16% 12%
50% 45% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 52%
22% 30% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 26% 22%
38% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 32%
 
4.8 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.8 5.2
4.3 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 5.2
1.4 1.1 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.5 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
480 280 72 Total Shots T S 70 254 539
147 84 24 Shots on Target S O 13 67 159
34% 35% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 25% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley has the fewest points from losing position (5)

  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 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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 Leeds United 40 22 9 9 60 33 20 12 5 3 30 14 20 10 4 6 30 19 27 75
2 West Bromwich Albion 40 20 14 6 67 38 19 8 8 3 36 23 21 12 6 3 31 15 29 74
3 Brentford 40 20 9 11 70 33 19 11 5 3 37 15 21 9 4 8 33 18 37 69
4 Nottingham Forest 40 18 13 9 53 40 20 10 4 6 24 20 20 8 9 3 29 20 13 67
5 Fulham 40 19 10 11 54 44 20 12 2 6 32 23 20 7 8 5 22 21 10 67
6 Cardiff City 40 15 16 9 57 51 20 9 9 2 28 17 20 6 7 7 29 34 6 61
7 Derby County 40 16 12 12 55 52 20 11 7 2 30 14 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 60
8 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
9 Swansea City 40 14 15 11 50 47 20 8 5 7 24 21 20 6 10 4 26 26 3 57
10 Preston North End 40 16 9 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 19 5 6 8 16 22 2 57
11 Blackburn Rovers 40 15 11 14 55 50 20 9 8 3 27 17 20 6 3 11 28 33 5 56
12 Bristol City 40 15 10 15 53 59 19 7 5 7 26 29 21 8 5 8 27 30 -6 55
13 Sheffield Wednesday 40 14 10 16 49 54 20 7 6 7 17 25 20 7 4 9 32 29 -5 52
14 Wigan Athletic 40 13 11 16 45 50 20 8 6 6 23 22 20 5 5 10 22 28 -5 50
15 Queens Park Rangers 40 14 8 18 59 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 19 6 3 10 21 30 -7 50
16 Reading 40 13 10 17 48 48 20 7 3 10 24 28 20 6 7 7 24 20 0 49
17 Birmingham City 40 12 13 15 51 63 20 6 6 8 30 35 20 6 7 7 21 28 -12 49
18 Charlton Athletic 41 12 10 19 46 55 21 8 5 8 26 24 20 4 5 11 20 31 -9 46
19 Hull City 40 12 9 19 54 68 21 7 3 11 29 35 19 5 6 8 25 33 -14 45
20 Huddersfield Town 40 12 9 19 49 63 20 7 5 8 24 27 20 5 4 11 25 36 -14 45
21 Middlesbrough 40 10 14 16 40 52 20 6 8 6 18 22 20 4 6 10 22 30 -12 44
22 Stoke City 40 12 7 21 50 61 20 8 3 9 29 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -11 43
23 Barnsley 40 10 11 19 45 62 21 6 8 7 28 33 19 4 3 12 17 29 -17 41
24 Luton Town 40 11 7 22 46 73 19 7 5 7 28 28 21 4 2 15 18 45 -27 40

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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.