It's still early in the Championship season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Stoke City - Barnsley preview!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stoke City form and stats
Stoke City have less points than they have played home games in the Championship so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 1 point.
It's back home for Stoke, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Luton Town away with the result 2-0. Nick Powell and Steven Fletcher found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Birmingham City that ended 1-1.
Adam Davies loved the game against Luton Town. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-0 victory.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Stoke as they have a new game in only three days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Brentford are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Stoke City at home in the league. 1 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Barnsley form and stats
No Championship points yet away for Barnsley, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Barnsley are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in Barnsley's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 2-2 vs Bristol City (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Middlesbrough's place.
Jack Walton had red hot gloves after the game against Bristol City, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Barnsley manager A. Murray as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Millwall.
It's early days yet, but Barnsley has scored 1 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Stoke City-Barnsley H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Stoke City two wins, Barnsley one win, three draws. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Powell 2 goals |   C. Woodrow 2 goals |  L. Gregory 1 goals |
Stoke City missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Stoke City | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 56 | 19 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 20 | 59 |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 36% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 27% |
- All of Barnsley's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Stoke City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Barnsley have lost all their away matches so far.
- Stoke City have yet to win a game at home.
| Stoke City | Last season | Barnsley | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 13 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Lost | L | 14 | 21 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 20 | 49 | ||
| 68 | 26 | Conceded | C | 36 | 69 | ||
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 91% | ||
| 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 70% | ||
| 54% | 52% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 48% | 46% | ||
| 30% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 11% | ||
| 48% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 50% | ||
| 26% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 35% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 35% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 534 | 310 | Total Shots | T S | 295 | 613 | ||
| 165 | 95 | Shots on Target | S O | 78 | 180 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bristol City | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | AFC Bournemouth | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Swansea City | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Watford | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Millwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Stoke City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | Brentford | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Middlesbrough | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Birmingham City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rotherham United | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 19 | Coventry City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 20 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 21 | Derby County | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 22 | Barnsley | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -4 |
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