It's the FA Cup: Portsmouth and Barnsley face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Portsmouth or Barnsley that keep their silverware dream alive.

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 Portsmouth and Barnsley.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round replays.

29 points is a decent return from 13 League One games here at Fratton Park for Portsmouth. The data says 8 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Portsmouth. The Portsmouth fans aren't used to losing here at Fratton Park and will expect new points from this game. Portsmouth has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.

A nice win for Portsmouth last time playing, versus Scunthorpe United. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with C. McGeehan and J. Marquis scoring for the victors. Before that match, a League One win away at Bolton Wanderers.

This is expected to be a close game, with Portsmouth perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portsmouth as a small favourite), we find three games. Portsmouth has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The manager K. Jackett will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lincoln City in only three days.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 13 league matches. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 matches.

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Barnsley form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-10 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Barnsley are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Preston North End with 0-3 on the scoreboard. A 0-1 defeat away at Bristol City before that.

Barnsley did not look prepared in the first half against Preston North End and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

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 six relevant matches. Results were 0 Barnsley wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

The attacking power of Barnsley when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Barnsley have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 2 - 2 (Portsmouth wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, 0 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
10 goals
BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
10 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
8 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Barnsley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Barnsley
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
16 10   Won W   2 5
6 3   Drew D   3 8
3 0   Lost L   8 12
42 23   Scored S   14 34
27 10   Conceded C   22 46
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
76% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 80%
64% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 64%
28% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 44%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 20%
68% 62%   BTTS BTTS   62% 72%
28% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 8%
8% 8%   Failed to Score F T   38% 28%
 
4.4 4.8   Corners For (avg) C F   4.5 5.2
5.7 4.3   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.8 5.1
1.6 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.3
0 0   Red Cards R C   1 1
 
355 192   Total Shots T S   171 347
138 79   Shots on Target S O   50 107
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 26 14 5 7 48 26 13 6 3 4 24 11 13 8 2 3 24 15 22 47
2 Wycombe Wanderers 27 13 8 6 34 31 14 10 3 1 26 16 13 3 5 5 8 15 3 47
3 Ipswich Town 26 12 9 5 39 24 11 4 5 2 17 10 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 45
4 Coventry City 25 11 11 3 36 26 13 8 4 1 17 9 12 3 7 2 19 17 10 44
5 Oxford United 26 11 8 7 43 26 12 7 3 2 21 10 14 4 5 5 22 16 17 41
6 Sunderland 25 11 8 6 36 24 13 7 5 1 25 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 12 41
7 Portsmouth 25 11 8 6 37 29 13 8 5 0 24 12 12 3 3 6 13 17 8 41
8 Peterborough United 27 11 7 9 48 35 13 8 3 2 29 12 14 3 4 7 19 23 13 40
9 Burton Albion 25 11 6 8 34 30 12 6 3 3 13 8 13 5 3 5 21 22 4 39
10 Doncaster Rovers 24 10 7 7 36 24 15 7 4 4 21 15 9 3 3 3 15 9 12 37
11 Fleetwood Town 24 10 7 7 39 32 13 7 5 1 20 11 11 3 2 6 19 21 7 37
12 Lincoln City 27 11 4 12 36 33 12 9 1 2 24 12 15 2 3 10 12 21 3 37
13 Bristol Rovers 25 10 6 9 30 35 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 5 1 6 12 20 -5 36
14 Gillingham 26 8 11 7 29 25 14 7 3 4 22 14 12 1 8 3 7 11 4 35
15 Blackpool 25 8 10 7 32 29 12 6 2 4 18 15 13 2 8 3 14 14 3 34
16 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 10 7 24 28 12 5 4 3 15 15 13 3 6 4 9 13 -4 34
17 Accrington Stanley 26 7 8 11 36 39 12 5 2 5 25 17 14 2 6 6 11 22 -3 29
18 Rochdale 26 8 4 14 30 43 12 3 3 6 12 17 14 5 1 8 18 26 -13 28
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 7 6 13 31 38 13 5 5 3 15 14 13 2 1 10 16 24 -7 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 27 7 4 16 27 39 14 6 1 7 15 19 13 1 3 9 12 20 -12 25
21 Tranmere Rovers 25 5 7 13 28 45 13 3 5 5 19 20 12 2 2 8 9 25 -17 22
22 Southend United 26 2 7 17 29 66 12 0 4 8 11 34 14 2 3 9 18 32 -37 13
23 Bolton Wanderers 24 4 7 13 19 54 13 3 6 4 14 20 11 1 1 9 5 34 -35 7
  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 28 14 11 3 50 31 14 6 6 2 30 20 14 8 5 1 20 11 19 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
7 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
8 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
9 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 28 8 4 16 34 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -8 28
22 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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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 West Bromwich Albion 28 14 11 3 50 31 14 6 6 2 30 20 14 8 5 1 20 11 19 53
2 Leeds United 28 15 7 6 43 24 13 7 4 2 19 10 15 8 3 4 24 14 19 52
3 Fulham 28 14 6 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 13 5 4 4 16 14 12 48
4 Brentford 28 14 5 9 44 21 13 8 3 2 25 9 15 6 2 7 19 12 23 47
5 Nottingham Forest 27 13 8 6 38 27 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 6 6 2 21 13 11 47
6 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
7 Swansea City 28 12 9 7 34 31 15 7 3 5 19 16 13 5 6 2 15 15 3 45
8 Millwall 28 11 11 6 36 32 14 8 4 2 23 14 14 3 7 4 13 18 4 44
9 Bristol City 28 12 8 8 42 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 22 2 44
10 Sheffield Wednesday 28 12 6 10 39 31 14 6 4 4 14 15 14 6 2 6 25 16 8 42
11 Blackburn Rovers 28 11 7 10 40 35 14 6 6 2 17 12 14 5 1 8 23 23 5 40
12 Hull City 28 11 6 11 40 36 14 6 2 6 21 17 14 5 4 5 19 19 4 39
13 Cardiff City 28 9 12 7 39 41 13 7 5 1 19 10 15 2 7 6 20 31 -2 39
14 Queens Park Rangers 28 11 5 12 46 51 15 6 4 5 29 27 13 5 1 7 17 24 -5 38
15 Derby County 28 9 10 9 29 36 15 8 5 2 19 11 13 1 5 7 10 25 -7 37
16 Reading 27 10 6 11 34 31 13 6 1 6 19 17 14 4 5 5 15 14 3 36
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Charlton Athletic 28 7 8 13 37 41 14 5 4 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 29
20 Huddersfield Town 28 7 8 13 31 44 15 4 5 6 16 21 13 3 3 7 15 23 -13 29
21 Stoke City 28 8 4 16 34 42 14 4 3 7 17 20 14 4 1 9 17 22 -8 28
22 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
23 Wigan Athletic 28 5 8 15 25 43 13 4 4 5 12 17 15 1 4 10 13 26 -18 23
24 Luton Town 28 6 3 19 34 61 13 4 3 6 20 22 15 2 0 13 14 39 -27 21

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