Barnsley vs Blackpool betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23009 seats)

Barnsley perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Blackpool can look both up and down from their 9th position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley, who have the fewest conceded goals (36) in League One, have performed well at Oakwell Stadium so far this season with 14 wins from 22 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 8 games and lost 0. The Barnsley fans aren't used to losing here at Oakwell Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Barnsley has played 30 games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Barnsley in their previous game, a League One match away at Plymouth Argyle that ended with a 3-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Shrewsbury Town in a game that was won 2-1.

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 Barnsley home games with this odds we find two games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Barnsley have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Oakwell Stadium with 38 goals in 22 matches. Barnsley have only conceded 15 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Blackpool form and stats

7 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Blackpool playing as the away team this season. Two points from the last two away games for Blackpool, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The supporters enjoyed Blackpool's previous game versus Fleetwood Town, a League One 2-1 win played at home. Before that, Blackpool travelled to Scunthorpe United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

The visitors have scored 21 goals from 22 away games, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Blackpool have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Blackpool - Barnsley 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Barnsley won 4, Blackpool won 3 and 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

K. Moore
16 goals
C. Woodrow
15 goals / 1 assists
A. Gnanduillet
10 goals

Barnsley missing players

Blackpool missing players

Barnsley Blackpool
Total Home Statistic Away Total
44 22 Played 22 44
77 38 Scored 21 49
36 15 Conceded 24 47
86% 86% Over 0.5 73% 82%
73% 77% Over 1.5 59% 64%
50% 45% Over 2.5 41% 43%
32% 18% Over 3.5 23% 23%
11% 9% Over 4.5 9% 7%
45% 55% Both teams to score 36% 41%
48% 45% Clean Sheet 45% 39%
20% 14% Failed To Score 45% 39%
 
6.3 6.3 Corners For (avg) 4.3 4.5
4.4 4.2 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 5.5
1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.2
2 0 Red Cards (total) 4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 43 26 12 5 84 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 22 11 6 5 32 21 47 90
2 Barnsley 44 25 13 6 77 36 22 14 8 0 38 15 22 11 5 6 39 21 41 88
3 Portsmouth 43 25 11 7 79 46 21 12 6 3 39 18 22 13 5 4 40 28 33 86
4 Sunderland 43 22 18 3 77 42 22 12 9 1 45 24 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 84
5 Charlton Athletic 44 24 10 10 67 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 22 9 5 8 30 25 27 82
6 Doncaster Rovers 43 19 12 12 71 54 21 12 7 2 42 19 22 7 5 10 29 35 17 69
7 Peterborough United 43 18 12 13 65 56 22 8 7 7 28 27 21 10 5 6 37 29 9 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Blackpool 44 15 17 12 49 47 22 8 8 6 28 23 22 7 9 6 21 24 2 62
10 Burton Albion 44 16 12 16 63 53 22 10 5 7 33 22 22 6 7 9 30 31 10 60
11 Oxford United 44 15 14 15 55 59 22 11 3 8 32 25 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 59
12 Fleetwood Town 43 15 12 16 56 50 21 8 8 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 57
13 Gillingham 44 14 10 20 58 70 22 7 4 11 27 34 22 7 6 9 31 36 -12 52
14 Rochdale 44 14 9 21 53 83 22 7 4 11 24 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -30 51
15 Bristol Rovers 44 12 14 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 22 7 8 7 23 22 -4 50
16 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
17 Wycombe Wanderers 44 13 11 20 53 65 22 9 5 8 27 26 22 4 6 12 26 39 -12 50
18 Accrington Stanley 43 12 12 19 43 64 22 6 6 10 21 32 21 6 6 9 22 32 -21 48
19 Southend United 44 13 8 23 53 66 22 7 2 13 30 33 22 6 6 10 23 33 -13 47
20 Plymouth Argyle 44 12 11 21 52 73 22 8 6 8 33 36 22 4 5 13 19 37 -21 47
21 Scunthorpe United 44 12 10 22 49 77 22 6 7 9 29 39 22 6 3 13 20 38 -28 46
22 AFC Wimbledon 43 12 9 22 38 60 22 5 5 12 22 36 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 45
23 Walsall 44 11 10 23 46 71 22 6 5 11 27 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -25 43
24 Bradford City 44 10 7 27 46 75 22 7 3 12 25 31 22 3 4 15 21 44 -29 37

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