A quick look at the League One table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all there is to know. Get our Barnsley - Exeter City match preview!
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Exeter City could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a EFL Trophy game only four sleeps ago.
Barnsley form and stats
The total League One stats at home this season for Barnsley are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Barnsley are returning here after visiting Fleetwood Town and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Aitchison scored the goal(s). The victory against Fleetwood Town came after Aitchison's winning goal. The Barnsley manager Duff was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 86th minute. Defender Andersen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Andersen won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Barnsley won a home game hosting Charlton Athletic (3-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Barnsley handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
There will be little rest for Barnsley after this match as they are travelling to Doncaster Rovers for a EFL Trophy game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Barnsley in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches.
Exeter City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The club members enjoyed Exeter City's previous fixture versus Southampton U21, a EFL Trophy win (2-1) played at home.
A draw for Exeter before that, at their own venue hosting Bristol Rovers (2-2).Exeter City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of 4 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Exeter City manager Taylor as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Charlton Athletic.
The travelling fans enjoy Exeter's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Exeter City have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 7 goals |   D. Cole 4 goals |  S. Nombe 4 goals |
Barnsley missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Barnsley | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 91% |
| 73% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 73% |
| 55% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 36% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 45% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 13 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 42% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 49% |
| 10.3 | 10.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.4 | 10.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Exeter City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Peterborough United | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Derby County | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Shrewsbury Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Lincoln City | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Port Vale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Oxford United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 19 | Wycombe Wanderers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 11 |
| 20 | Milton Keynes Dons | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
