Preview: Barnsley favourite to overcome Forest Green Rovers at Oakwell Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Barnsley have won 21 points performing as the team playing at home. Forest Green Rovers have brought back 13 points playing away. Could we look at anything else than a home win?

Insights:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (33) in League One

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.

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Barnsley form and stats

The League One stats at home this season for Barnsley are 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). The Barnsley manager Duff might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Stress levels are on the rise for Barnsley's attacking players as they have now played 360 minutes without scoring in a league game. Aitchison was their last goal scorer.

The Barnsley crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Lincoln City here at Oakwell Stadium. Defender Andersen got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.23/10. Andersen hit one key pass and won 7 of 7 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Morecambe (0-1).

It should be taken into account that a look at the 12 most recent league fixtures shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The Barnsley fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-4-3 (8 played). Visiting Forest Green Rovers has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Rovers has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Fleetwood Town for a 1-1 draw. Midfield player O'Keeffe was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.44/10. O'Keeffe served one assist and hit two key passes.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Portsmouth.

The visiting Forest Green Rovers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. Forest Green Rovers have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Forest Green RoversC. Wickham
C. Wickham
5 goals
BarnsleyD. Cole
D. Cole
4 goals
BarnsleyJ. Benson
J. Benson
3 goals

Barnsley missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Barnsley Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 3 8 16
6 3 1 Won W 1 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 4
6 3 0 Lost L 0 3 9
17 8 1 Scored S 5 10 15
14 8 0 Conceded C 4 18 33
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
40% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 62%
13% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 19%
27% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 88% 62%
40% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
40% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 31%
 
5.3 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4 4.1
4.6 4.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.8 6.8
1.9 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.6 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.1 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.9 9.1
3.5 3.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 3.1 3.4
33% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 40% 27%
 
9.1 9.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15.5 13.7
3.1 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 4.2 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Forest Green Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (33) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-18) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 16 12 2 2 32 17 8 8 0 0 15 3 8 4 2 2 17 14 15 38
2 Ipswich Town 16 11 3 2 31 14 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 6 1 1 16 8 17 36
3 Sheffield Wednesday 15 9 3 3 28 13 7 4 2 1 17 8 8 5 1 2 11 5 15 30
4 Peterborough United 16 9 1 6 31 19 8 6 1 1 20 4 8 3 0 5 11 15 12 28
5 Bolton Wanderers 15 8 3 4 18 11 8 6 1 1 12 4 7 2 2 3 6 7 7 27
6 Portsmouth 14 7 5 2 24 16 7 3 4 0 13 7 7 4 1 2 11 9 8 26
7 Exeter City 16 6 4 6 26 21 8 4 1 3 14 11 8 2 3 3 12 10 5 22
8 Charlton Athletic 16 5 7 4 23 19 8 4 3 1 16 8 8 1 4 3 7 11 4 22
9 Barnsley 15 6 3 6 17 14 7 3 1 3 8 8 8 3 2 3 9 6 3 21
10 Derby County 14 6 3 5 15 12 7 4 1 2 10 8 7 2 2 3 5 4 3 21
11 Lincoln City 14 5 6 3 17 17 6 1 5 0 7 5 8 4 1 3 10 12 0 21
12 Shrewsbury Town 15 6 3 6 15 17 7 3 1 3 7 9 8 3 2 3 8 8 -2 21
13 Wycombe Wanderers 15 6 2 7 20 20 7 3 1 3 11 8 8 3 1 4 9 12 0 20
14 Bristol Rovers 15 5 4 6 24 26 8 2 3 3 12 15 7 3 1 3 12 11 -2 19
15 Port Vale 15 5 4 6 17 22 8 2 3 3 10 11 7 3 1 3 7 11 -5 19
16 Cambridge United 16 6 1 9 18 28 8 4 0 4 9 12 8 2 1 5 9 16 -10 19
17 Fleetwood Town 15 3 8 4 13 14 8 1 5 2 5 6 7 2 3 2 8 8 -1 17
18 Cheltenham Town 15 5 2 8 13 20 8 4 0 4 10 12 7 1 2 4 3 8 -7 17
19 Accrington Stanley 15 4 4 7 17 25 8 2 3 3 12 15 7 2 1 4 5 10 -8 16
20 Oxford United 14 4 3 7 15 17 7 2 1 4 7 9 7 2 2 3 8 8 -2 15
21 Milton Keynes Dons 15 4 1 10 15 22 8 1 1 6 6 14 7 3 0 4 9 8 -7 13
22 Forest Green Rovers 16 3 4 9 15 33 8 2 0 6 5 15 8 1 4 3 10 18 -18 13
23 Burton Albion 16 3 3 10 18 31 8 2 1 5 5 13 8 1 2 5 13 18 -13 12
24 Morecambe 15 2 5 8 11 25 7 1 2 4 4 12 8 1 3 4 7 13 -14 11

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.