Match guide: Barnsley expected to win when Morecambe comes to visit

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Oakwell Stadium (23287 seats)

Three points for the home side is anticipated from this game if the league standings is to be believed. The Barnsley followers are hopeful that the gap between 4th and Morecambe's 22nd spot in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Barnsley have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Exeter City, so at least Barnsley are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Barnsley form and stats

Barnsley are steadily winning League One games and points here at Oakwell Stadium. 13 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats is the summary from 18 games. After failing to beat Bolton Wanderers here at Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Barnsley faced defeat in their previous match, away at Exeter City (1-3). This club accomplished a twelve league matches long consecutive run without a defeat until that game! Thomas was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.45 out of 10. The defender Thomas scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Before that, Barnsley had a home game versus Sheffield Wednesday which ended with a victory 4-2.

At Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley has the goal stats of 36-18 (for/against) from 18 league fixtures.

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Morecambe form and stats

There's been little loot from Morecambe's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 19 away games in the League One. Morecambe only have 1 win to counter their 13 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Morecambe have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road.

There might be some fixture complaints from Morecambe as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Milton Keynes Dons. Defender Gibson was the best team player with a rating of 7.41. Gibson hit two key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Oxford United.

You'll want to know how Morecambe managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 5 similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 0 draws and 5 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Morecambe as they have only managed to score 12 times from 19 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Morecambe have conceded 37 goals in their away games. Morecambe has visited these top teams seven times, and 5 of 7 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The newest logged scoreline between these participants is the Morecambe - Barnsley 1-0 played not long ago this season. Head-to-head data (for the previous four meetings): Barnsley won one game, one match ended in a draw and Morecambe have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / three.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyD. Cole
D. Cole
11 goals
BarnsleyJ. Norwood
J. Norwood
9 goals
MorecambeJ. Weir
J. Weir
8 goals

Barnsley missing players

Morecambe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Barnsley Morecambe
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 7 19 39
22 13 6 Won W 0 1 7
6 1 0 Drew D 1 5 13
9 4 0 Lost L 6 13 19
61 36 13 Scored S 2 12 37
34 18 2 Conceded C 19 37 63
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
76% 89% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 86% 74% 77%
51% 61% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 71% 53% 49%
27% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 26% 23%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 10%
43% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 29% 53% 54%
38% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
24% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 71% 47% 36%
 
5.1 5.3 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.9 3 3.4
4.8 4 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.9 6.8
2.1 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12 12.7 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.7 9.5
3.7 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.9 2.5 3.2
45% 47% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 29%
 
8.9 8.6 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 20.6 17.6 17
2.8 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.1 5.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Barnsley have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Barnsley have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Morecambe have scored away.
  • Barnsley have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in League One
  • Barnsley have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League One
  • Barnsley haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Morecambe have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Morecambe have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Morecambe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Morecambe haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 37 23 9 5 64 28 19 13 5 1 42 14 18 10 4 4 22 14 36 78
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 37 12 7 18 32 47 18 7 4 7 17 21 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 43
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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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 Plymouth Argyle 38 24 8 6 67 41 19 17 1 1 38 13 19 7 7 5 29 28 26 80
2 Sheffield Wednesday 37 23 9 5 64 28 19 13 5 1 42 14 18 10 4 4 22 14 36 78
3 Ipswich Town 37 21 12 4 72 31 19 12 6 1 42 12 18 9 6 3 30 19 41 75
4 Barnsley 37 22 6 9 61 34 18 13 1 4 36 18 19 9 5 5 25 16 27 72
5 Bolton Wanderers 38 18 10 10 52 31 19 12 4 3 28 11 19 6 6 7 24 20 21 64
6 Derby County 38 18 10 10 59 39 19 12 4 3 37 16 19 6 6 7 22 23 20 64
7 Peterborough United 38 20 3 15 65 47 19 12 2 5 35 21 19 8 1 10 30 26 18 63
8 Wycombe Wanderers 38 18 7 13 51 36 19 10 4 5 28 17 19 8 3 8 23 19 15 61
9 Portsmouth 38 15 13 10 53 44 19 7 9 3 30 20 19 8 4 7 23 24 9 58
10 Shrewsbury Town 37 16 7 14 47 41 18 10 2 6 28 22 19 6 5 8 19 19 6 55
11 Exeter City 38 14 10 14 56 49 19 9 5 5 32 21 19 5 5 9 24 28 7 52
12 Charlton Athletic 38 12 13 13 53 50 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 6 6 7 23 26 3 49
13 Fleetwood Town 38 12 13 13 41 39 19 6 6 7 19 19 19 6 7 6 22 20 2 49
14 Lincoln City 37 9 18 10 34 40 18 4 13 1 16 14 19 5 5 9 18 26 -6 45
15 Bristol Rovers 37 12 9 16 50 60 19 5 6 8 22 30 18 7 3 8 28 30 -10 45
16 Port Vale 38 12 9 17 40 55 19 7 4 8 20 25 19 5 5 9 20 30 -15 45
17 Cheltenham Town 37 12 7 18 32 47 18 7 4 7 17 21 19 5 3 11 15 26 -15 43
18 Burton Albion 36 11 8 17 47 70 18 6 5 7 21 29 18 5 3 10 26 41 -23 41
19 Milton Keynes Dons 38 11 6 21 34 54 19 4 4 11 13 25 19 7 2 10 21 29 -20 39
20 Oxford United 37 9 10 18 39 49 18 5 3 10 22 26 19 4 7 8 17 23 -10 37
21 Accrington Stanley 38 8 11 19 30 63 19 5 5 9 20 30 19 3 6 10 10 33 -33 35
22 Morecambe 39 7 13 19 37 63 20 6 8 6 25 26 19 1 5 13 12 37 -26 34
23 Cambridge United 37 8 6 23 28 59 19 6 4 9 17 23 18 2 2 14 11 36 -31 30
24 Forest Green Rovers 38 6 8 24 29 71 19 5 1 13 14 32 19 1 7 11 15 39 -42 26

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