League One match preview: Bristol Rovers versus Barnsley

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Memorial Stadium (11916 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Bristol Rovers have their presumed home advantage while Barnsley are ahead 40 points in the League One table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

D L D W D

Bristol Rovers form and stats

Bristol Rovers's struggle is real here at Memorial Stadium with only 21 points collected from 22 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 5-6-11.

Bristol Rovers manager G. Coughlan and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Fleetwood Town in the League One. Before that game, the home loss against Rochdale with the scoreline 0-1.

Bristol Rovers are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 22 matches. Bristol Rovers's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

W W W W L

Barnsley form and stats

As the visiting team Barnsley, who have the fewest conceded goals (37) in League One, have produced an overall stat of 11-5-6 so far. The fact that Barnsley have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The supporters enjoyed Barnsley's previous game versus Blackpool, a League One 2-1 win played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Plymouth Argyle with the score of 3-0.

Barnsley are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 39 times in 22 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (21 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Barnsley - Bristol Rovers 1-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last one match): Bristol Rovers 0 wins, 0 draws and Barnsley 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

K. Moore
16 goals
C. Woodrow
16 goals / 1 assists
J. Clarke-Harris
11 goals

Bristol Rovers missing players

Barnsley missing players

Bristol Rovers Barnsley
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
45 22 7 Played 7 22 45
12 5 1 Won 5 11 26
15 6 2 Drew 1 5 13
18 11 4 Lost 1 6 6
45 22 7 Scored 17 39 79
49 27 13 Conceded 7 21 37
80% 82% 86% Over 0.5 100% 86% 87%
60% 64% 86% Over 1.5 86% 68% 73%
44% 50% 71% Over 2.5 71% 55% 51%
20% 23% 43% Over 3.5 71% 45% 31%
4% 5% 0% Over 4.5 14% 14% 11%
47% 45% 57% BTTS 57% 36% 47%
33% 27% 14% Clean Sheets 43% 50% 47%
40% 45% 43% Failed To Score 0% 27% 20%
 
4.8 5 5.3 Corners For (avg) 5.1 6.6 6.6
6 5.6 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 6 4.9 4.5
1.7 1.3 0.4 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2 1.7
2 1 1 Red Cards 1 2 2
Key stats this season:
  • Barnsley is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Bristol Rovers is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Bristol Rovers
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
16-03-19 LO Bristol Rovers 0 - 0 Charlton Athletic
23-03-19 LO Plymouth Argyle 2 - 2 Bristol Rovers
26-03-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 4 - 1 Bristol Rovers
30-03-19 LO Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Luton Town
07-04-19 LO Coventry City 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers
13-04-19 LO Bristol Rovers 3 - 2 Bradford City
19-04-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 1 Bristol Rovers
22-04-19 LO Bristol Rovers 0 - 1 Rochdale
27-04-19 LO Fleetwood Town 0 - 0 Bristol Rovers
04-05-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:30 Barnsley
Barnsley
All EFL Trophy League One Championship Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 LO Barnsley 0 - 0 Sunderland
15-03-19 LO Doncaster Rovers 0 - 0 Barnsley
23-03-19 LO Walsall 0 - 1 Barnsley
30-03-19 LO Barnsley 2 - 2 Coventry City
06-04-19 LO Burton Albion 3 - 1 Barnsley
13-04-19 LO Barnsley 4 - 2 Fleetwood Town
19-04-19 LO Barnsley 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
22-04-19 LO Plymouth Argyle 0 - 3 Barnsley
27-04-19 LO Barnsley 2 - 1 Blackpool
04-05-19 LO Bristol Rovers 16:30 Barnsley

  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 45 26 13 6 87 41 22 15 7 0 54 18 23 11 6 6 33 23 46 91
2 Barnsley 45 26 13 6 79 37 23 15 8 0 40 16 22 11 5 6 39 21 42 91
3 Portsmouth 44 25 12 7 80 47 21 12 6 3 39 18 23 13 6 4 41 29 33 87
4 Sunderland 44 22 19 3 78 43 23 12 10 1 46 25 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 85
5 Charlton Athletic 45 25 10 10 69 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 29 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 13 13 74 58 22 12 7 3 43 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 16 70
7 Peterborough United 44 18 12 14 65 59 22 8 7 7 28 27 22 10 5 7 37 32 6 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 Burton Albion 45 17 12 16 65 54 23 11 5 7 35 23 22 6 7 9 30 31 11 63
10 Blackpool 45 15 17 13 50 49 22 8 8 6 28 23 23 7 9 7 22 26 1 62
11 Oxford United 45 15 15 15 57 61 23 11 4 8 34 27 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 60
12 Fleetwood Town 44 15 13 16 56 50 22 8 9 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 58
13 Accrington Stanley 45 14 12 19 50 66 23 7 6 10 26 33 22 7 6 9 24 33 -16 54
14 Rochdale 45 15 9 21 54 83 23 8 4 11 25 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -29 54
15 Gillingham 45 14 10 21 58 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 22 7 6 9 31 36 -14 52
16 Bristol Rovers 45 12 15 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 23 7 9 7 23 22 -4 51
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
18 Wycombe Wanderers 45 13 11 21 54 67 22 9 5 8 27 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -13 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 13 10 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 22 7 5 10 18 26 -21 49
20 Southend United 45 13 8 24 53 67 22 7 2 13 30 33 23 6 6 11 23 34 -14 47
21 Plymouth Argyle 45 12 11 22 53 78 22 8 6 8 33 36 23 4 5 14 20 42 -25 47
22 Walsall 45 12 10 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -22 46
23 Scunthorpe United 45 12 10 23 51 80 23 6 7 10 31 42 22 6 3 13 20 38 -29 46
24 Bradford City 45 11 7 27 49 77 22 7 3 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 40

Editor’s Pick

More from England - League One