Barnsley pay a visit to Oxford United and The Kassam Stadium loaded with confidence, but the team playing at home is not easy meat. More news on the fixture here!
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barnsley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
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.
Oxford United form and stats
3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Oxford United so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Oxford United, facing Accrington Stanley in a game that ended 1-1. Moore, defender, was given a rating of 7.42/10 in that game, top of the team. Moore hit one key pass and won 14 of 17 duels.
Ahead of that fixture, a home win against Exeter City in the FA Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Oxford perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oxford United as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Oxford United has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had goals from both teams.
Oxford United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. Oxford United have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Barnsley form and stats
Playing away, Barnsley have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League One this season. The fact that Barnsley have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Barnsley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Peterborough United (placed 6th). Midfield player Phillips was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.31/10. Phillips scored one goal.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Crewe Alexandra in the FA Cup (3-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Barnsley in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Barnsley, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
The visiting Barnsley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. Barnsley are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Oxford United-Barnsley H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Oxford United zero wins, Barnsley two wins, one draw. three of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Brannagan 6 goals |  K. Joseph 5 goals |   D. Cole 5 goals |
Oxford United missing players
Barnsley missing players
| Oxford United | Barnsley | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 63% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 42% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 70% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 42% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 32% |
| 5 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.7 | 19.1 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.2 | 11.8 |
| 1.9 | 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3 | 3.6 |
| 68% | 52% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 40% | 37% |
| 9.3 | 8.2 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
- Barnsley have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Oxford United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Oxford United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Oxford United 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Derby County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 20 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
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