Walsall vs Barnsley match preview

Competition: England League One
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium

Struggling Walsall will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Barnsley in the upcoming league round. It’s 21st vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Walsall and Barnsley should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

L L W D W

Walsall form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Walsall has to build on here at The Banks's Stadium.

The fans are hoping that Walsall will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League One game against Sunderland (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Walsall lost 2-3 at home to Portsmouth.

Walsall has scored 25 goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 32 goals have been conceded.

D D W W D

Barnsley form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Barnsley who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 13 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Burnley.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Doncaster Rovers (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The League One match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Sunderland.

Barnsley are not goal shy away from home, finding the net 34 times in 19 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Barnsley as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Barnsley - Walsall 1-1. Last nine meetings between the teams: Walsall won 2, Barnsley won 6 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

K. Moore
16 goals / 3 assists
A. Cook
11 goals / 2 assists
M. Thiam
7 goals / 4 assists

Walsall missing players

Barnsley missing players

Walsall Barnsley
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
89% 89% Over 0.5 84% 84%
82% 79% Over 1.5 74% 71%
61% 68% Over 2.5 37% 45%
26% 42% Over 3.5 11% 29%
11% 21% Over 4.5 5% 11%
58% 68% Both teams to score 47% 42%
18% 16% Clean Sheet 53% 50%
34% 26% Failed To Score 16% 24%

  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 38 23 11 4 72 31 19 14 5 0 46 14 19 9 6 4 26 17 41 80
2 Barnsley 38 21 12 5 64 28 19 12 7 0 30 10 19 9 5 5 34 18 36 75
3 Sunderland 37 19 16 2 64 34 19 11 8 0 38 18 18 8 8 2 26 16 30 73
4 Portsmouth 38 20 11 7 66 41 19 10 6 3 33 16 19 10 5 4 33 25 25 71
5 Charlton Athletic 38 19 10 9 55 37 19 12 5 2 29 14 19 7 5 7 26 23 18 67
6 Doncaster Rovers 37 15 12 10 61 46 18 9 7 2 33 17 19 6 5 8 28 29 15 57
7 Coventry City 38 16 8 14 43 42 19 8 5 6 21 18 19 8 3 8 22 24 1 56
8 Peterborough United 38 15 10 13 58 54 19 6 6 7 23 26 19 9 4 6 35 28 4 55
9 Blackpool 38 13 14 11 39 40 19 7 7 5 24 19 19 6 7 6 15 21 -1 53
10 Fleetwood Town 38 14 10 14 49 41 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 6 4 9 21 18 8 52
11 Burton Albion 38 13 11 14 48 44 19 8 5 6 24 17 19 5 6 8 24 27 4 50
12 Plymouth Argyle 38 12 9 17 47 59 19 8 5 6 31 29 19 4 4 11 16 30 -12 45
13 Bristol Rovers 37 11 11 15 37 37 19 4 6 9 18 22 18 7 5 6 19 15 0 44
14 Accrington Stanley 36 11 11 14 38 49 17 5 6 6 19 23 19 6 5 8 19 26 -11 44
15 Wycombe Wanderers 38 11 11 16 47 58 19 8 5 6 24 22 19 3 6 10 23 36 -11 44
16 Gillingham 38 12 8 18 49 61 19 6 3 10 23 30 19 6 5 8 26 31 -12 44
17 Scunthorpe United 38 12 8 18 46 64 19 6 6 7 28 34 19 6 2 11 18 30 -18 44
18 Shrewsbury Town 38 10 13 15 42 50 19 8 7 4 22 19 19 2 6 11 20 31 -8 43
19 Oxford United 38 10 13 15 44 54 19 9 2 8 28 23 19 1 11 7 16 31 -10 43
20 Southend United 38 12 6 20 47 55 19 6 2 11 27 27 19 6 4 9 20 28 -8 42
21 Walsall 38 11 9 18 42 60 19 6 4 9 25 32 19 5 5 9 17 28 -18 42
22 AFC Wimbledon 38 11 6 21 32 53 19 5 3 11 18 30 19 6 3 10 14 23 -21 39
23 Rochdale 37 10 8 19 44 75 19 5 4 10 19 34 18 5 4 9 25 41 -31 38
24 Bradford City 38 10 6 22 42 63 19 7 2 10 23 25 19 3 4 12 19 38 -21 36

Editor’s Pick

More from England - League One