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Barnsley face a trip to Burnley at Turf Moor on Friday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 19 out of 29 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, the Clarets carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Mon 24 Nov | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Mar | Burnley | 2 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 26 Dec | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 12 Sep | Burnley | 4 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 20 Sep | Burnley | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | LGEC |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Burnley are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Clarets, with 4 goals against.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Tykes's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Burnley are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 43 points from 24 games. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 28 points from their 24 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burnley | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 16 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With Barnsley not hitting the right notes away from home at the moment, the Madmen safely assumes that Burnley will ease to victory over the Tykes. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burnley | Unbeaten in the last 14 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Barnsley | Not won in previous 4 away matches. |