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Barnsley face a trip to Leicester City at Walkers Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 29 and win only 8 of the 51 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in October 2007, with Leicester City running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 27 Oct | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Apr | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Leicester City | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 02 May | Leicester City | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 27 Sep | Barnsley | 0 - 2 | Leicester City | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 02 Dec | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Foxes in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Tykes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The Tykes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Leicester City's 5 points from 3 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Barnsley find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 3 games have yielded only 1 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Foxes. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 25 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | Undefeated in last 6 away games. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |