FootyMAD's Luton Town match preview

History of the Barnsley v Luton Town fixture

Barnsley are ready to welcome Luton Town to Oakwell on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 19 wins out of 28 previous matches.

The previous match played between the two at Oakwell was within the last three years, in August 2004, with Luton Town inflicting a narrow 3-4 defeat upon the Tykes in a League One match.

For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here

Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Fri 25 Mar	Luton Town	1 - 3	Barnsley	LGE1
2004/2005	Sat 14 Aug	Barnsley	3-4	Luton Town	LGE1
2003/2004	Sat 06 Mar	Barnsley	0 - 0	Luton Town	LGE1
2003/2004	Sat 20 Dec	Luton Town	0 - 1	Barnsley	LGE1
2002/2003	Sat 18 Jan	Barnsley	2 - 3	Luton Town	LGE1
2002/2003	Sat 24 Aug	Luton Town	2 - 3	Barnsley	LGE1
1998/1999	Tue 10 Nov	Luton Town	1 - 0	Barnsley	LGEC

Recent respective form guides

Barnsley's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Tykes's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Luton Town's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The The Hatters's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.

Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 11 points from their 9 matches. Luton Town's 12 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here

Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Barnsley	6	1	1	4	7	14	4
Luton Town	6	2	2	2	9	9	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at Oakwell for the Tykes and the Madmen are unable to see past Luton Town claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Barnsley	Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Luton Town	4 games since last away draw.