Barnsley play host to Sheffield United at Oakwell on Saturday afternoon,
The last time the two teams met at Barnsley was back in March 2002, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Sat 09 Mar | Barnsley | 1-1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
2001/2002 | Fri 14 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
2000/2001 | Sat 07 Apr | Sheff. Utd. | 1 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
2000/2001 | Sat 09 Dec | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
1999/2000 | Tue 07 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 3 | Barnsley | CHMP |
1999/2000 | Sat 06 Nov | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Tykes in those games, with 2 conceded.
Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 38 matches. Sheff. Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 50 points from their 38 games played so far,
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tykes are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw
Sequence statistics: | |
Barnsley | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
Sheff. Utd. | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |