Team News
Barnsley are without Ryan Williams, Paul Digby and Marcello Trotta who are all on international duty.
Devante Cole and Leroy Lita are both vying to replace Trotta in the starting line-up whilst Keith Treacy could replace Williams as he did in the 5-0 victory over Burton last weekend.
Danny Wilson has no injury worries to contend with as The Reds go hunting for a third win in a row for the first time in 19 months and a third successive win with three clean sheets for the first time in eight years!
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Ross Turnbull
Joe Dudgeon
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Lewin Nyatanga
Ryan Williams
Connor Hourihane
Luke Berry
James Bailey
Sam Winnall
Marcello Trotta
Head to Head
Last Six Barnsley v Colchester results:
29/1/08 Barnsley (Jon Macken 45) 1-0 Colchester (Championship)
18/8/07 Colchester (Teddy Sheringham 45, Matthew Connolly 48) 2-2 Barnsley (Brian Howard 28, 85) (Championship)
10/2/07 Barnsley 0-3 Colchester (Karl Duguid 3, Jamie Cureton 10, Hogan Ephraim 83) (Championship)
12/8/06 Colchester (Greg Halford 42) 1-2 Barnsley (Marc Richards 57, Brian Howard 78) (Championship)
25/2/06 Barnsley (Brian Howard 72) 1-0 Colchester (League One)
13/08/05 Colchester (Chris Iwelumo 48) 1-0 Barnsley (League One)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 13
Colchester Wins: 12
Draws: 11
Barnsley Goals: 49
Colchester Goals: 48
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 8
Colchester Wins: 6
Draws: 4
Barnsley Goals: 26
Colchester Goals: 17
First Met In League: Colchester 2-2 Barnsley, Saturday 29th August 1959. (Third Division)
Biggest Win: Barnsley 4-0 Colchester, (Fourth Division), Saturday 16th September 1972.
Biggest Defeat: Colchester 4-0 Barnsley, (Fourth Division), Saturday 11th September 1965.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Jon Macken 45) 1-0 Colchester (Championship), Tuesday 29th January 2008.
Last Away Win: Colchester (Greg Halford 42) 1-2 Barnsley (Marc Richards 57, Brian Howard 78) (Championship), Saturday 12th August 2006.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Daniel Nardiello 41) 1-1 Colchester (Gavin Johnson 88) (League One), Saturday 30th April 2005.
Last Away Draw: Colchester (Teddy Sheringham 45, Matthew Connolly 48) 2-2 Barnsley (Brian Howard 28, 85) (Championship), Saturday 18th August 2007.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-3 Colchester (Karl Duguid 3, Jamie Cureton 10, Hogan Ephraim 83) (Championship), Saturday 10th February 2007.
Last Away Defeat: Colchester (Chris Iwelumo 48) 1-0 Barnsley (League One), Saturday 13th August 2005.
Last Home Meeting:
Tuesday 29th January 2008.
Barnsley 1 0 Colchester
Macken 45
Barnsley:
Heinz Muller, Bobby Hassell, Tininho, Stephen Foster, Dennis Souza, Jamal-Campbell-Ryce (Kayode Odejayi 89), Marciano Van Homoet, Diego Leon, Brian Howard, Jon Macken, Daniel Nardiello (Istvan Ferenczi 73)
Unused substitutes:
Rob Kozluk, Sam Togwell, Michael Coulson.
Manager: Simon Davey.
Colchester:
Dean Gerken, Phil Ifil, Chris Coyne, John White, Adam Virgo, Kem Izzet, Mark Yeates (Jamie Guy 61), Luke Gutteridge (Teddy Sheringham 79), Johnnie Jackson, Clive Platt, Kevin Lisbie.
Unused substitutes:
Mark Cousins, Bela Balogh, Danny Granville.
Manager: Geraint Williams.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 0
Colchester: 0
Number of managers since this game (including caretakers):
Barnsley: 5 (Mark Robins, Keith Hill, David Flitcroft, Micky Mellon, Danny Wilson)
Colchester: 5 (Paul Lambert, Joe Dunne (twice), Ady Boothroyd, John Ward, Tony Humes)
This Season:
Last six 2014-2015 results:
Barnsley:
8/11/14 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 3, Conor Hourihane, Devante Cole) 5–0 Burton (FA Cup)
1/11/14 Sheffield United 0–1 Barnsley (Sam Winnall) (League One)
25/10/14 Barnsley (Sam Winnall, Conor Hourihane) 2–2 Bristol City (Luke Ayling, Aaron Wilbraham) (League One)
21/10/14 Barnsley (Devante Cole, Conor Hourihane) 2–3 Notts County (League One)
18/10/14 Peterborough 2–1 Barnsley (Devante Cole) (League One)
12/10/14 Barnsley (Rory McArdle og, Sam Winnall, Kane Hemmings) 3–1 Bradford (Jason Kennedy) (League One)
W: 3 D: 1 L: 2 F: 14 A: 8 GD: +6 Points: 7 *one win in cup.
Colchester:
9/11/14 Gosport Borough 3–6 (Gavin Massey, Sanchez Watt, Freddie Sears 2, Alex Gilbey, Sammie Szmodics) Colchester (FA Cup)
1/11/14 Colchester (Freddie Sears) 1-2 Port Vale (League One)
25/10/14 Swindon 2-2 Colchester (Rhys Healey, Gavin Massey) (League One)
21/10/14 Colchester (Rhys Healey, Freddie Sears) 2-1 Chesterfield (League One)
18/10/14 Scunthorpe 1-1 Colchester (Freddie Sears) (League One)
11/10/14 Colchester (Gavin Massey 2) 2-1 Fleetwood (League One)
W: 3 D: 2 L: 1 F: 14 A: 10 GD: +4 Points: 8 *one win in cup.
Interesting Stats:
In each of the last three seasons that Barnsley and Colchester have met, they have clashed in August.
Barnsley have lost just one of the last seven meetings at Oakwell, three of those have been 1-0 wins and two 1-1 draws.
The two sides are quite evenly matched when meeting at Barnsley however, with The Reds just shading it eight wins to six.
This will be the ninth meeting at this level of English football (out of 37 in total). Barnsley have lost just one of the previous eight, four of them have ended in stalemate.
Colchester need one more goal to reach 50 v Barnsley, The Reds need five to reach a half century against the U’s.
Colchester have made an average start to the 2014-2015 League One season winning four and losing seven.
The Essex side who were promoted from League One with Barnsley back in 2006 lost four of their first five league games this season and won one of the first nine.
But now in all competitions they boast a record of just two defeats in their last 10 games home or away.
The U’s have won two at home and two away and have lost just one of their last six league games on the road.
Tony Humes’ side have been big scorers and conceders in League One this season, netting 22 times, the most amongst the bottom half of the table sides, and conceding 24, only five sides have conceded more.
In that sense they have a very similar record to Barnsley. Both sides have conceded 24 goals, whilst The Reds have scored one more themselves.
They have now scored in nine successive games in all competitions, their best run for 12 months.
Like Barnsley, Colchester were among the goals in the first round of the FA Cup last weekend, winning 6-3 at Conference South side Gosport Borough.
It was the first time the U’s had scored six in one game since a 7-1 victory at Norwich on the opening day of the 2009-2010 season.
The U’s did concede three to the Conference South side and they have gone eight games in all competitions without keeping a clean sheet.
Indeed, Colchester have kept just four shutouts all season- which came in the space of five games in September- and three of those were away from home.
Freddie Sears has scored in five of his last six appearances for Colchester.
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 11 Won: 5 Drawn: 3 Lost: 3 Scored: 15 Conceded: 17.
Last match on the 14th November: 1998. Barnsley 0-1 Ipswich.
Last win: 1992
Last draw: 1987
Last defeat: 1998
STAT! – Barnsley play on this date for the first time in 16 years but they have lost just three of 11 games.
Colchester:
Played: 8 Won: 4 Drawn: 2 Lost: 2 Scored: 19 Conceded: 11.
Last match on the 14th November: 2009. Colchester (Clive Platt 2) 2-2 Exeter. Att: 5,208.
Last win: 1999
Last draw: 2009
Last defeat: 1998
STAT! – Colchester have lost just two of eight games on this date.
Mad Sites:
www.colchesterunited-mad.co.uk
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 8th November 2014:
1pm:
Oldham v Crawley
3pm:
Coventry v Notts County
Crewe v Chesterfield
Doncaster v Sheffield United
Gillingham v Leyton Orient
Port Vale v Bradford
Preston v Bradford
Swindon v Bristol City
Walsall v Peterborough
Yeovil v Fleetwood