Team News
Bobby Hassell is a doubt after being forced to pull out of the Birmingham game with a calf injury. Danny Wilson does have extended options however as Jim McNulty, Dale Jennings and Chris Dagnall have all returned from loan spells. Reuben Noble-Lazarus has also returned from Scunthorpe but is injured.
The Reds are still waiting to find out whether Stoke City will let Brek Shea play in the cup.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Tom Kennedy
Peter Ramage
Jean Yves-Mvoto
Martin Cranie
Stephen Dawson
Jacob Mellis
David Perkins
Jim O’Brien
Brek Shea
Chris O’Grady
Head To Head
Last Six Barnsley v Coventry results:
25/2/12 Coventry 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
1/10/11 Barnsley 2-0 Coventry (Championship)
3/1/11 Barnsley 2-1 Coventry (Championship)
23/10/10 Coventry 3-0 Barnsley (Championship)
9/1/10 Coventry 3-1 Barnsley (Championship)
15/8/09 Barnsley 0-2 Coventry (Championship)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 16
Coventry Wins: 26
Draws: 12
Barnsley Goals: 67
Coventry Goals: 92
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 14
Coventry Wins: 7
Draws: 6
Barnsley Goals: 45
Coventry Goals: 30
Barnsley and Coventry have never before met in the FA Cup.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 6-2 Coventry Saturday 31st March 1923.
Biggest Defeat: Coventry 4-0 Barnsley Saturday 16th October 1948, Saturday 23rd February 2002 & Saturday 2nd February 2008
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Andy Gray 42, 55) 2-0 Coventry Saturday 1st October 2011.
Last Away Win: Coventry 2-3 Barnsley Saturday 25th August 1923.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Bruce Dyer 79) 1-1 Coventry (Jairo Martinez) Tuesday 25th September 2001.
Last Away Draw: Coventry (Elliott Ward 90) 1-1 Barnsley (Daniel Bogdanovic 9) Tuesday 21st April 2009.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-2 Coventry (Leon Best 8, Clinton Morrison 81) Saturday 15th August 2009.
Last Away Defeat: Coventry (Clive Platt 90) 1-0 Barnsley Saturday 25th February 2012.
Last Home Meeting:
Saturday 1st October 2011.
Barnsley 2 0 Coventry
Andy Gray pen 42
Andy Gray 55
Barnsley:
Luke Steele, Bobby Hassell (Scott Wiseman 33), Jay McEveley, Stephen Foster, Jim McNulty, Nathan Doyle, Jim O’Brien, Jacob Butterfield, Danny Drinkwater, Ricardo Vaz Te (Cameron Park 82), Andy Gray.
Unused Subs: David Preece, Miles Addison, Danny Rose
Manager: Keith Hill.
Coventry:
Joe Murphy, Richard Keogh, Chris Hussey (Cyrus Christie 46), Martin Cranie (David Bell 49), Nathan Cameron, Sammy Clingan, Gary Deegan, Conor Thomas, Lukas Jutkiewicz, Gary McSheffrey, Roy O’Donovan (Clive Platt 46).
Unused Substitutes: Chris Dunn, Cody McDonald.
Manager: Andy Thorn.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 6 (Steele, Hassell, Wiseman, McNulty, O’Brien, Rose)
Coventry: 3(Murphy, Thomas, Christie)
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
1/1/14 Birmingham 1–1 Barnsley (Championship)
29/12/13 Barnsley 1–2 Derby (Championship)
26/12/13 Barnsley 0-1 Bolton (Championship)
21/12/13 Leeds 0-0 Barnsley (Championship)
14/12/13 Barnsley 1–1 Yeovil (Championship)
7/12/13 Burnley 1–0 Barnsley (Championship)
W: 0 D: 3 L: 3 F: 3 A: 6 GD: -3 Points: 3
Coventry:
1/1/14 Rotherham 1–3 Coventry (League One)
29/12/13 Coventry 1-1 Oldham (League One)
26/12/13 Coventry 4-2 Peterborough (League One)
21/12/13 Swindon 2-1 Coventry (League One)
17/12/13 Coventry 2-1 Hartlepool (FA Cup)
14/12/13 Coventry 2-2 Crewe (League One)
W: 3 D: 2 L: 1 F: 13 A: 9 GD: +4 Points: 8 *one win in FA Cup.
Interesting Stats
Barnsley have won each of their last two home meetings with Coventry but they are the only two successes in the last 15 home and away.
This will be the first meeting not taking place in the second tier of English football since both sides were in the Premier League in 1997-1998.
The Sky Blues failed to score in their last visit to Oakwell in October 2011 but that was the first time they had failed to net in seven trips. They had managed 11 goals in those seven games.
Four of Coventry’s last 11 goals against Barnsley have arrived in the 90th minute of after. They have scored injury time goals in four of the last seven meetings.
The last time these two sides met at Oakwell current Barnsley captain Martin Cranie was in the Coventry side.
In Coventry’s last game, a 3-1 win at Rotherham on New Year’s Day, Chris Dagnall was in the Coventry side but could now line up against them tomorrow.
Coventry have lost just one of their last eight matches in all competitions.
They are the Football League’s highest scorers having netted a staggering 52 times in just 24 games.
It is now nine games since they failed to score but they have gone 13 games since they kept a clean sheet and only Crewe have conceded more than their 42 in League One.
The Sky Blues have won five of their 11 away league games this season and only Leyton Orient and Peterborough have netted more on the road.
Coventry have managed to progress past the Third Round of the FA Cup seven times in the last 12 years but have failed to manage it in any of the last three.
Barnsley’s record stands at one win in 12, two in 26 matches, and eight in 38.
They have gone six matches without a win, their joint longest run of the season.
The Reds have failed to score a first half goal in ten of their last 11 matches.
Danny Wilson has now won just one of his last 13 matches as Barnsley manager, and he has failed to win any of his first four since returning. He becomes the first Reds manager since Paul Hart in 2004 to fail to win any of his first four matches at the helm. It took Hart six matches to gain his first victory.
Wilson has lost each of his first two home games at the helm. Keith Hill lost his first three back in 2011.
This will be Wilson’s first FA Cup game as Barnsley manager since he led them to the Quarter-Finals in 1998. The then Premier League Reds knocked out Tottenham and Manchester United before falling to Newcastle.
Since then Barnsley have managed to advance beyond the Third Round just three times. They reached the Quarter-Finals the following year- 1999, the Semi-Finals in 2008 and the Quarter-Finals again last season.
Ref Watch:
Carl Boyeson:
2013-2014: Games: 17 Yellows: 57 Reds: 1
Carl Boyeson has shown just one red card in his last 32 matches.
Last Barnsley match: Burnley 1-1 Barnsley, Tuesday 5th March 2013. (Yellow card shown to Stephen Foster and Jacob Mellis)
Last Coventry match: Coventry 2-1 Morecambe, Saturday 1st December 2012. (Yellow card shown to Roy O’Donovan)
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 8 Won: 5 Drawn: 0 Lost: 3 Scored: 14 Conceded: 7.
Last match on the 4th January: 1992. Norwich 1-0 Barnsley.
Last win: 1975
Last draw: N/A
Last defeat: 1992
STAT! – Barnsley have lost two of their last three games on this date but prior to that had won four in a row.
Coventry:
Played: 7 Won: 2 Drawn: 3 Lost: 2 Scored: 13 Conceded: 12
Last match on the 4th January: 2003. Cardiff 2-2 Coventry (Mills, McAllister) Att: 16,013.
Last win: 1947
Last draw: 2003
Last defeat: 1958
STAT! – Coventry have drawn each of their last three matches on this date.
JOINT STAT! – Barnsley have Coventry have met once before on the 4th January. The Sky Blues won 2-0 at Oakwell in a Division Two match in 1947. It is the last time Coventry won on this date.
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 4th January 2014:
12:45pm:
Blackburn v Manchester City
3pm:
Aston Villa v Sheffield United
Bolton v Blackpool
Bournemouth v Burton
Brighton v Reading
Bristol City v Watford
Doncaster v Stevenage
Everton v QPR
Grimsby v Huddersfield
Ipswich v Preston
Kidderminster v Peterborough
Macclesfield v Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough v Hull
Newcastle v Cardiff
Norwich v Fulham
Rochdale v Leeds
Southampton v Burnley
Southend v Millwall
Stoke v Leicester
West Brom v Crystal Palace
Wigan v MK Dons
Yeovil v Leyton Orient
5:15pm:
Arsenal v Tottenham
Sunday 5th January 2014:
12midday:
Nottingham Forest v West Ham
2pm:
Sunderland v Carlisle
2:15pm:
Derby v Chelsea
3pm:
Liverpool v Oldham
Port Vale v Plymouth
4:30pm:
Manchester United v Swansea