Barnsley v Sheffield United

Team News

Aaron Davies has an outside chance of playing after making a fantastic recovery from his thigh tear.

James Bree is back in training but is not ready to return to the squad.

Mason Holgate is fit again following his hamstring injury and could replace the error prone Jean-Yves Mvoto with Martin Cranie switching to centre back.

Lee Johnson could name an unchanged line up as Sam Winnall looks to net against Sheffield United for the second time this season and Jabo Ibehre aims to score in a third successive match

Last time out - Barnsley Team:

Joe Wildsmith

George Smith

Jean-Yves Mvoto

Martin Cranie

Lewin Nyatanga

Ben Pearson

Josh Scowen

Cameron Stewart

Conor Hourihane

Sam Winnall

Jabo Ibehre

Head to Head

Last Six Barnsley v Sheffield United results:

1/11/14 Sheffield United 0-1 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 56) (League One)

30/4/11 Sheffield United (Matthew Lowton 39, Lee Williamson 59) 2-2 Barnsley (Danny Haynes 15, 84) (Championship)

11/12/10 Barnsley (Hugo Colace 37) 1-0 Sheffield United (Championship)

3/4/10 Sheffield United 0-0 Barnsley (Championship)

9/11/09 Barnsley (Anderson De Silva 53, Daniel Bogdanovic 74) 2-2 Sheffield United (Darius Henderson 61, 83) (Championship)

7/4/09 Sheffield United (John O’Toole 82, Arturo Lupoli 87) 2-1 Barnsley (Daniel Bogdanovic 90) (Championship)

Overall Record:

Barnsley Wins: 16

Sheffield United Wins: 25

Draws: 22

Barnsley Goals: 69

Sheffield United Goals: 98

At Oakwell:

Barnsley Wins: 9

Sheffield United Wins: 10

Draws: 12

Barnsley Goals: 38

Sheffield United Goals: 44

First Met In League: Sheffield United 2-1 Barnsley, Wednesday 26^th December 1934. (Second Division)

Biggest Win: Sheffield United 1-3 Barnsley (League Cup), Sunday 30^th January 1983,

Biggest Defeat: Barnsley 1-6 Sheffield United (Second Division), Saturday 1^st September 1956.

Last Home Win: Barnsley (Hugo Colace 37) 1-0 Sheffield United (Championship), Saturday 11^th December 2010.

Last Away Win: Sheffield United 0-1 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 56) (League One), Saturday 1^st November 2014.

Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Anderson De Silva 53, Daniel Bogdanovic 74) 2-2 Sheffield United (Darius Henderson 61, 83) (Championship), Monday 9^th November 2009.

Last Away Draw: Sheffield United (Matthew Lowton 39, Lee Williamson 59) 2-2 Barnsley (Danny Haynes 15, 84) (Championship), Saturday 30^th April 2011.

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Kayode Odejayi 87) 1-2 Sheffield United (James Beattie 20, 85) (Championship), Saturday 8^th November 2008.

Last Away Defeat: Sheffield United (John O’Toole 82, Arturo Lupoli 87) 2-1 Barnsley (Daniel Bogdanovic 90) (Championship), Tuesday 7^th April 2009.

Last Home Meeting:

Saturday 11^th December 2010:

Barnsley 1 0 Sheffield United

Colace 37

Barnsley:

Luke Steele, Bobby Hassell, Jason Shackell, Stephen Foster, Kieran Trippier, Nathan Doyle, Jim O’Brien, Goran Lovre (Paul Hayes 89), Adam Hammill, Hugo Colace, Garry O’Connor.

Unused substitutes:

David Preece, Jacob Butterfield, Diego Arismendi, Jeronimo Neumann, Andy Gray, Steven Bennett.

Manager: Mark Robins (9^th September 2009- 15^th May 2011)

Sheffield United:

Richard Wright (Steve Simonsen 52), Nyron Nosworthy, Jean Calve (Jamie Ward 75), Andy Taylor, Kyle Bartley, Nick Montgomery, Johannes Ertl (Matthew Lowton 64), Leon Britton, Mark Yeates, Andy Reid, Ched Evans.

Unused substitutes:

Rob Kozluk, Danny Batth, Stephen Quinn, Jordan Slew.

Manager: Gary Speed (17^th August 2010- 14^th December 2010)

Still at respective clubs:

Barnsley: 0

Sheffield United: 0

Managers since this game (including caretakers):

Barnsley: 6 (Keith Hill, 2011-2012, David Flitcroft-2012-2013, Micky Mellon-2013, Danny Wilson, 2013-2015, Mark Burton/Paul Heckingbottom 2015-present, Lee Johnson 2015-present)

Sheffield United: 6 (John Carver 2010, Mickey Adams 2010-2011, Danny Wilson 2011-2013, Chris Morgan 2013, David Weir 2013, Nigel Clough 2013-present)

This Season:

Last six 2014-2015 results:

Barnsley:

28/3/15 Bristol City 2–2 Barnsley (Jabo Ibehre, Josh Scowen) (League One)

21/3/15 Barnsley (Jabo Ibehre) 1-1 Preston (League One)

17/3/15 Leyton Orient 0-0 Barnsley (League One)

14/3/15 Oldham (Mike Jones 42) 1–3 Barnsley (Lewin Nyatanga 33,70, Conor Hourihane 39) (League One)

7/3/15 Barnsley (George Waring 15,71, Sam Winnall 89) 3-0 Walsall (League One)

3/3/15 Barnsley (George Waring 57) 1-0 Coventry (League One)

W: 3 D: 3 L: 0 F: 10 A: 4 GD: +6 Points: 12

Sheffield United:

28/3/15 Sheffield United (Jason Holt) 1–2 Crewe (League One)

24/3/15 Sheffield United (Jason Holt, Jose Baxter 2, Jamie Murphy) 4-0 Scunthorpe (League One)

21/3/15 Sheffield United (Jose Baxter) 1-0 Port Vale (League One)

17/3/15 Walsall 1-1 Sheffield United (Jose Baxter) (League One)

14/3/15 Scunthorpe 1-1 Sheffield United (Kieron Freeman) (League One)

7/3/15 Sheffield United (Matt Done) 1-2 Fleetwood (League One)

W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 9 A: 6 GD: +3 Points: 8

Sheffield United last time out:

Sheffield United 1-2 Crewe:

Mark Howard, Robert Harris, John Brayford, Kieran Freeman, Chris Basham, Ryan Flynn (Ben Davies 45), Paul Coutts, Jason Holt, Jamie Murphy, Jose Baxter (Michael Doyle 74), Steve Davies (Matt Done 74)

Unused Substitutes:

Iain Turner, Craig Alcock, Marc McNulty, Che Adams.

Interesting Stats:

Barnsley have lost only two of the last 11 home derbies with Sheffield United but have won only one of the last six.

Overall Sheffield United have won MORE Oakwell meetings than Barnsley, 9-10.

Victory tomorrow would give The Reds their first league double over the Blades since the promotion season of 1996-1997. Back then The Reds won 1-0 at Bramall Lane (just like this season) before a 2-0 Oakwell victory.

The Sam Winnall inspired win back in November was only the second time in 11 meetings Barnsley have beaten Sheffield United home or away.

The Reds have kept clean sheets in three of their past four meetings with the Blades.

Sheffield United need two more goals to reach 100 v Barnsley.

Many people are tipping Sheffield United to be the team that crumbles in the run-in and falls out of the play-off places following three defeats in their past six games.

However going into this Easter period they hold a five-point advantage over seventh place.

The Blades have drawn each of their past three matches on the road, and their record of ten draws overall this season is the second most amongst the division’s top nine.

Nigel Clough’s side are in form away from Bramall Lane. Despite losing four of their last six at home, United are unbeaten in their last six on the road and during that spell they became only the second team to win at Bristol City this season.

Home or away though Sheffield United have won only two of their past eight matches, both at home. However they have only played three away matches in that spell, and they have all finished 1-1.

United have scored more than once in only one of their past eight games but it is now 13 matches since they last failed to score at all.

Their total tally of 56 goals this season is the joint lowest in the top seven.

Jose Baxter has scored in three of United’s last four games, bagging four goals in total.

Sheffield United have been awarded three penalties in their last five matches.

On This Day:

Barnsley:

Played: 24 Won: 8 Drawn: 5 Lost: 11 Scored: 25 Conceded: 36.

Last match on the 4^th April: 2009. Barnsley (Jamal Campbell-Ryce) 1-1 Nottingham Forest. Att: 19,681.

Last win: 1988

Last draw: 2009

Last defeat: 1998

STAT! – Barnsley have failed to win any of their last four on this date, losing three.

Sheffield United:

Played: 26 Won: 15 Drawn: 5 Lost: 6 Scored: 44 Conceded: 22.

Last match on the 4^th April: 2011. QPR 3-0 Sheffield United. Att: 14,535.

Last win: 2009

Last draw: 2001

Last defeat: 2011

STAT! – Sheffield United are unbeaten in 20 of their 26 matches on this date but have won only one of the last four

JOINT STAT! – Barnsley and Sheffield United meet for the second time on the 4^th April. They also met on this date back in 1936 with United claiming the spoils in a 2-0 victory at Bramall Lane in a Second Division clash.

This result was Barnsley’s seventh defeat in nine matches and left them second from bottom of the table. It ended a run of two successive defeats for the Blades to haul them up to third.

Eventually Barnsley would escape relegation buy a single point whilst United would miss out on promotion by three points.

That would prove to be a double blow for the Blades as the four time FA Cup winners were defeated 1-0 by Arsenal in the 1936 final at Wembley. They have not reached an FA Cup final again since.

Mad Sites:

www.barnsley-mad.co.uk

www.sheffieldunited-mad.co.uk

Official Sites:

www.barnsleyfc.co.uk

www.sufc.co.uk

Other Fixtures:

Friday 3^rd April 2015:

3pm:

Crewe v Crawley

Gillingham v Fleetwood

Oldham v Bristol City