Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Josh Scowen
Marc Roberts
Alfie Mawson
George Williams
Adam Hammill
Josh Brownhill
Conor Hourihane
Lloyd Isgrove
Ashley Fletcher
Sam Winnall
Head to Head
Last six Barnsley v Walsall results:
5/3/16 Walsall (Tom Bradshaw 28) 1-3 Barnsley (Ashley Fletcher 17, Josh Brownhill 50, Harry Chapman 56) (League One)
20/10/15 Barnsley 0-2 Walsall (George Evans 62, Milan Lalkovic 70) (League One)
7/3/15 Barnsley (George Waring 15, 71, Sam Winnall 89) 3-0 Walsall (League One)
13/12/14 Walsall (Jordan Cook 31,90, Tom Bradshaw 34) 3-1 Barnsley (Lewin Nyatanga 29) (League One)
6/5/06 Walsall (Dean Keates 59) 1-2 Barnsley (Marc Richards 31, Daniel Nardiello 81) (League One)
17/1/06 Walsall (Michael Leary 68, Kevin James 78) 2-0 Barnsley (FA Cup)
Overall Record
Barnsley Wins: 16
Walsall Wins: 16
Draws: 13
Barnsley Goals: 71
Walsall Goals: 73
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 11
Walsall Wins: 5
Draws: 6
Barnsley Goals: 38
Walsall Goals: 27
First Met: Barnsley 1-1 Walsall, Saturday 3rd December 1898. (Second Division)
Biggest Win: Walsall (Paul Hall 46) 1-4 Barnsley (Mike Sheron 54, 76, Neil Shipperley 59, Matty Appleby 80), Saturday 1st April 2000 (Division One) & Barnsley (Mike Sheron 26 82, Bruce Dyer 40, Kevin Donovan 52) 4-1 Walsall (Zigor Aranalde 63) Saturday 8th December 2001 (Division One)
Biggest Defeat: Walsall 5-1 Barnsley, Saturday 21st October 1933, (Third Division North)
Last Home Win: Barnsley (George Waring 15, 71, Sam Winnall 89) 3-0 Walsall Saturday 7th March 2015. (League One)
Last Away Win: Walsall (Tom Bradshaw 28) 1-3 Barnsley (Ashley Fletcher 17, Josh Brownhill 50, Harry Chapman 56) Saturday 5th March 2016 (League One)
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Paul Hayes 77) 1-1 Walsall (Kevin James 74) Saturday 7th January 2006 (FA Cup)
Last Away Draw: Walsall (Matty Fryatt 36, Darren Wrack 90) 2-2 Barnsley (Tony Vaughan 16, Barry Conlon 49) Saturday 21st August 2004, (League One)
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-2 Walsall (George Evans 62, Milan Lalkovic 70) Tuesday 20th October 2015 (League One)
Last Away Defeat: Walsall (Jordan Cook 31, 90, Tom Bradshaw 34) 3-1 Barnsley (Lewin Nyatanga 29) Saturday 13th December 2014. (League One)
Last Home Meeting:
Tuesday 20th October 2015.
Barnsley 0 2 Walsall
Barnsley:
Nick Townsend, George Smith, Marc Roberts, Lewin Nyatanga, Alfie Mawson, Reece Wabara, Josh Scowen, Ben Pearson, Sam Winnall, Simeon Jackson, Michael Smith.
Substitutions:
Kadeem Harris (for Smith 45)
Dan Crowley (for Jackson 61)
Conor Wilkinson (for Smith 77)
Unused substitutes:
Jack Walton, James Bree, Paul Digby, Harry White.
Manager: Lee Johnson (25th February 2015 – 6th February 2016)
Walsall:
Craig MacGillivray, Jason Demetriou, Paul Downing, Rico Henry, Matt Preston, Adam Chambers, Romaine Sawyers, Anthony Forde, Milan Lalkovic, George Evans, Tom Bradshaw.
Substitutions:
Kieron Morris (for Forde 78)
Jordan Cook (for Lalkovic 83)
Reece Flanagan (for Evans 84)
Unused substitutes:
Dan Jezeph, James Baxendale, Liam Kinsella, Amadou Bakayoko.
Manager:Dean Smith (4th January 2011 – 1st December 2015)
Still at respective clubs:
Barrnsley: 11 (Townsend, Smith, Roberts, Nyatanga, Mawson, Scowen, Winnall, Walton, Bree, Digby, White)
Walsall: 16 (MacGillivray, Demetriou, Downing, Henry, Preston, Chambers, Sawyers, Forde, Lalkovic, Bradshaw, Jezeph, Flanagan, Morris, Kinsella, Bakayogo, Cook)
Managers since this game (including caretakers):
Barnsley: 1 (Paul Heckingbottom 6th February 2016-present)
Walsall: 3 (John Ward 1st December 2015 – 18th December 2015, Sean O’Driscoll 18th December 2015 – 6th March 2016, Jon Whitney 7th March 2016 – present)
This Season:
Last six 2015-2016 results:
Barnsley:
8/5/16 Wigan (Will Grigg 10) 1-4 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 33 pen, 44, Conor Hourihane 56, Josh Brownhill 74) (League One)
30/4/16 Barnsley (Ashley Fletcher 57,80) 2–2 Colchester (George Moncur 42, Tom Lapslie 90+8) (League One)
23/4/16 Sheffield United 0-0 Barnsley (League One)
19/4/16 Barnsley (George Williams 90) 1–0 Peterborough (League One)
16/4/16 Burton 0-0 Barnsley (League One)
12/4/16 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 45+4, 83 pen) 2–1 Oldham (Curtis Main 68) (League One)
W: 3 D: 3 L: 0 F: 9 A: 4 GD: +5 Points: 12
Final League Record: W: 22 D: 8 L: 16 F: 70 A: 54 GD: +16 Points: 74 Pos: 6th
Walsall:
8/5/16 Port Vale 0-5 Walsall (Paul Downing 23, Tom Bradshaw 26, Anthony Forde 38,67, Sam Mantom 71) (League One)
2/5/16 Walsall (Tom Bradshaw 2, Paul Downing 18, Romaine Sawyers 58) 3-1 Fleetwood (Devante Cole 84) (League One)
26/4/16 Walsall (Kieron Morris 11, Rico Henry 44) 2-1 Shrewsbury (Matt Sadler 60) (League One)
23/4/16 Bradford (Filipe Morais 56, James Hanson 58,72,73) 4-0 Walsall (League One)
19/4/16 Walsall (Kieron Morris 71) 1-1 Swindon (Michael Doughty 59) (League One)
16/4/16 Walsall (Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila 88) 1-0 Southend (League One)
W: 4 D: 1 L: 1 F: 12 A: 7 GD: +15 Points: 13
Final League Record: W: 24 D: 12 L: 10 F: 71 A: 49 GD: +22 Points: 84 Pos: 3rd
Walsall last time out:
Port Vale 0-5 Walsall:
Neil Etheridge, Jasom Demetriou, James O’Connor, Paul Downing, Rico Henry, Adam Chambers, Romaine Sawyers, Anthony Forde, Milan Lalkovic, Kieron Morris, Tom Bradshaw.
Substitutes:
Sam Mantom (for Morris 64)
Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (for Bradshaw 76)
Jordan Cook (for Lalkovic 85)
Unused Substitutes:
Craig MacGillivray, Andy Taylor, Matt Preston, Isaiah Osbourne.
Walsall manager Jon Whitney said:
"I'm immensely proud of the players, the staff and the fans. The atmosphere was as good as I've known in my time in the club.
"I said to the players we can only control what we can control. We did our jobs and it wasn't meant to be. But now we have to keep believing.
"We're very upbeat. If you're going to be in the play-offs, the way it's worked out could not be better, in how we've built momentum over the last three games.
"We've won that final now and qualified for an even bigger tournament now. We've got the chance top go back to Wembley and lay a few ghosts."
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12:15pm:
Bradford v Millwall