Team News
Jean-Yves Mvoto’s availability all hinges on whether Barnsley decide to appeal his red card in the 5-2 weekend defeat at Blackburn. If not the Frenchman will serve a one match suspension.
Martin Cranie and Lewin Nyatanga are still unfit so 10 year veteran Bobby Hassell could start and make his first appearance of the season. New signings Paddy McCourt and Marcus Pedersen are pushing for starts, the Norwegian Pedersen set up Tomasz Cywka’s goal at the weekend after coming off the bench.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Tom Kennedy
Scott Wiseman
Jean-Yves Mvoto
Scott Golbourne
Jim O’Brien
Stephen Dawson
Jacob Mellis
Kelvin Etutu
Chris O’Grady
Chris Dagnall
Head To Head
Last Six Barnsley v Southampton results:
10/3/12 Southampton 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
13/11/11 Barnsley 0-1 Southampton (Championship)
10/1/09 Barnsley 0-1 Southampton (Championship)
20/9/08 Southampton 0-0 Barnsley (Championship)
29/12/07 Barnsley 2-2 Southampton (Championship)
22/9/07 Southampton 2-3 Barnsley (Championship)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 20
Southampton Wins: 22
Draws: 13
Barnsley Goals: 80
Southampton Goals: 96
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 14
Southampton Wins: 7
Draws: 7
Barnsley Goals: 56
Southampton Goals: 36
First Met In League Cup: Barnsley 1-2 Southampton Tuesday 14th October 1997.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-1 Southampton Saturday 7th May 1927.
Biggest Defeat: Southampton 6-0 Barnsley Saturday 19th January 1923.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Ashley Ward 17, Scott Jones 32, Jan-Aage Fjortoft 42, Neil Redfearn-pen 52) 4-3 Southampton (Egil Ostenstad 25, Matt Le Tissier 41,710) Saturday 14th March 1998.
Last Away Win: Southampton (Marek Saganowski 45, Inigo Idiakez 90) 2-3 Barnsley (Grant McCann 27,40 Martin Devaney 90) Saturday 22nd September 2007.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Sam Togwell 1, Jamal Campbell-Ryce 34) 2-2 Southampton (Bradley Wright-Phillips 61,70) Saturday 29th December 2007.
Last Away Draw: Southampton 0-0 Barnsley Saturday 20th September 2008.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Southampton (David Connolly 30) Saturday 13th August 2011.
Last Away Defeat: Southampton (Adam Lallana 36,54) 2-0 Barnsley Saturday 10th March 2012.
Last Home Meeting:
Saturday 13th August 2011.
Barnsley 0-1 Southampton
David Connolly 30
Barnsley:
David Preece, Jay McEveley, Rob Edwards, Scott Wiseman, Jim McNulty, Miles Addison, Nathan Doyle (Ricardo Vaz Te 74), Danny Haynes, David Perkins, Jacob Butterfield (Reuben Noble-Lazarus 68), Craig Davies.
Unused Subs: Lukas Lidakevicius, Bobby Hassell, Jim O’Brien.
Southampton:
Kelvin Davis, Frazer Richardson, Dan Harding, Jose Fonte, Dan Seaborne, Jack Cork, Guly Do Prado, (Richard Chaplow 70), Dean Hammond, Adam Lallana (Morgan Schneiderlin 87), Rickie Lambert, David Connolly (Steve De Ridder 82).
Unused Subs: Bartosz Bialkowski, Aaron Martin
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 7
Southampton: 7
Last Season/ This Season
Last six 2012-2013/ 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
24/8/13 Blackburn 5–2 Barnsley (Championship)
17/8/13 Barnsley 2-2 Charlton (Championship)
10/8/13 Blackpool 1–0 Barnsley (Championship)
6/8/13 Barnsley 0–0 Scunthorpe (League Cup)
3/8/13 Barnsley 0-4 Wigan (Championship)
4/5/13 Huddersfield 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
W: 0 D: 3 L: 2 F: 6 A: 14 GD: -8 Points: 2 (one draw in the League Cup)
Southampton:
24/8/13 Southampton 1–1 Sunderland (Premier League)
17/8/13 West Brom 0-1 Southampton (Premier League)
19/5/13 Southampton 1-1 Stoke (Premier League)
12/5/13 Sunderland 1-1 Southampton (Premier League)
4/5/13 Tottenham 1-0 Southampton (Premier League)
27/4/13 Southampton 0-3 West Brom (Premier League)
W: 1 D: 3 L: 2 F: 4 A: 7 GD: -3 Points: 6
Interesting Stats
Barnsley have won just one of their last eight meetings with Southampton and have lost two and drawn one of the last three games at Oakwell.
Despite this Barnsley have won exactly double the amount of Oakwell meetings as Southampton have. (14 to 7)
The Reds have also failed to score a single goal in each of the last four meetings. Prior to this they had scored in each of the last 10.
The two sides have met once before in the League Cup and that was also at Oakwell back in 1997-1998 when both teams were Premier League outfits. Matt Le Tissier put the South Coast outfit in front on 15 minutes before Andy Liddell levelled on 26. Southampton grabbed a late winner however when Kevin Davies pounced just two minutes from time.
Southampton have not scored more than once in a game for nine matches but they are unbeaten in four games.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have won just two of their last 10 on the road, but one of those was their only away trip so far in 2013-2014, 1-0 at West Brom on the opening day.
Southampton have reached the Fourth Round in each of the last two seasons but were knocked out at the Second Round stage in each of the two seasons prior to this.
Barnsley have now won just one of their last 12 matches in all competitions and have failed to win any of their five games in 2013-2014, their worst run for 21 years.
This will be Barnsley’s fourth home game of the season, and they actually failed to win any of their first five home games of the 2011-2012 campaign.
The last time the Reds progressed past the Second Round of the League Cup was in 2009-2010 when they were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Manchester United.
That however is the only time in the past 11 years they have gone further than the Second Round.
Chris Dagnall should be relishing this tie, the 27 year old; who netted his first goal of the season on Saturday has scored six times in his last seven League Cup matches. He netted twice against Rochdale last season, scored against Accrington and Newcastle for Scunthorpe in 2011-2012, and got a brace for the Iron against Sheffield Wednesday in 2010-2011.
This is the first time that Barnsley have been drawn at home in both the First and Second Round of the League Cup since it changed to a one legged format in 1998-1999.
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 25 Won: 5 Drawn: 7 Lost: 13 Scored 30 Conceded 48.
Last match on the 27th August: 2011. Millwall 0-0 Barnsley. ATT: 10,033.
Last win: 1997
Last draw: 2011
Last defeat: 1994
STAT! – Barnsley have failed to win 20 of their 25 games on this date, but are unbeaten in their last four (W1 D3). They once lost eight in a row on this date.
Southampton:
Played: 23 Won: 10 Drawn: 3 Lost: 10 Scored 37 Conceded 37.
Last match on the 27th August: 2011 Leicester 3-2 Southampton (Harding, Connolly. ATT: 23,808.
Last win: 2005
Last draw: 1985
Last defeat: 2011
STAT! – Southampton have a symmetrical record on this date having won 10 and lost 10 whilst scoring 37 and conceding 37. They have won eight of their last 12 matches, losing just twice.
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Other Fixtures:
Tuesday 27th August 2013:
7:45pm:
Bristol City v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Preston
Burton v Fulham
Carlisle v Leicester
Derby v Brentford
Doncaster v Leeds
Huddersfield v Charlton
Leyton Orient v Hull
Liverpool v Notts County
Norwich v Bury
Peterborough v Reading
QPR v Swindon
Sunderland v MK Dons
Tranmere v Bolton
West Ham v Cheltenham
Yeovil v Birmingham
8pm:
West Brom v Newport
Wednesday 28th August 2013:
7:45pm:
Accrington v Cardiff
Aston Villa v Rotherham
Everton v Stevenage
Morecambe v Newcastle
Nottingham Forest v Millwall
Stoke v Walsall
Watford v Bournemouth