Team News:
Well here we are again! It does not seem two minutes since Barnsley signed off the 2010-2011 campaign with a 1-0 home win over Millwall, but we are on the eve of a new season, and a lot has changed! Mark Robins has departed as manager so the new team of Keith Hill and David Flitcroft are preparing for their first competitive game at Barnsley and they bring eight new signings with them. All eight- Rob Edwards, Scott Wiseman, Matty Done, David Perkins, Jim McNulty, Miles Addison, Ricardo Vaz Te and Craig Davies are all expected to feature at the City Ground, with only ex Forest man Andy Gray unavailable through injury. Goal-keeper Luke Steele will hope to have overcome a knock that forced him to miss the 5-0 friendly win over Scunthorpe last weekend. Hill is likely to make a few changes from the side that routed the Iron. Vaz Te and Davies- who hit 25 goals in Chesterfield’s League Two title winning campaign last season- are expected to be the season’s opening strike force.
Likely Lineup:
Luke Steele
Jay McEveley
Rob Edwards
Bobby Hassell
Jim McNulty
Matty Done
Nathan Doyle
David Perkins
Danny Haynes
Craig Davies
Ricardo Vaz Te
Head To Head:
Last Six NottinghamForest v Barnsley results:
1/1/11 Nottingham Forest 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
16/10/10 Barnsley 3-1Nottingham Forest (Championship)
16/3/10 Barnsley 2-1Nottingham Forest (Championship)
20/10/09 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
4/4/09 Barnsley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
29/11/08 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
Overall Record:
Nottingham Forest Wins: 26
Barnsley Wins: 27
Draws: 19
Nottingham Forest Goals: 105
Barnsley Goals: 99
At the City Ground:
Nottingham Forest Wins: 18
Barnsley Wins: 7
Draws: 10
Nottingham Forest Goals: 66
Barnsley Goals: 35
Last Season:
Last six 2010-2011 results:
Nottingham Forest
16/5/11 Swansea 3-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship Play-Off Semi-Finals)
12/5/11 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Swansea (Championship Play-Off Semi-Finals)
7/5/11 CrystalPalace 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
30/4/11 Nottingham Forest 5-1 Scunthorpe (Championship)
25/4/11 BristolCity 2-3 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
22/4/11 Nottingham Forest 3-2 Leicester (Championship)
W:4 D: 1 L: 1 F: 15 A: 8 GD:7 Points: 12
Barnsley:
7/5/11 Barnsley 1-0 Millwall (Championship)
30/4/11 SheffieldUnited 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
25/4/11 Barnsley 2–2 Doncaster (Championship)
23/4/11 Watford 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
16/4/11 Middlesbrough 1-1 Barnsley (Championship)
12/4/11 Barnsley 0-1 QPR (Championship)
W: 1 D: 3 L: 2 F: 6 A: 7 GD: -1 Points: 6
Pre-season 2011-2012:
Nottingham Forest:
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Tottenham XI
Northampton 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Stuttgart 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Ilkeston 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1-3 PSV Eindhoven
Lincoln 0-1 Nottingham Forest
Barnsley:
Hartlepool 0-3 Barnsley
Barnsley 5-1 Grimsby
Barnsley 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Scunthorpe 0-5 Barnsley
Interesting Stats:
Both sides are under new management for the 2011-2012 season. Keith Hill has replaced Mark Robins at Oakwell whilst former England boss Steve McClaren is the new man at the City Ground, replacing Billy Davies who was sacked in the summer after a second successive play-off failure.
If Forest win tomorrow, it will mean both sides will have won 27 meetings apiece, whilst one more goal for Barnsley will be their 100th against Forest.
Barnsley are looking for their first win at the City Ground since January 2006, and have lost two of the last three. They were desperately close to victory on the first day of 2011, but threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2. They also have a derisory record of just one win from their last 12 trips.
Both sides have miserable recent opening day records. Forest have not won their first match of the season since a 1-0 home win over Bradford in 2006- they have drawn three of the last four 0-0! Barnsley have to go back a further year for their last opening day success, a 2-0 home win over Swindon on the opening day of that glorious promotion campaign of 2005-2006. In fact Forest have failed to win any of their opening two games since 2006-2007!
Mad Sites
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Other Fixtures
Friday, 5 August 2011
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Bristol City v Ipswich,15:00
Derby v Birmingham,15:00
Middlesbrough v Portsmouth,15:00
Peterborough v Crystal Palace,15:00
Southampton v Leeds,17:20
Sunday, 7 August 2011