Team News
Barnsley go hunting a sixth successive league win for the first time in 35 years with virtually a fully fit squad to choose from.
Declan John is available following his loan move from Cardiff whilst Sam Winnall is pushing for a start after firing in The Red’s third goal last weekend but George Waring who has four strikes in three games will surely keep his place as Barnsley look for a six game unblemished with wins and clean sheets for the first time since 1955.
Barnsley confirmed today that over 2,400 travelling supporters will be there to roar the Reds on.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
George Smith
Mason Holgate
Martin Cranie
Lewin Nyatanga
Josh Scowen
Ben Pearson
Conor Hourihane
John O’Sullivan
Milan Lalkovic
George Waring
Head to Head
Last Six Oldham v Barnsley results:
3/3/15 Barnsley (Kane Hemmings 12) 1-0 Oldham (League One)
7/10/14 Oldham (Dominic Poleon 22, Danny Philliskirk 44) 2-2 Barnsley (Luke Berry 53, Sam Winnall 90) (Football League Trophy)
15/4/06 Oldham 0-3 Barnsley (Chris Shuker, Stephen McPhail, Martin Devaney) (League One)
1/10/05 Barnsley (Daniel Nardiello, Martin Devaney, Chris Shuker 2) 4-0 Oldham (League One)
16/4/05 Barnsley (Simon Johnson 2) 2-2 Oldham (Chris Killen, Luke Beckett) (League One)
20/11/04 Oldham (Chris Killen 2, Scott Vernon) 3-2 Barnsley (Michael Boulding, Michael Chopra) (League One)
Overall Record:
Oldham Wins: 30
Barnsley Wins: 26
Draws: 23
Oldham Goals: 101
Barnsley Goals: 103
At Oldham:
Oldham Wins: 21
Barnsley Wins: 6
Draws: 11
Oldham Goals: 60
Barnsley Goals: 35
First Met In League: Oldham 1-0 Barnsley, Saturday 26th October 1907. (Second Division)
Biggest Win: Oldham 0-4 Barnsley, Saturday 1st January 1927, Barnsley 4-0 Oldham, Saturday 29th September 1934 & Saturday 1st October 2005. (League One)
Biggest Defeat: Oldham 6-0 Barnsley, Saturday 26th February 1972. (Third Division)
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Kane Hemmings 12) 1-0 Oldham, Tuesday 3rd February 2015. (League One)
Last Away Win: Oldham 0-3 Barnsley (Chris Shuker 49, Stephen McPhail 62, Martin Devaney 79) Saturday 15th April 2006. (League One)
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Simon Johnson 6,79) 2-2 Oldham (Chris Killen 37, Luke Beckett 66) Saturday 16th April 2005. (League One)
Last Away Draw: Oldham (Dominic Poelon 22, Danny Philliskirk 44) 2-2 Barnsley (Luke Berry 53, Sam Winnall 90) Tuesday 7th October 2014. (Football League Trophy)
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Oldham Saturday 8th September 1990. (Second Division)
Last Away Defeat: Oldham (Chris Killen 17,90, Scott Vernon 90) 3-2 Barnsley (Michael Boulding 11, Michael Chopra 55) Saturday 20th November 2004. (League One)
Last Away Meeting:
Tuesday 7th October 2014 (Johnstones Paint Trophy)
Oldham 2 2 Barnsley
Poleon 22 Berry 53
Philliskirk 44 Winnall 90
Oldham:
Paul Rachubka, Joseph Mills, Thimothee Dieng, James Wilson, Brian Wilson, James Dayton (Carl Winchester 81), Mike Jones, Michael Tidser (Liam Kelly 87), Dominic Poleon (Rhys Turner 79), Danny Philliskirk, Conor Wilkinson.
Unused substitutes:
Joel Coleman, Connor Brown.
Manager: Lee Johnson (18th March 2013- 25th February 2015)
Barnsley:
Ross Turnbull, Reece Brown, Joe Dudgeon, Lewin Nyatanga, Luke Berry, Keith Treacy (Kane Hemmings 54), Conor Hourihane, Ryan Williams (Devante Cole 36), James Bree, James Bailey (Brad Abbott 85), Sam Winnall.
Unused substitutes:
Adam Davies, Peter Ramage.
Manager: Danny Wilson (17th December 2013- 12th February 2015)
Still at respective clubs:
Oldham: 14 (Out of the players who played in October, Paul Rachubka has joined Crewe, Michael Tidser has returned to parent club Rotherham and James Dayton is on loan at St Mirren)
Barnsley: 11 (Out of the players who played in October, Reece Brown and Keith Treacy have been released, Joe Dudgeon has returned to parent club Hull, Ryan Williams is back at parent club Fulham, Devante Cole is now on loan at MK Dons from Manchester City and Brad Abbott is out on loan at Chester)
Managers since this game (including caretakers):
Oldham: 1 (Dean Holden 2015-present)
Barnsley: 2 (Mark Burton/Paul Heckingbottom 2015, Lee Johnson 2015-present)
This Season:
Last six 2014-2015 results:
Oldham:
7/3/15 Yeovil 2-1 Oldham (Carl Winchester) (League One)
3/3/15 Port Vale 0-1 Oldham (Mike Jones) (League One)
28/2/15 Oldham 0-4 Preston (League One)
21/2/15 Leyton Orient 3-0 Oldham (League One)
14/2/15 Oldham 0-1 Colchester (League One)
10/2/15 Oldham (Mike Jones, Conor Wilkinson) 2-1 Swindon (League One)
W: 2 D: 0 L: 4 F: 4 A: 11 GD: -7 Points: 6
Barnsley:
7/3/15 Barnsley (George Waring 2, Sam Winnall) 3-0 Walsall (League One)
3/3/15 Barnsley (George Waring) 1-0 Coventry (League One)
28/2/15 Gillingham 0-1 Barnsley (George Waring) (League One)
24/2/15 Scunthorpe 0–1 Barnsley (Josh Scowen) (League One)
21/2/15 Barnsley (Lewin Nyatanga, Paul Rachubka og) 2–0 Crewe (League One)
14/2/15 Crawley 5-1 Barnsley (Kane Hemmings) (League One)
W: 5 D: 0 L: 1 F: 9 A: 5 GD: +4 Points: 15
Oldham last time out:
Yeovil 2-1 Oldham:
Jake Kean, Connor Brown, Carl Winchester, James Wilson, Adam Lockwood (Thimothee Dieng 75), Brian Wilson (sent off 79), Liam Kelly, Mike Jones, Dominic Poleon, Danny Philliskirk (Rhys Murphy 69), Jonathan Forte (Conor Wilkinson 64)
Unused Substitutes:
Joel Coleman, Genseric Kusunga, Jack Truelove, Devante Jacobs.
Interesting Stats:
Barnsley have lost just one of the last eight meetings with Oldham (excluding a penalty shootout)
They have won each of the last three league meetings without conceding a goal, although there is nine years between the last two.
Barnsley have scored in each of their past 15 meetings with the Latics.
Despite this Oldham still hold the upper hand in the head to head winning 30 to Barnsley’s 26.
Barnsley have a fairly strong recent record at Boundary Park, losing just three of the last eight but they have won just six of 28 visits.
Four of the last eight meetings home or away have been drawn.
Lee Johnson returns to a club who he led into a play-off spot by the start of November thanks to an 11 match unbeaten run which included six wins.
However they have won only six of the 20 matches since those heady days to slip to 15th in League One, yet still only four points away from a top six spot.
They have lost nine of their last 15 matches, including at Oakwell in February and the Latics have lost three of their past four league games including two of the three matches since Johnson departed for Oakwell.
Oldham are regarded as one of the division’s draw specialists and only three teams have drawn more than their ten. However they have not had a stalemate now for 12 matches (5 wins, 6 defeats)
Oldham have lost each of their past two home matches without managing to find the net themselves and they have managed to score just twice in their past five matches overall.
They have won only two of their past eight at Boundary Park but their record of five home defeats is only bettered by Fleetwood and the division’s top four- Bristol City, Preston, Swindon and MK Dons.
On This Day:
Oldham:
Played: 19 Won: 8 Drawn: 4 Lost: 7 Scored: 34 Conceded: 31.
Last match on the 14th March: 2009. MK Dons 6-2 Oldham (Kevin Maher, Lee Hughes). Att: 10,621.
Last win: 1992
Last draw: 1995
Last defeat: 2009
STAT! – Oldham have lost each of the last three on this date and have not won any of the last four.
Barnsley:
Played: 19 Won: 7 Drawn: 3 Lost: 9 Scored: 30 Conceded: 43.
Last match on the 14th March: 2009. Barnsley 0-1 Blackpool. Att: 12,228.
Last win: 2007
Last draw: 1995
Last defeat: 2009
STAT! – Barnsley have won two of the last three on this date and four of the last six.
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 14th March 2015:
3pm:
Bristol City v Gillingham
Chesterfield v Coventry
Colchester v Crawley
Doncaster v Peterborough
Fleetwood v Rochdale
Leyton Orient v Yeovil
Notts County v Bradford
Port Vale v Swindon
Preston v Crewe
Scunthorpe v Sheffield United
Walsall v MK Dons