With less than a week to go until the start of the 2021-2022 Sky Bet Championship TykesMad gives you the run down on Barnsley and all of the teams they will face and how they fared in 2020-2021.
Founded: 1871
Manager: Veljko Paunovic (since 29th August 2020) P:49 W:20 D:13 L:16
Address: Madejski Stadium, Bennett Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0FL
Website: www.readingfc.co.uk
FootyMad site: www.reading-mad.co.uk
2020-2021:
W: 19 D: 13 L: 14 F: 62 A: 54 GD: +8 Points: 70
Home Record: W: 12 D: 4 L: 7 F: 37 A: 27 (Division rank: 7th)
Away Record: W: 7 D: 9 L: 7 F: 25 A: 27 (Division rank: 11th)
Final League Position: 7th
FA Cup: Third Round; Luton (George Moncur 30) 1-0 Reading
League Cup: Second Round; Reading 0-1 Luton (Jordan Clark 24)
Most Appearances: Michael Olise/Josh Laurent - 46
Top Scorer: Lucas Joao - 22
Most Yellow Cards: Omar Richards - 8
Most Red Cards: None
Last Five League Positions: 7th (Championship), 14th (Championship), 20th (Championship), 20th (Championship), 3rd (Championship)
Head to Head Record
Barnsley Wins: 26
Draws: 21
Reading Wins: 31
Most Recent League Meetings
02/04/2021 Barnsley (Alex Mowatt pen 61) 1-1 Reading (Ovie Ejaria 34) (Championship)
19/09/2020 Reading (Yakou Meite 67, Michael Olise 76) 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
Last Five Results v Barnsley: drew 1-1, won 2-0, won 2-0, drew 1-1, drew 1-1
Meet in 2021-2022 on: 16th October at Madejski Stadium and 2nd April at Oakwell
2021-2022
Up to 1st August 2021:
Pre-Season Results
10/07/2021 Reading 1-0 Lincoln City
21/07/2021 Reading 0–3 West Ham United
24/07/2021 Reading 1–1 Charlton Athletic
31/07/2021 Reading 1–3 Crystal Palace
W:1 D:1 L:2
Odds to win the League: 20/1
Odds for Promotion: 6/1
Top Six Finish: 5/2
Odds for Relegation: 9/1
Summer 2021 Transfers: Up to 1st August 2021
In:
- None
Out:
- Michael Olise (to Crystal Palace)
- Omar Richards (to Bayern Munich)
- Sam Smith (to Cambridge)
- Sam Walker (to Kilmarnock)
- Sone Aluko (Released)
- Sam Baldock (Released)