Team News
Emmanuel Frimpong and Jacob Mellis are both suspended following their red cards at Sheffield Wednesday last weekend, so this could open spots in the team for Stephen Dawson and Tomasz Cywka.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Jack Hunt
Peter Ramage
Martin Cranie
Tom Kennedy
Brek Shea
Emmanuel Frimpong
Jacob Mellis
Dale Jennings
Chris O’Grady
Nick Proschwitz
Head To Head
Last Six Ipswich v Barnsley results:
1/11/13 Ipswich 1-1 Barnsley (Championship)
19/1/13 Ipswich 1-1 Barnsley (Championship)
29/9/12 Barnsley 1-1 Ipswich (Championship)
31/3/12 Ipswich 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
10/12/11 Barnsley 3-5 Ipswich (Championship)
12/2/11 Barnsley 1-1 Ipswich (Championship)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 12
Ipswich Wins: 21
Draws: 8
Barnsley Goals: 55
Ipswich Goals: 69
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 10
Ipswich Wins: 7
Draws: 3
Barnsley Goals: 39
Ipswich Goals: 26
First Met In League: Ipswich 3-0 Barnsley Wednesday 28th August 1957.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-1 Ipswich Wednesday 4th September 1957 & Tuesday 2nd October 1990.
Biggest Defeat: Ipswich 6-1 Barnsley Monday 30th August 1999.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Iain Hume 8, Jon Macken 90) 2-1 Ipswich (Liam Rosenior 45) Saturday 3rd October 2009.
Last Away Win: Ipswich (Tommy Smith 80) 1-3 Barnsley (Goran Lovre 21, Marton Fulop og 27, Garry O’Connor 50) Saturday 13th November 2010.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Stephen Dawson 73) 1-1 Ipswich (Aaron Cresswell 6) Saturday 29th September 2012.
Last Away Draw: Ipswich (Daryl Murphy 41) 1-1 Barnsley (Jim O’Brien 71) Friday 1st November 2013.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Craig Davies 14, 89, Ricardo Vaz Te 39) 3-5 Ipswich (Keith Andrews 46, 49, Danny Collins 66, Michael Chopra 68, Jason Scotland 83). Saturday 10th December 2011.
Last Away Defeat: Ipswich (Daryl Murphy 48) 1-0 Barnsley Saturday 31st March 2012.
Last Home Meeting:
Barnsley 1 1 Ipswich
Dawson 73 Creswell 6
Barnsley:
Ben Alnwick, Scott Golbourne, Stephen Foster, Scott Wiseman, Martin Cranie, Tom Kennedy (John Stones 54), Stephen Dawson, Tomasz Cywka, Jacob Mellis, Craig Davies, Chris Dagnall (Danny Rose 66)
Unused Subs:
Luke Steele, Matty Done, David Perkins, Kelvin Etuhu, Marlon Harewood.
Manager: Keith Hill.
Ipswich:
Scott Loach, Aaron Cresswell, Luke Chambers, Danny Higginbotham, Luke Hyam (Massimo Luongo 46), Carlos Edwards, Guirane N’Daw (Jack Ainsley 52), Lee Martin, Andy Drury, Jason Scotland (Nathan Ellington 62), Daryl Murphy.
Unused Substitutes: Arran Lee-Barrett, Tommy Smith, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Ronan Murray.
Manager: Paul Jewell.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 8 (Cranie, Kennedy, Dawson, Cywka, Mellis, Rose, Steele, Etuhu.)
Ipswich: 7 (Loach, Cresswell, Chambers, Hyam, Edwards, Murphy, Smith.)
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
1/2/14 Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
28/1/14 Barnsley 2–2 Blackburn (Championship)
18/1/14 Barnsley 2–0 Blackpool (Championship)
4/1/14 Barnsley 1–2 Coventry (FA Cup)
1/1/14 Birmingham 1–1 Barnsley (Championship)
29/12/13 Barnsley 1–2 Derby (Championship)
W: 1 D: 2 L: 3 F: 7 A: 8 GD: -1 Points: 5
Ipswich:
1/2/14 Ipswich 1-0 Bolton (Championship)
28/1/14 Leeds 1-1 Ipswich (Championship)
25/1/14 Ipswich 2-0 Reading (Championship)
18/1/14 Millwall 1-0 Ipswich (Championship)
14/1/14 Preston 3-2 Ipswich (FA Cup)
11/1/14 Ipswich 1-3 QPR (Championship)
W: 2 D: 1 L: 3 F: 7 A: 8 GD: -1 Points: 7
Interesting Stats
Each of the last three clashes between these two clubs has finished 1-1 and four of the last six.
Ipswich are unbeaten against Barnsley in six meetings too.
The Reds have won just two of the last 11 meetings.
These games are usually tight. No team has scored more than once in any of the past four meetings or five of the last six. The one exception was the eight-goal thriller at Oakwell in December 2011 when Barnsley led 2-0 at half time but ended up losing 5-3. That game was the last time Barnsley led a league match at half time but went on to lose.
Former Reds defender Mick McCarthy has done a fine job at Portman Road. When the Barnsley born 54 year old took over on the 2nd November 2012, the Tractor Boys were rock bottom of the Championship, five points from safety. He guided them to 14th and has now set about mounting a play-off push.
Last weekend’s 1-0 win over Bolton left them seventh in the table, just four points off the top six.
Ipswich have lost just three of their last 15 matches in all competitions and are unbeaten in their last three.
McCarthy has made them a very hard team to beat. Although they have been defeated eight times in the league this season, only two of them have been by more than one goal.
Ipswich have managed just three wins on their travels this season, the joint lowest among the division’s top 16 sides, but they have lost just four times, only QPR, Burnley and Derby have lost less.
Remarkably Ipswich have the second-worst record in the Championship this season after scoring first, but the best record after conceding first.
Mick McCarthy has won only three of his 12 games against his hometown team as a manager, losing six.
Its just one win in 10 now for Barnsley who reside five points from safety in the Championship relegation zone.
They have won just one of their last nine at home in all competitions and just three all season.
The Reds have conceded 25 league goals at Oakwell; nobody has conceded more home goals.
They have also only managed three clean sheets from their 27 Championship matches, the lowest in the division.
Last weekend’s blank at Hillsborough was the first time Barnsley had failed to score in 2014 or indeed in six matches.
Ref Watch:
Darren Bond
This will be Bond’s third Championship game of the season. He has done six League One, eight League Two, one Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and one FA Cup game.
He has never before officiated a Barnsley or Ipswich match.
2013-2014: Games: 18 Yellows: 60 Reds: 3
Last Barnsley match: N/A
Last Ipswich match: N/A
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 12 Won: 5 Drawn: 4 Lost: 3 Scored: 19 Conceded: 15.
Last match on the 8th February: 2003. Cardiff 1-1 (Dyer) Barnsley. Att: 12,759.
Last win: 1997
Last draw: 2003
Last defeat: 1975
STAT! – This is Barnsley’s first match on this date for 14 years and they are unbeaten in the last four.
Ipswich:
Played: 7 Won: 3 Drawn: 2 Lost: 3 Scored: 16 Conceded: 14.
Last match on the 8th February: 2003. Ipswich (Bent, 2, Ambrose) 3-2 Sheffield United ATT: 26,151.
Last win: 2003
Last draw: 1958
Last defeat: 1975
STAT! – Ipswich have played only seven times on this date and their results have come in sequences: - LLDDWWW
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 8th February 2014:
12:15pm:
Yeovil v Leeds
3pm:
Blackpool v Nottingham Forest
Bolton v Bournemouth
Brighton v Doncaster
Burnley v Millwall
Charlton v Birmingham
Huddersfield v Wigan
Leicester v Watford
Middlesbrough v Blackburn
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday
Monday 10th February 2014:
7:45pm:
Derby v QPR