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: 1912
Manager: Russell Martin (since 1st August 2021)
Address: Liberty Stadium, Morfa, Landore, Swansea, SA1 2FA
Website: www.swanseacity.net
FootyMad site: www.swanseacity-mad.co.uk
2020-2021:
W: 23 D: 11 L: 12 F: 56 A: 39 GD: +17 Points: 80
Home Record: W: 12 D: 6 L: 5 F: 27 A: 16 (Division rank: 5th)
Away Record: W: 11 D: 5 L: 7 F: 29 A: 23 (Division rank: 4th)
Final League Position: 4th
FA Cup: Fifth Round; Swansea (Morgan Whittaker 77) 1-3 Manchester City (Kyle Walker 30, Raheem Sterling 47, Gabriel 50)
Previous Results:
Stevenage 0-2 Swansea
Swansea 5-1 Nottingham Forest
League Cup: First Round; Newport (Tristan Abrahams 7, 45) 2-0 Swansea
Play-Offs:
17/05/21 Barnsley 0-1 Swansea (Andre Ayew 39)
22/05/21 Swansea (Matt Grimes 39) 1-1 Barnsley (Cauley Woodrow 71) Swansea win 2-1 on aggregate.
Final 29/05/21 Brentford (Ivan Toney pen 10, Emiliano Marcondes 20) 2-0 Swansea
Most Appearances: Freddie Woodman/Jake Bidwell/Jamal Lowe - 31
Top Scorer: Andre Ayew/Jamal Lowe - 9
Most Yellow Cards: Ryan Bennett - 6
Most Red Cards: None
Last Five League Positions: 4th (Championship), 6th (Championship), 10th (Championship), 18th (Premier League), 15th (Premier League)
Head to Head Record
Barnsley Wins: 24
Draws: 16
Swansea Wins: 38
Most Recent League Meetings
16/01/2021 Barnsley 0-2 Swansea (Ben Cabango 45, Jamal Lowe 55) (Championship)
19/12/2020 Swansea (Jamal Lowe 2, Victor Adeboyejo og 66) 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
Last Five Results v Barnsley: drew 1-1, won 1-0, won 2-0, won 2-0, drew 0-0
Meet in 2021-2022 on: 24th November at Oakwell and 15th April at Liberty Stadium
2021-2022
Up to 1st August 2021:
Pre-Season Results
14/07/2021 Newport 0-1 Swansea
14/07/2021 Newport 0-4 Swansea
14/07/2021 Newport 0-5 Swansea
20/07/2021 Plymouth Argyle 1-2 Swansea
28/07/2021 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Swansea
31/07/2021 Swansea 1-3 Southampton
W:5 D:0 L:1
Odds to win the League: 16/1
Odds for Promotion: 5/1
Top Six Finish: 2/1
Odds for Relegation: 11/1
Summer 2021 Transfers: Up to 1st August 2021:
In:
- Joel Piroe (from PSV Eindhoven)
- Liam Walsh (from Bristol City)
- Kyle Joseph (from Wigan)
Out:
- Andre Ayew (to Al-Sadd SC)
- Declan John (to Bolton)
- Kieron Freeman (to Portsmouth)
- Barrie McKay (Released)