FootyMAD's Barnsley match preview

History of the Barnsley v Sheffield United fixture

Sheff. Utd. travel to take on Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday afternoon,

The last time the two teams met at Barnsley was back in March 2002, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2007/2008	Sat 15 Dec	Sheff. Utd.	1 - 0	Barnsley	CHMP
2001/2002	Sat 09 Mar	Barnsley	1 - 1	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP
2001/2002	Fri 14 Dec	Sheff. Utd.	1 - 1	Barnsley	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 07 Apr	Sheff. Utd.	1 - 2	Barnsley	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 09 Dec	Barnsley	0 - 0	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP
1999/2000	Tue 07 Mar	Sheff. Utd.	3 - 3	Barnsley	CHMP
1999/2000	Sat 06 Nov	Barnsley	2 - 0	Sheff. Utd.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Barnsley are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Tykes in those games, with 2 conceded.

Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.

Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 38 matches. Sheff. Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 50 points from their 38 games played so far,

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Barnsley	6	2	3	1	6	4	9
Sheff. Utd.	6	3	1	2	6	5	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form The Blades, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. No-score draw

Sequence statistics:
Barnsley	Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Sheff. Utd.	Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago.