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Barnsley face a trip to Coventry City at Ricoh Arena on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having taken no points from 16 of the 24 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2009, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 15 Aug | Barnsley | 0 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 21 Apr | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 16 Aug | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 02 Feb | Coventry City | 4 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Barnsley | 1 - 4 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 17 Mar | Coventry City | 4 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 28 Oct | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Sky Blues's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The Tykes have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Tykes's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 28 points from their 24 matches. Barnsley see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 30 points from their 22 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Barnsley are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Coventry City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |