Barnsley face a trip to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 16 and win only 6 of the 27 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in March 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League One match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Luton Town | CHMP |
2004/2005 | Fri 25 Mar | Luton Town | 1 - 3 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Barnsley | 3 - 4 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Luton Town | 0 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Barnsley | 2 - 3 | Luton Town | LGE1 |
2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Luton Town | 2 - 3 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Luton Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Tykes have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Luton Town are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola Championship having mustered a points tally of 31 from their 28 matches played. Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 26 points from their 28 games thus far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Luton Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
Barnsley | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Hatters, as the Tykes have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Luton Town | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
Barnsley | Not won in previous 14 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |