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Barnsley face a trip to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns 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 7 of the 31 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2007, with West Brom. annihilating their visitors 7 - 0 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 06 May | West Brom. | 7 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 10 Dec | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | West Brom. | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 28 Oct | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Barnsley | 4 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Baggies, with 4 goals against.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Tykes have hit 7 goals, 21 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 3 points from their 3 matches. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 3 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Baggies, as the Tykes have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Won 4 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 15 . |
| Barnsley | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |