Barnsley v Swansea City
Early Reds Team News
Brian Howard is suspended for The Reds second successive Saturday Six-Pointer.
Bobby Hassell will be out for several weeks with damaged ribs.
Matt Carbon is likely to come into defence whilst Paul Reid favourite to slot into central midfield alongside Stephen McPhail after the departure of Jacob Burns.
Probable Line-Up
Nick Colgan
Neil Austin
Matt Carbon
Antony Kay
Paul Heckingbottom
Chris Shuker
Paul Reid
Stephen McPhail
Martin Devaney
Paul Hayes
Marc Richards
Today is the first meeting at Oakwell since November 1983 when The Reds triumphed 3-2 in a Second Division game and The Swans haven’t won at Oakwell since April 1978 in the Fourth Division.
In all the meetings at Oakwell Barnsley have triumphed 19 times to Swansea’s 7 with 5 draws.
In the previous meeting this season back in August Swansea triumphed 3-1 at The New Stadium.
Last 6 Barnsley v Swansea results:
29/8/05 Swansea 3-1 Barnsley (League One)
10/3/84 Swansea 1-0 Barnsley (Second Division)
12/11/83 Barnsley 3-2 Swansea (Second Division)
27/10/81 Swansea 3-2 Barnsley (League Cup)
(Barnsley won 4-3 on aggregate)
6/10/81 Barnsley 2-0 Swansea (League Cup)
11/4/78 Barnsley 0-2 Swansea (Fourth Division)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 23
Swansea Wins: 30
Draws: 9
Barnsley Goals: 79
Swansea Goals: 94
Last 6 2005/2006 results:
Barnsley:
28/2/06 Bournemouth 1-1 Barnsley (League One)
25/2/06 Barnsley 1-0 Colchester (League One)
18/2/06 Tranmere 0-1 Barnsley (League One)
14/2/06 Barnsley 1-1 Port Vale (League One)
11/1/06 Doncaster 2-0 Barnsley (League One)
4/2/06 Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City (League One
W:3 D:2 L:1 F:6 A:4 GD:+2 Points:11
Swansea:
24/2/06 Swansea 2-2 Huddersfield (League One)
18/2/06 Scunthorpe 2-2 Swansea (League One)
14/2/06 Swansea 1-1 Bradford (League One)
11/2/06 Nottingham Forest 1-2 Swansea (League One)
3/2/06 Swansea 1-0 Bournemouth (League One)
31/1/06 Swansea 1-2 Gillingham (League One)
W:2 D:3 L:1 F:9 A:8 GD+1 Points:9
Barnsley are currently 3rd in League One with 59 points from 35 games, 1 point above Swansea who lie in 5th place with 58 points from 35 games.