New loan signing Vito Mannone should be on the bench after arriving from Arsenal.
Andy Ritchie's starting line-up should be unchanged for the fourth successive game with fellow new signing Colin Healy again likely to warm the bench.
Probable Line-Up:
Nick Colgan
Bobby Hassell
Antony Kay
Paul Reid
Paul Heckingbottom
Martin Devaney
Brian Howard
Sam Togwell
Michael McIndoe
Paul Hayes
Marc Richards
Barnsley have a decent home record against Southampton having won 14 of the 24 meetings at Oakwell, including the last encounter, a thrilling 4-3 win back in the Premiership heydays.
The last six meeting have been see-saw however as both teams have won 3 each at Oakwell.
The two teams are very close at the beginning of the 2006-2007 season with Barnsley sitting 8th with 2 wins from 3 and 6 points whilst Southampton are right behind in 9th with 1 win and 2 draws from 3 and 5 points.
Southampton are unbeaten so far this season but only won 4 away matches last term.
Barnsley meanwhile haven't won at home since February 25th (a total of 8 matches)
Incidentally the last time The Reds won 3 games in a row was at the beginning of this year when they recorded three successive 2-0 victories over MK Dons, Nottingham Forest and Bristol City.
Last 6 Barnsley v Southampton Results:
14/3/98 Barnsley 4-3 Southampton (Premiership)
8/11/97 Southampton 4-1 Barnsley (Premiership)
14/10/97 Barnsley 1-2 Southampton (League Cup)
4/3/85 Southampton 1-2 Barnsley (F.A Cup)
14/10/59 Southampton 2-1 Barnsley (Third Division)
7/10/59 Barnsley 1-0 Southampton (Third Division)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 20
Southampton Wins:18
Draws: 10
Barnsley Goals: 73
Southampton: 82
Last 6 2005-2006/2006-2007 results:
Barnsley:
12/8/06 Colchester 1-2 Barnsley (Championship)
8/8/06 Hull 2-3 Barnsley (Championship)
5/8/06 Barnsley 1-2 Cardiff (Championship)
27/5/06 Barnsley 2-2 Swansea (aet) Barnsley win 4-3 on pens (Coca Cola League One Play-Off Final)
15/5/06 Huddersfield 1-3 Barnsley (Coca Cola League One Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg)
11/5/06 Barnsley 0-1 Huddersfield (Coca Cola League One Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg)
W:4* D:0 L:2 F:11 A:8 GD:+3 Points:6**
*= includes penalty win
**= Play-Off games don't include points
Southampton:
12/8/06 Southampton 0-0 West Brom (Championship)
9/8/06 Southampton 2-0 Coventry (Championship)
6/8/06 Derby 2-2 Southampton (Championship)
30/4/06 Southampton 2-0 Leicester (Championship)
22/4/06 Crystal Palace 2-1 Southampton (Championship)
17/4/06 Southampton 2-0 Millwall (Championship)
W:3 D:1 L:1 F:9 A:3 GD:+6 Points:10
Barnsley currently lie 8th in the Coca Cola Championship with 6 points from 3 games, 1 point above Southampton who lie 9th with 5 points from 3 games.