Coca-Cola Championship Matchday Fourteen: Barnsley v Bristol City
Last updated : 23 October 2009 By Rob Miles (barnsley Boy)
Team News
Reds boss Mark Robins could make changes from the side which fell to a last gasp defeat at Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. Andy Gray is pushing for a start ahead of Jon Macken whilst Emil Hallfredsson's poor form in the last two games could see him benched. Bobby Hassell- who played 80 minutes in a specially arranged game in midweek is fit again but is highly unlikely to force his way into a Reds defence which has impressed recently.
Likely Lineup:
Luke Steele
Carl Dickinson
Stephen Foster
Darren Moore
Ryan Shotton
Anderson De Silva
Hugo Colace
Emil Hallfredsson
Adam Hammill
Jon Macken/Andy Gray
Iain Hume
Head To Head
Bristol City make the three hour plus journey to South Yorkshire looking for their first victory at Oakwell in five visits. City haven't triumphed at Oakwell since the 2003-2004 season when both sides were in Division Two and the Robins won 1-0. The Reds indeed have a very impressive home record against the South West side having won 24 of the 41 meetings with City triumphing just seven times. It's the complete opposite down in Bristol however. There have been 40 meetings there with just four Barnsley wins. The Reds haven't returned with three points since a 2-0 win in October 1993, gained courtesy of strikes from Ian Bryson and Neil Redfearn.
Barnsley have won two of the last three meetings at Oakwell and have kept three successive home clean sheets against Gary Johnson's men. Probably the most prominent victory came in October 2007 when goals from Brian Howard, Dennis Souza and Martin Devaney secured a 3-0 victory in a one of the best Barnsley performances seen in recent years. After that game The Reds hit the heady heights of fourth in the Championship.
Last season's two meetings saw Bristol claim four points. It finished goal-less at Oakwell in October despite The Reds dominating (ironically that was on this weekend last year!). The Reds were defeated 2-0 at Ashton Gate in January. That defeat capped a miserable run for Barnsley at the time as it was their fifth defeat in a row. Amazingly they went and ended their Hillsborough hoodoo in the following game!
Barnsley 0-0 Bristol City Match Report 25/10/08
Barnsley 3-0 Bristol City Match Report 2/10/07
Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City Match Report 4/2/06
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 28
Bristol City Wins: 36
Draws: 17
Barnsley Goals: 120
Bristol City Goals: 139
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 24
Bristol City Wins: 7
Draws: 10
Barnsley Goals: 89
Bristol City Goals: 48
This Season
Bristol City have had a pretty indifferent start to the season- unbeatable at home but yet to win on their travels. They have won five and drawn two of their seven home games but haven't won away since February when they defeated Reading 2-1. Indeed of the 12 away games since they have lost eight of those. They are undefeated in four Championship games (two wins two draws) and last time out defeated bottom club Plymouth 3-1 at Ashton Gate on Tuesday
Tuesday night's 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest ended Barnsley's three match winning run. The Reds have also won their last three home games in all competitions (Burnley in the Carling Cup and West Brom and Ipswich in the league) It is the first time they have won a trio of home games since beating Preston, Blackpool and Watford in 2007. They haven't won four home games on the trot since 2001 when they defeated Crystal Palace (1-0), Crewe (3-0), Huddersfield (3-1) and Gillingham (3-1).
Last six 2009-2010 Results
Barnsley:
20/10/09 Nottingham Forest 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
17/10/09 Doncaster 0-1 Barnsley (Championship)
3/10/09 Barnsley 2-1 Ipswich (Championship)
29/9/09 Barnsley 3-1 West Brom (Championship)
26/12/09 QPR 5-2 Barnsley (Championship)
22/9/09 Barnsley 3-2 Burnley (Carling Cup)
W: 4 D: 0 L: 2 F: 11 A: 10 GD: 1 Points: 9
Bristol City:
20/10/09 Bristol City 3-1 Plymouth (Championship)
17/10/09 Bristol City 1-1 Peterborough (Championship)
3/10/09 Newcastle 0-0 Bristol City (Championship)
29/9/09 Bristol City 2-0 Blackpool (Championship)
26/9/09 Derby 1-0 Bristol City (Championship)
19/9/09 Bristol City 1-1 Scunthorpe (Championship)
W: 2 D: 3 L: 1 F: 7 A: 4 GD: 3 Points 9
Barnsley lie in 20th place in the Coca-Cola Championship with 14 points from 13 games.
Bristol City lie in 9th place in the Coca-Cola Championship with 21 points from 13 games.
Barnsley could go as high as 15th with victory whilst Bristol City could go as high as 3rd
Mad Sites:
www.barnsley-mad.co.uk
www.bristolcity-mad.co.uk
Official Sites:
www.barnsleyfc.co.uk
www.bcfc.co.uk
