Early Reds Team News
Simon Davey has doubts over Rob Kozluk and Dominik Werling who both picked up knocks on Monday. Davey says Werling is 50-50 but is hopeful both will recover.
Lewin Nyatanga, Paul Reid and Andy Johnson could all return to the squad after being rested for Saturday's win over Scunthorpe whilst Marciano Van Homoet will hope he has done enough to travel to the Britannia Stadium
Probable Line-Up:
Heinz Muller
Rob Kozluk
Stephen Foster
Dennis Souza
Dominik Werling
Andy Johnson
Brian Howard
Jamal Campbell-Ryce
Istvan Ferenczi
Kayode Odejayi
Head to Head
Barnsley's visit to the Britannia Stadium last season earned them Performance of the Week after a fine defensive display saw The Reds come away with a 1-0 victory courtesy of a great Istvan Ferenczi strike to earn 3 vital relegation points in front of the SKY cameras.
That was Barnsley's first win at Stoke in seven attempts.
STOKE CITY: Simonsen, Hoefkens, Fortune, Higginbotham, Griffin, Lawrence (Martin 81), Russell (Rooney 61), Diao, Matteo (Eustace 23), Hendrie, Sidibe.
Subs: Zakuani, Hoult.
BARNSLEY: Colgan, Austin, Reid, Nyatanga, Heckingbottom, Devaney, Togwell, McCann, Howard, Ferenczi, Rajczi (K. Reid 82).
Subs: Lucas, Jones, Atkinson, Richards.
Stoke 0-1 Barnsley Report Monday 26th February 2007
The Reds home form against the Potteries is tremendously better!
Last seasons 2-2 draw at Oakwell ended a run of NINE successive wins over Stoke at home!
Barnsley were 2-0 behind last season to goals from Clint Hill and Luke Chadwick in the first half but two goals in two minutes from Tommy Wright and Paul Hayes within the last 17 minutes earned Andy Ritchie's men a share of the spoils.
BARNSLEY: Colgan, Hassell, Reid, Togwell, Hayes, McIndoe, Howard (Healy 81), Tonge, Williams, Richards (Wright 68), Devaney.
Subs: Mannone, Heckingbottom, McParland.
STOKE CITY: Simonsen, Duberry, Hill, Brammer, Sidibe, Sweeney (Harper 68), Higginbotham, Pericard, Russell, Chadwick (Whitley 68), Griffin.
Subs: Hoefkens, Pulis, Rooney.
Barnsley 2-2 Stoke Report Saturday 9th September 2006
Tuesday night though will be all about repeating last season's heroics and earning only a second win at Stoke since 1989.
Last 6 Barnsley v Stoke Results:
26/2/07 Stoke 0-1 Barnsley (Championship)
9/9/06 Barnsley 2-2 Stoke (Championship)
1/11/00 Stoke 3-2 Barnsley (League Cup)
26/12/97 Stoke 1-0 Barnsley (Division One)
10/9/96 Barnsley 3-0 Stoke (Division One)
2/3/96 Stoke 2-0 Barnsley (Division One)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 22
Stoke Wins: 20
Draws: 14
Barnsley Goals: 77
Scunthorpe Goals: 77
This Season
Stoke - heavily tipped for the play-offs this term after a near miss last season have made a good start to achieving those predictions.
Unbeaten at home they lie 7th and have picked up fine victories over fellow promotion hopefuls Cardiff and Charlton whilst earning draws against Wolves and Hull. The solitary defeat came at the hands of Southampton in a narrow 3-2 reverse.
Barnsley's 2-0 win over Scunthorpe at the weekend lifted them from 21st to 14th in the league and a win at the Britannia would lift them above Stoke in the table.
To do this though, horrid away form will have to be addressed. The last away success was the fine 3-1 victory at Southend on the 14th April and in the 4 away games since have lost three of them.
Stoke are unbeaten at home in 7 games, the last time they were defeated in front of their home fans was… yep you guessed it the 1-0 defeat to Barnsley!
Last 6 2006-2007/ 2007-2008 Results:
Barnsley:
15/9/07 Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe (Championship)
1/9/07 West Brom 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
29/8/07 Newcastle 2-0 Barnsley (League Cup)
25/8/07 Barnsley 3-2 Plymouth (Championship)
18/8/07 Colchester 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
14/8/07 Barnsley 2-1 Darlington (League Cup)
W:3 D:1 L:2 F:9 A:9 GD: 0 Points: 7
Stoke:
15/9/07 Hull 1-1 Stoke (Championship)
1/9/07 Stoke 0-0 Wolves (Championship)
25/8/07 Southampton 3-2 Stoke (Championship)
18/8/07 Stoke 2-1 Charlton (Championship)
14/8/07 Rochdale 2-2 Stoke (Rochdale win 4-2 on pens) (League Cup)
11/8/07 Cardiff 0-1 Stoke (Championship)
W: 2 D:2 L:2* F:8 A:7 GD: +1 Points:8
*= Defeats includes penalty shootout
Barnsley lie 14th in the Coca Cola Championship with 7 points from 5 games.
Scunthorpe lie 7th in the Coca Cola Championship with 8 points from 5 games