Team News
Barnsley only have doubts over winger Dale Jennings who has missed the last three matches with an ankle injury. Reds boss Danny Wilson could decide to stick with a winning side.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Ross Turnbull
James Bree
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Lewin Nyatanga
Ryan Williams
Connor Hourihane
Luke Berry
James Bailey
Sam Winnall
Devante Cole
Head to Head
Last Six Peterborough v Barnsley results:
1/1/13 Peterborough (Michael Bostwick 28, Tommy Rose 87) 2-1 Barnsley (Marlon Harewood 79) (Championship)
2/10/12 Barnsley 0-2 Peterborough (George Boyd 2, Tyron Barnett 10) (Championship)
24/3/12 Barnsley (David Cotterill 24) 1-0 Peterborough (Championship)
3/12/11 Peterborough (George Boyd 64, Ryan Bennett 68, Lee Frecklington 70) 3-4 Barnsley (Jim O’Brien 17, Jacob Butterfield 45, Ricardo Vaz Te 55, Craig Davies 78) (Championship)
5/4/10 Barnsley (Iain Hume 7,84) 2-2 Peterborough (Ryan Bennett 5, Tommy Rowe 77) (Championship)
31/10/09 Peterborough (George Boyd 24) 1-2 Barnsley (Daniel Bogdanovic 26, Jon Macken 39) (Championship)
Overall Record:
Peterborough Wins: 15
Barnsley Wins: 13
Draws: 4
Peterborough Goals: 65
Barnsley Goals: 58
At London Road:
Peterborough Wins: 9
Barnsley Wins: 6
Draws: 1
Peterborough Goals: 44
Barnsley Goals: 32
First Met In League: Barnsley 0-3 Peterborough, Saturday 9th December 1961 (Third Division)
Biggest Win: Barnsley 6-0 Peterborough (League Cup), Saturday 30th January 1982.
Biggest Defeat: Peterborough 4-1 Barnsley (Third Division), Saturday 26th December 1964, Peterborough (Dominic Iorfa 2, Tony Adcock, Bobby Barnes 4-1 Barnsley (David Currie) (Division One), Tuesday 17th August 1993.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (David Cotterill 24) 1-0 Peterborough (Championship), Saturday 24th March 2012.
Last Away Win: Peterborough (George Boyd 64, Ryan Bennett 68, Lee Frecklington 70) 3-4 Barnsley (Jim O’Brien 17, Jacob Butterfield 45, Ricardo Vaz Te 55, Craig Davies 78) (Championship), Saturday 3rd December 2011.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Iain Hume 7,84) 2-2 Peterborough (Ryan Bennett 5, Tommy Rowe 77) (Championship), Monday 5th April 2010.
Last Away Draw: Peterborough 1-1 Barnsley (Division One) Saturday 9th January 1993.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-2 Peterborough (George Boyd 2, Tyron Barnett 10) (Championship), Tuesday 2nd October 2012.
Last Away Defeat: Peterborough (Michael Bostwick 28, Tommy Rose 87) 2-1 Barnsley (Marlon Harewood 79) (Championship), Tuesday 1st January 2013.
Last Away Meeting:
Tuesday 1st January 2013:
Peterborough 2 1 Barnsley
Bostwick 28 Harewood 79
Rowe 87
Peterborough:
Bobby Olejnik, Shaun Brisley (Daniel Kearns 89), Gabriel Zakuani, Mark Little, Michael Bostwick, George Boyd, Tommy Rowe, Joe Newell (Danny Swanson 75), Kane Ferdinand, Lee Tomlin (Nat Knight-Percival 89), Dwight Gayle.
Unused substitutes:
Joe Day, Craig Alcock, Grant McCann, Jaanai Gordon.
Manager: Darren Ferguson.
Barnsley:
Luke Steele, Scott Golbourne, Jim McNulty, Martin Cranie, Tom Kennedy, John Stones, Stephen Dawson, Jim O’Brien (Reuben Noble-Lazarus 85), David Perkins, Craig Davies (Marlon Harewood 67), Chris Dagnall.
Unused substitutes:
Ben Alnwick, Stephen Foster, Matty Done, Tomasz Cywka, Jonathan Greening.
Manager: David Flitcroft.
Still at respective clubs:
Peterborough: 8 (Olejnik, Brisley, Zakuani, Bostwick, Newell, Ferdinand, Day, McCann)
Barnsley: 2 (Cranie, Noble-Lazarus)
Number of managers since this game (including caretakers):
Peterborough: 0 Darren Ferguson has been in charge at Peterborough since January 2011.
Barnsley: 2 (Micky Mellon, Danny Wilson)
This Season:
Last six 2014-2015 results:
Peterborough:
11/10/14 Crawley 1-4 Peterborough (Michael Smith, Christian Burgess, Marcus Maddison, Conor Washington) (League One)
4/10/14 Peterborough (Michael Bostwick, Marcus Maddison) 2-2 Oldham (League One)
27/9/14 Peterborough (Conor Washington) 1-0 Fleetwood (League One)
20/9/14 Yeovil 1-0 Peterborough (League One)
16/9/14 Gillingham 2-1 Peterborough (Jon Taylor) (League One)
13/9/14 Peterborough 0-0 Notts County (League One)
W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 8 A: 6 GD: +2 Points: 8
Barnsley:
12/10/14 Barnsley (Rory McArdle og, Sam Winnall, Kane Hemmings) 3–1 Bradford (Jason Kennedy) (League One)
7/10/14 Oldham 2-2 (Barnsley (Luke Berry, Sam Winnall) (Football League Trophy)
4/10/14 Rochdale 0–1 Barnsley (League One)
27/9/14 Barnsley 0-3 Swindon (League One)
20/9/14 Port Vale 2–1 Barnsley (Conor Hourihane) (League One)
17/9/14 Fleetwood 0-0 Barnsley (League One)
W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 7 A: 8 GD: -1 Points: 7 *1 draw in cup
Interesting Stats:
Barnsley have won five of their last six trips to Peterborough but just six in total.
This will be the first meeting at this level for exactly 10 years. Barnsley did the double over the Posh back in 2004-2005, winning 4-0 at home and 3-1 away.
This fixture usually produces goals. There has been 28 in the last eight clashes.
The Reds have scored in each of their last ten trips to London Road. 1974 was the last time they failed to do so.
Peterborough, who were relegated from the Championship instead of Barnsley on that dramatic final minute of the final day of the 2012-2013 season and have made a strong start in trying to win promotion back to the second tier following a play-off semi-final defeat last season.
Darren Ferguson’s side sit second in the table with seven wins and 23 points from their opening 12 matches.
Remarkably they are eight points WORSE off than this time last season but sit in the exact same position in League One.
Posh have won two of their last three league matches including a 4-1 victory at Crawley at the weekend, but they have only won back to back games once this season and have followed a victory with either a draw or defeat on five occasions.
The Posh have played six home league games so far this season and have failed to net on only one occasion. They have lost just one of those six too.
Barnsley are searching for a third successive league victory, something they have not managed since February 2013.
Sam Winnall has netted in back to back Barnsley matches, he last netted in three games in a row was back in February for Scunthorpe when he managed to score in four.
Barnsley have scored a first half goal just once in the last eight games in all competitions.
On This Day:
Peterborough:
Played: 13 Won: 7 Drawn: 4 Lost: 2 Scored: 25 Conceded: 16.
Last match on the 18th October: 2011. Peterborough (Boyd, McCann, 2, Taylor) 4-3 Cardiff. Att: 6,351.
Last win: 2011
Last draw: 2008
Last defeat: 1983
STAT! – Peterborough have lost just twice on this date and are unbeaten in the last eight.
Barnsley:
Played: 18 Won: 6 Drawn: 6 Lost: 6 Scored: 29 Conceded: 32.
Last match on the 18th October: 2011. Barnsley (Butterfield, Vaz Te) 2-0 Burnley. Att: 9,692.
Last win: 2011
Last draw: 1986
Last defeat: 2008
STAT! – Barnsley have a symmetrical record on this date having won six, drawn six and lost six. The Reds have won two and lost two of the last four.
Mad Sites:
www.peterboroughunited-mad.co.uk
Official Sites:
Other Fixtures:
Saturday 18th October 2014:
3pm:
Chesterfield v Oldham
Coventry v Bristol City
Fleetwood v Doncaster
Leyton Orient v MK Dons
Notts County v Crawley
Preston v Port Vale
Rochdale v Gillingham
Scunthorpe v Colchester
Walsall v Crewe
Yeovil v Swindon
5:15pm:
Bradford v Sheffield United