Team News
Jim O’Brien sustained a knee injury in the win over Nottingham Forest so is a major doubt and manager Danny Wilson will have to check the fitness of his players after the weekend. Their opponents Leicester have not played for 10 days.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Jack Hunt
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Tom Kennedy
Jim O’Brien
Stephen Dawson
Martin Woods
Dale Jennings
Jacob Mellis
Chris O’Grady
Head to Head
Last Six Barnsley v Leicester City results:
28/9/13 Leicester 2-1 Barnsley (Championship)
1/4/13 Barnsley 2-0 Leicester (Championship)
8/12/12 Leicester 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
14/1/12 Leicester 1-2 Barnsley (Championship)
10/9/11 Barnsley 1-1 Leicester (Championship)
5/2/11 Leicester 4-1 Barnsley (Championship)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 25
Leicester Wins: 48
Draws: 31
Barnsley Goals: 109
Leicester Goals: 159
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 16
Leicester Wins: 18
Draws: 17
Barnsley Goals: 66
Leicester Goals: 63
First Met In League: Barnsley 3-4 Leicester Saturday 24th September 1898.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 3-0 Leicester Saturday 17th December 1988 and Saturday 6th December 1913.
Biggest Defeat: Leicester 6-0 Barnsley Saturday 16th November 1946 and Saturday 28th February 1925.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Michael Keane og 4, Chris O’Grady 40) 2-0 Leicester Monday 1st April 2013.
Last Away Win: Leicester (Lloyd Dyer 15) 1-2 Barnsley (Andy Gray 12, 34) Saturday 14th January 2012.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Jacob Butterfield 38) 1-1 Leicester (Andy King 46) Saturday 10th September 2011.
Last Away Draw: Leicester (Anthony Knockaert 9, Jamie Vardy 90) 2-2 Barnsley (Stephen Dawson 27, Reuben Noble-Lazarus 39) Saturday 8th December 2012.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-2 Leicester (Leonardo Vitor 18, Andy King 85) Saturday 6th November 2010.
Last Away Defeat: Leicester (David Nugent 50, 62) 2-1 Barnsley (Jason Scotland 73) Saturday 28th September 2013.
Last Home Meeting:
Barnsley 2 0 Leicester
Keane og 4
O’Grady 40
Barnsley:
Luke Steele, Bobby Hassell, Scott Wiseman, Martin Cranie (Stephen Foster 68), Tom Kennedy, Stephen Dawson, David Perkins, Jacob Mellis (Jim O’Brien 81), Kelvin Etuhu, Jason Scotland (Chris Dagnall 63), Chris O’Grady.
Unused substitutes:
Ben Alnwick, Tomasz Cywka, Marlon Harewood, Danny Rose.
Leicester:
Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet (Liam Moore 32), Paul Konchesky, Zak Whitbread, Michael Keane, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Matty James, Antony Knockaert (Ben Marshall 56), David Nugent, Chris Wood (Jeffrey Schlupp 60).
Unused substitutes:
Conrad Logan, Ritchie Wellens, Jamie Vardy, Harry Kane.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 11 (Steele, Hassell, Cranie, Kennedy, Dawson, Mellis, O’Brien, Etuhu, O’Grady, Cywka, Rose.)
Leicester: 14 (Schmeichel, De Laet, Konchesky, Whitbread, King, Dyer, James, Knockaert, Nugent, Wood, Logan, Moore, Vardy, Schlupp.)
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
8/3/14 Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
1/3/14 Huddersfield 5-0 Barnsley (Championship)
22/2/14 Barnsley 1-0 Millwall (Championship)
18/2/14 Wigan 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
15/2/14 Doncaster 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
8/2/14 Barnsley 2-2 Ipswich (Championship)
W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 6 A: 12 GD: -6 Points: 8
Leicester:
1/3/14 Leicester 3-0 Charlton (Championship)
22/2/14 Leicester 3-0 Ipswich (Championship)
19/2/14 Nottingham Forest 2-2 Leicester (Championship)
8/2/14 Leicester 2-2 Watford (Championship)
1/2/14 Bournemouth 0-1 Leicester (Championship)
28/2/14 Birmingham 1-2 Leicester (Championship)
W: 4 D: 2 L: 0 F: 13 A: 5 GD: +8 Points: 14
Interesting Stats
Barnsley have lost just one of their last four home meetings with Leicester although the Foxes have left Oakwell victorious in four of their last seven visits and have won more Oakwell meetings than Barnsley ( 18-16)
The Reds have won just one of the last seven meetings overall.
Leicester have one hand on the Championship title and a return to the Premier League after a 10 year absence.
The Foxes are five points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on the back of a 14 match unbeaten league run, 11 of which they have won.
Nigel Pearson’s side are unbeaten in the league in 2014 and have won eight of their 10 league matches this calendar year with each of their last two matches ending in 3-0 victories.
Overall Leicester have won 23 of their 33 league matches this season- the most in the entire professional Football pyramid (Premier League to Conference North/South), with their points tally of 74 only bettered by the Conference Premier leaders Luton who have 76.
The 62 goals they have scored is the most in the Championship and their goal difference of +30 is also the division’s best.
Leicester have won five and drawn one of their last six league matches on the road and they have the best away record in the division with their total of 10 away league victories only bettered in the Football League by League One Preston who have 11.
Ref Watch:
Mark Heywood.
2013-2014: Games: 23 Yellows: 76 Reds: 2
After tomorrow Heywood will have officiated five Championship matches this season, three of which have involved Barnsley.
He sent off Jean Yves-Mvoto in a 5-2 defeat at Blackburn in August and was also in the middle for the 2-1 home defeat to Derby in December.
Last Barnsley match: Barnsley 1-2 Derby. Saturday 29th December 2013 (Yellow card for Jim O’Brien and Stephen Dawson)
Last Leicester match: Doncaster 1-0 Leicester. Saturday 5th October 2013. (Yellow card for David Nugent)
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 19 Won: 8 Drawn: 3 Lost: 8 Scored: 23 Conceded: 18.
Last match on the 11th March: 2008 Barnsley (Howard,2, Macken, Wright og) 4-1 Ipswich. Att: 11,333.
Last win: 2008
Last draw: 1989
Last defeat: 2006
STAT! – Barnsley have an inconsistent record on this date having won eight and lost eight but recent form is very good having won four of the last five.
Leicester:
Played: 19 Won: 4 Drawn: 4 Lost: 11 Scored: 22 Conceded: 30.
Last match on the 11th March: 2009. Tranmere 2-0 Leicester. Att: 6,032.
Last win: 2006
Last draw: 1997
Last defeat: 2009
STAT! – Leicester have won just four of 19 matches on this date and they have lost three of the last four.
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Other Fixtures:
Tuesday 11th March 2014:
7:45pm:
Brighton v QPR
Derby v Bolton
Doncaster v Watford
Leeds v Reading
Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest
Yeovil v Ipswich
8pm:
Blackpool v Millwall
Wednesday 12th March 2014:
7:45pm:
Birmingham v Burnley
Blackburn v Bournemouth
Charlton v Huddersfield
Wigan v Sheffield Wednesday