Team News
Jim O’Brien has recovered from a virus so the Reds are almost at full strength. Marcus Pedersen suffered an injury whilst training with the Norway Under 23’s that will rule him out this weekend. It means the striker will have missed seven of the last nine matches and not actually appeared on the pitch since the 4th January.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Jack Hunt
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Tom Kennedy
Emmanuel Frimpong
Liam Lawrence
Dale Jennings
Jacob Mellis
Chris O’Grady
Nick Proschwitz
Head to Head
Last Six Barnsley v Nottingham Forest results:
14/9/13 Nottingham Forest 3-2 Barnsley (Championship)
20/4/13 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Barnsley (Championship)
27/10/12 Barnsley 1-4 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
3/3/12 Barnsley 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
6/8/11 Nottingham Forest 0-0 Barnsley (Championship)
1/1/11 Nottingham Forest 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 25
Nottingham Forest Wins: 27
Draws: 21
Barnsley Goals: 97
Nottingham Forest Goals: 108
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 18
Nottingham Forest Wins: 8
Draws: 10
Barnsley Goals: 61
Nottingham Forest Goals: 40
First Met In League: Barnsley 0-1 Nottingham Forest Saturday 29th September 1906.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-0 Nottingham Forest Saturday 17th January 1914.
Biggest Defeat: Nottingham Forest 7-1 Barnsley Saturday 9th February 1957.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Nathan Doyle 4, Andy Gray 56, Jacob Butterfield 87) 3-1 Nottingham Forest (Lewis McGugan 68) Saturday 16th October 2010.
Last Away Win: Nottingham Forest 0-2 Barnsley (Marc Richards 15,31) Friday 27th January 2006.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Craig Davies 79) 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Gareth McCleary 33) Saturday 3rd March 2012.
Last Away Draw: Nottingham Forest 0-0 Barnsley Saturday 20th April 2013.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley ( Marlon Harewood 24) 1-4 Nottingham Forest (Greg Halford 35, Simon Cox 42, Chris Cohen 45, Jermaine Jenas 77) Saturday 27th October 2012.
Last Away Defeat: Nottingham Forest (Simon Cox 18, Kelvin Etuhu og 45, Darius Henderson 84) 3-2 Barnsley (Chris O’Grady 20, Tomasz Cywka 69) Saturday 14th September 2013.
Last Home Meeting:
Barnsley 1 4 Nottingham Forest
Harewood 24 Halford 35
Cox 42
Cohen 45
Jenas 77
Barnsley:
Ben Alnwick, Scott Golbourne, Stephen Foster, Scott Wiseman, John Stones, Stephen Dawson (Chris Dagnall 54), Matty Done (Tom Kennedy 51), David Perkins, Tomasz Cywka (Etuhu 51), Jacob Mellis, Marlon Harewood
Unused substitutes:
Luke Steele, Bobby Hassell, Jim McNulty, Danny Rose.
Nottingham Forest:
Lee Camp, Dan Harding, Danny Collins, Greg Halford (Elliott Ward 78), Brendan Moloney, Simon Gillett, Chris Cohen, Andy Reid (James Coppinger 80), Radoslaw Majewski (Jermaine Jenas 69), Simon Cox, Billy Sharp.
Unused substitutes:
Karl Darlow, Lewis McGugan, Jonathan Greening, Dexter Blackstock.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 8 (Dawson, Kennedy, Cywka, Etuhu, Mellis, Steele, Hassell, Rose.)
Nottingham Forest: 11 (Harding, Collins, Halford, Gillett, Cohen, Reid, Majewski, Cox, Darlow, Greening, Blackstock.)
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
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)
1/2/14 Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
W: 1 D: 2 L: 3 F: 5 A: 12 GD: -7 Points: 5
Nottingham Forest:
1/3/14 Nottingham Forest 1-4 Wigan (Championship)
22/2/14 Burnley 3-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
19/2/14 Nottingham Forest 2-2 Leicester (Championship)
16/2/14 Sheffield United 3-1 Nottingham Forest (FA Cup)
11/2/14 Huddersfield 0-3 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
8/2/14 Blackpool 1-1 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
W: 1 D: 2 L: 3 F: 9 A: 13 GD: -4 Points: 5
Interesting Stats
Barnsley have failed to win any of their last six encounters with Nottingham Forest and have won just two of the last 10.
Forest have though managed just one win from their last seven trips to Oakwell, which came in their most recent visit, 4-1 back in October 2012.
Billy Davies’s side won 3-2 at the City Ground in September, so are chasing their first double over Barnsley since 2000-2001.
The Reds are three goals away from netting 100 against Forest, who have so far managed 108 against them.
Nottingham Forest are in the thick of the promotion race, sitting fifth in the Championship table but have lost each of their last two league matches.
It is only the second time this season they have lost back to back games and they have not lost three on the bounce for 14 months.
Forest have failed to win any of their last four games in all competitions, losing three. Prior to this they were unbeaten in 16, nine of which they had won.
Forest have scored in every league game of 2014 and the last time they failed to net in the Championship was back on the 21st December.
They have lost just three times on the road this season, the joint lowest in the Championship but have won just five. They are accrued eight stalemates away from the City Ground, the joint most in the top 10.
This game sees Forest manager Billy Davies start a five-match touchline ban.
Ref Watch:
Keith Stroud.
2013-2014: Games: 29 Yellows: 129 Reds: 7
Stroud has shown a staggering 129 yellow cards in just 29 matches this season. He has shown at least two yellows in every game. Stroud has also issued seven red cards this season including one to Marcus Tudgay in Barnsley’s 0-0 draw at Leeds back in December.
Last Barnsley match: Leeds 0-0 Barnsley. Saturday 21st December 2013 (Yellow card for Jack Butland, Jim O’Brien and Jacob Mellis. Red card for Marcus Tudgay)
Last Nottingham Forest match: Nottingham Forest 2-0 QPR. Thursday 26th December 2013. (Yellow card for Karl Darlow)
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 18 Won: 10 Drawn: 4 Lost: 4 Scored: 26 Conceded: 16.
Last match on the 8th March: 2011 Barnsley (Harewood,2) 2-1 Scunthorpe. Att: 10,250.
Last win: 2011
Last draw: 1986
Last defeat: 1998
STAT! – Barnsley have a good record on this date having won 10 of their 18 matches including each of the last three and four of the last five.
Nottingham Forest:
Played: 17 Won: 6 Drawn: 2 Lost: 9 Scored: 18 Conceded: 22.
Last match on the 8th March: 2011. Sheffield United 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Adebola). Att: 20,547.
Last win: 2005
Last draw: 2008
Last defeat: 2011
STAT! – Nottingham Forest have won just six of 17 of this date and only one of the last five.
Mad Sites:
www.nottinghamforest-mad.co.uk
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 8th March 2014:
3pm:
Birmingham v QPR
Blackpool v Bournemouth
Brighton v Reading
Derby v Millwall
Doncaster v Huddersfield
Leeds v Bolton
Middlesbrough v Ipswich
Yeovil v Sheffield Wednesday
Sunday 9th March 2014:
12:30pm:
Blackburn v Burnley