Team News
Barnsley are without Lewin Nyatanga, Martin Cranie, Kelvin Etuhu, Paul Digby, Danny Rose and Dale Jennings for the trip to the seaside.
Etuhu and Nyatanga remain sidelined with the hamstring injuries that have so far kept them out of the first two matches whilst Digby (thigh) and Rose (ankle) are still a couple of weeks away from recovery.
Cranie suffered a knee injury in the cup win over Scunthorpe that will keep him out for a month whilst Jennings is serving a three match suspension for his red card against Wigan last weekend.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Tom Kennedy
Martin Cranie
Jim O’Brien
Jean-Yves Mvoto
Scott Golbourne
Stephen Dawson
David Perkins
Jacob Mellis
Chris O’Grady
Chris Dagnall
Head To Head
Last Six Blackpool v Barnsley results:
2/2/13 Blackpool 1-2 Barnsley (Championship)
15/9/12 Barnsley 1-1 Blackpool (Championship)
9/4/12 Blackpool 1-1 Barnsley (Championship)
26/12/11 Barnsley 1-3 Blackpool (Championship)
27/2/10 Barnsley 1-0 Blackpool (Championship)
5/12/09 Blackpool 1-2 Barnsley (Championship)
Overall Record:
Blackpool Wins: 26
Barnsley Wins: 40
Draws: 24
Blackpool Goals: 117
Barnsley Goals: 135
At Bloomfield Road:
Blackpool Wins: 15
Barnsley Wins: 14
Draws: 15
Blackpool Goals: 60
Barnsley Goals: 47
First Met In League: Barnsley 2-1 Blackpool Saturday 11th February 1899.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 6-0 Scunthorpe Saturday 10th January 1903.
Biggest Defeat: Blackpool 6-0 Barnsley Saturday 7th January 1905.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Iain Hume 75) 1-0 Blackpool Saturday 27th February 2010.
Last Away Win: Blackpool (Tom Ince 55) 1-2 Barnsley (Jim O’Brien 25, Jason Scotland 88) Saturday 2nd February 2013.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Craig Davies 14) 1-1 Blackpool (Tom Ince 30) Saturday 15th September 2012.
Last Away Draw: Blackpool (Matt Phillips 71) 1-1 Barnsley (David Perkins 47) Monday 9th April 2012.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Matt Done 18) 1-3 Blackpool (Matt Phillips 37,67,82) Monday 26th December 2011.
Last Away Defeat: Blackpool (Steve Kabba 86) 1-0 Barnsley Saturday 13th September 2008.
Last Away Meeting:
Saturday 2nd February 2013.
Blackpool 1 2 Barnsley
Tom Ince (55) Jim O’Brien (25)
Matthew Gilks (sent off 65) Jason Scotland (88)
Blackpool:
Matthew Gilks, Stephen Crainey, Alex Baptiste, Craig Cathcart, Kirk Broadfoot, Matt Phillips (Mark Halstead 66), Tiago Gomes (Nathan Delfouneso 82), Tom Ince, Chris Basham, Angel, Gary Taylor-Fletcher (Matt Derbyshire 69)
Unused Subs: Reece Wabara, Barry Ferguson, Isaiah Osbourne, Nathan Eccleston.
Barnsley:
Luke Steele, Scott Golbourne, Stephen Foster, Martin Cranie, Tom Kennedy, Rory Delap (Scott Wiseman 54), Jim O’Brien (Chris O’Grady 61), David Perkins, Kelvin Etuhu, Chris Dagnall, Marlon Harewood (Jason Scotland 66)
Unused Subs: Ben Alnwick, Bobby Hassell, Jacob Mellis, Danny Rose.
Still at respective clubs:
Blackpool: 11
Barnsley: 15
Last Season/ This Season
Last six 2012-2013/ 2013-2014 results:
Blackpool:
5/8/13 Preston 1-0 Blackpool (League Cup)
3/8/13 Doncaster 1-3 Blackpool (Championship)
4/5/13 Bolton 2-2 Blackpool (Championship)
27/4/13 Blackpool 2-1 Derby (Championship)
20/4/13 Brighton 6-1 Blackpool (Championship)
16/4/13 Blackpool 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday (Championship)
W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 8 A: 11 GD: -3 Points: 8
Barnsley:
6/8/13 Barnsley 0–0 Scunthorpe (League Cup)
3/8/13 Barnsley 0-4 Wigan (Championship)
4/5/13 Huddersfield 2-2 Barnsley (Championship)
27/4/13 Barnsley 2-0 Hull (Championship)
20/4/13 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Barnsley (Championship)
16/4/13 Barnsley 1–1 Derby (Championship)
W: 1 D: 4 L: 1 F: 5 A: 7 GD: -2 Points: 6 (one draw in the League Cup)
Interesting Stats
Barnsley have won nearly half of their meetings with Blackpool (40 out of 90)
Victory tomorrow would be their third in the last four trips to Bloomfield Road and would mean that there would have been 15 Blackpool wins, 15 Barnsley wins and 15 draws at that famous old ground.
Barnsley need three more goals to reach 50 at Bloomfield Road.
Incredibly Blackpool have not scored more than once in a home league game with Barnsley since 1936, whilst The Reds have scored twice in two of their last three visits.
Blackpool midfielder Tom Ince- son of manager Paul, netted in both meetings last season but is suspended tomorrow whilst winger Matt Phillips has four goals in his last four appearances against Barnsley, including a hat trick on Boxing Day 2011.
Last weekend Blackpool won their opening league game of a season for the fourth successive year. They managed to win both of their two opening fixtures in each of the last two seasons.
The Seasiders have not lost their first home league game of a season since 2008-2009.
Barnsley have not won their first away league game of a season for seven years. They defeated Hull City 3-2 at the start of the 2006-2007 campaign, and that is their only first away game success in 15 years.
Barnsley have now failed to score in either of their first two matches of the season. They failed to score in any of their first three in 2011-2012.
The Reds have also won just one of their last nine matches in all competitions, drawing six.
They have not lost both their opening two league fixtures for five years. Back in 2008-2009, they lost their first three and five of the first six.
On This Day:
Blackpool:
Played: 4 Won: 2 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Scored 5 Conceded 5.
Last match on the 10th August: 2004. Blackpool (Edwards) 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday. ATT: 6,713.
Last win: 1999
Last draw: N/A
Last defeat: 2004
STAT! – In contrast, Blackpool won their first two games on this date but have lost the next two.
Barnsley:
Played: 5 Won: 2 Drawn: 0 Lost: 3 Scored 9 Conceded 10.
Last match on the 10th August: 2010. Barnsley 0-1 Rochdale. ATT: 4,107.
Last win: 2004
Last draw: N/A
Last defeat: 2010.
STAT! – Barnsley’s record on this date reads LWLWL, so in theory a victory should be next!
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 10th August 2013:
3pm:
Blackburn v Nottingham Forest
Bolton v Reading
Brighton v Derby
Charlton v Middlesbrough
Huddersfield v QPR
Ipswich v Millwall
Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley
Watford v Bournemouth
Yeovil v Birmingham
Sunday 11th August 2013:
4:30pm:
Leicester v Leeds