Team News
Bobby Hassell and Martin Cranie are definite absentees whilst Peter Ramage, although back in training is highly unlikely to be risked.
Ryan McLaughlin has returned from Liverpool but is not expected to be selected for the Bournemouth game.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Luke Steele
Jack Hunt
Jean-Yves Mvoto
Lewin Nyatanga
Tom Kennedy
Liam Lawrence
Stephen Dawson
Emmanuel Frimpong
Dale Jennings
Jacob Mellis
Nick Proschwitz
Head to Head
Last Six Barnsley v Bournemouth results:
17/9/13 Bournemouth 1-0 Barnsley (Championship)
25/3/06 Barnsley 0-0 Bournemouth (League One)
28/2/06 Bournemouth 1-1 Barnsley (League One)
19/2/05 Barnsley 0-1 Bournemouth (League One)
30/10/04 Bournemouth 1-3 Barnsley (League One)
17/1/04 Barnsley 1-1 Bournemouth (League One)
Overall Record:
Barnsley Wins: 16
Bournemouth Wins: 12
Draws: 13
Barnsley Goals: 57
Bournemouth Goals: 53
At Oakwell:
Barnsley Wins: 12
Bournemouth Wins: 3
Draws: 6
Barnsley Goals: 35
Bournemouth Goals: 19
First Met In League: Bournemouth 1-1 Barnsley Saturday 28th November 1959.
Biggest Win: Barnsley 5-2 Bournemouth Saturday 26th November 1988.
Biggest Defeat: Bournemouth 5-0 Barnsley Saturday 23rd September 1961.
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Darren Sheridan 14, Craig Hignett 65, Martin Bullock 88) 3-1 Bournemouth (Eddie Howe 51) Saturday 23rd January 1999.
Last Away Win: Bournemouth (Wade Elliott 52) 1-3 Barnsley (Barry Conlon 20, 36, Michael Chopra 69) Saturday 30th October 2004.
Last Home Draw: Barnsley 0-0 Bournemouth Saturday 25th March 2006.
Last Away Draw: Bournemouth (Adam Griffiths 70) 1-1 Barnsley (Stephen McPhail 21) Tuesday 28th February 2006.
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Bournemouth (Garreth O’Connor 77) Saturday 19th February 2005.
Last Away Defeat: Bournemouth (Pugh 78) 1-0 Barnsley Tuesday 17th September 2013.
Last Home Meeting:
Saturday 25th March 2006
Barnsley 0 0 Bournemouth
Barnsley:
Nick Colgan, Neil Austin, Paul Reid, Paul Heckingbottom, Antony Kay, Chris Shuker (Anthony McParland 77), Martin Devaney, Brian Howard, Stephen McPhail, Paul Hayes (Daniel Nardiello 66), Marc Richards.
Unused substitutes:
Scott Flinders, Robbie Williams, Nicky Wroe.
Bournemouth:
Gareth Stewart, Neil Young, James O’Connor, Eddie Howe, Adam Griffiths (Karl Broadhurst 89), Stephen Purches, Stephen Cooke (Dani Rodrigues 68), Shaun Cooper, Steven Foley, James Hayter, Steve Fletcher.
Unused substitutes:
Neil Moss, Jason Tindall, Ben Rix.
Still at respective clubs:
Barnsley: 0
Bournemouth: 2 (Eddie Howe (as manager), Purches)
This Season:
Last six 2013-2014 results:
Barnsley:
15/3/14 Watford 3–0 Barnsley (Championship)
11/3/14 Barnsley 0-3 Leicester (Championship)
8/3/14 Barnsley (Jennings) 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Championship)
1/3/14 Huddersfield 5-0 Barnsley (Championship)
22/2/14 Barnsley (O’Brien) 1-0 Millwall (Championship)
18/2/14 Wigan 2-0 Barnsley (Championship)
W: 2 D: 0 L: 4 F: 2 A: 13 GD: -11 Points: 6
Bournemouth:
18/3/14 Charlton 1-0 Bournemouth (Championship)
15/3/14 Bournemouth 0–0 Middlesbrough (Championship)
12/3/14 Blackburn 0-1 (Grabban) Bournemouth (Championship)
8/3/14 Blackpool 0-1 (Grabban) Bournemouth (Championship)
1/3/14 Bournemouth (Kermorgant, 3, Arter, 2) 5-0 Doncaster (Championship)
22/2/14 Derby 1-0 Bournemouth (Championship)
W: 3 D: 1 L: 2 F: 7 A: 2 GD: +5 Points: 10
Interesting Stats
Barnsley are facing Bournemouth at Oakwell three days short of exactly eight years since they last met there.
This will be the first Oakwell meeting at this level of English football since 1990 and victory will give them their first double over The Reds since that season- 1989-90.
Out of the 41 meetings overall, this will only be the eighth in the second tier.
The Cherries have managed to win just three of their 21 trips to this part of South Yorkshire, but two of those have come in the last five.
Indeed, Barnsley have won just one of the last five Oakwell meetings.
Four of the last seven meetings home or away have ended in draws.
Barnsley have failed to score in three of the last four meetings.
Bournemouth’s last minute 1-0 defeat to Barnsley’s relegation rivals Charlton on Tuesday night was the first time the Cherries had conceded a goal in five games and they have conceded just twice in their last seven. Remarkably prior to this they had kept just one clean sheet in 26 games!
They have conceded 52 goals this season which is the most in the top half and have lost 14 times, again the highest amongst the top 12 sides.
Eddie Howe’s side have conceded 33 times on their travels this season, only Blackpool, Millwall and Yeovil have conceded more. Barnsley- with the Football League’s worst away record- have only conceded 32.
That defeat at the Valley was only their third reverse in their last 11 league matches.
They have won two and lost two of their last four away games.
As long as Bournemouth finish 22nd or higher in May it will be their highest league finish for 24 years. If they could finish where they are now in 12th, it would be their best in a quarter of a century.
Ref Watch:
Scott Mathieson.
2013-2014: Games: 24 Yellows: 73 Reds: 7
Mathieson has not been shy with the cards this season. He has shown an average of three yellows per game.
Mathieson has shown four red cards in his past two matches, including three in Reading’s 1-1 draw with Yeovil at the start of March.
Last Barnsley match: Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley Saturday 23rd February 2013. (Yellow card for Stephen Foster)
Last Bournemouth match: MK Dons 0-3 Bournemouth Saturday 2nd February 2013. (Yellow card for Dan Seaborne)
On This Day:
Barnsley:
Played: 17 Won: 5 Drawn: 3 Lost: 9 Scored: 25 Conceded: 32.
Last match on the 22nd March: 2008. Barnsley 0-1 Sheffield United. Att: 15,798.
Last win: 1975
Last draw: 2003
Last defeat: 2008
STAT! – This has not been a kind date to Barnsley, they have won just one of the last 11 played, losing eight of those.
Bournemouth:
Played: 12 Won: 3 Drawn: 4 Lost: 5 Scored: 9 Conceded: 15.
Last match on the 22nd March: 2008. Gillingham 2-1 (Kuffour) Bournemouth. Att: 6,540.
Last win: 1986
Last draw: 2003
Last defeat: 2008
STAT! – Bournemouth have also struggled on this date winning just one of the last eight.
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Other Fixtures:
Saturday 22nd March 2014:
12:15pm:
Derby v Nottingham Forest
3pm:
Birmingham v Reading
Blackburn v Leicester
Blackpool v Huddersfield
Brighton v Ipswich
Charlton v Burnley
Doncaster v Sheffield Wednesday
Leeds v Millwall
Middlesbrough v QPR
Wigan v Watford
Yeovil v Bolton