Barnsley have lost back-to-back league games for the first time under Paul Heckingbottom. This is the seventh league defeat in his tenure and before the Reading defeat the previous five had all been followed by victory.
This is the first time this season Barnsley have failed to score- and the first time in 15 matches they have drawn a blank.
The Reds have gone three games without a first half goal and have only netted three so far this season (they have failed to score a first half goal in six of their nine games)- compared with 16 in the second half. Despite drawing a blank at the Amex, they remain the top scorers in the Championship with 19 goals in nine matches.
Barnsley conceded a goal in both halves for only the second time this season, Huddersfield are the other side to do this.
Brighton are now the ONLY team to stop Barnsley and Burton from scoring this season.
Barnsley have now conceded three goals in the five minutes immediately after half time this season – the same amount as they conceded in this period in the whole of last season!
Barnsley have lost only eight of their last 39 league matches but have conceded at least two in all eight (and exactly two in seven).
This was only their fourth away defeat in 15 matches but three of those have come in 2016-2017.
Barnsley have not drawn any of their first nine league games for the first time since the Premier League campaign of 1997-1998 when it took 13 matches to have a stalemate and they drew only five that season.
Last weekend Barnsley forced 10 corners – their most this season but yesterday they earned only two; their joint lowest of the season.
Barnsley had only one short on target yesterday- their least amount since the 2-0 home defeat to Wigan in December (when Barnsley were in the League One relegation zone) when they failed to hit the target at all.
Barnsley have now lost six of their last seven trips to Brighton and Glenn Murray who grabbed a brace yesterday has scored five of their nine home goals this season.
Barnsley Team:
Adam Davies
Andy Yiadom
Marc Roberts
Angus MacDonald
Cole Kpekawa (YC)
Adam Hammill
Josh Scowen (YC)
Conor Hourihane
Marley Watkins
Sam Winnall
Adam Armstrong
Substitutes:
Ryan Kent (for Watkins 64)
Sam Morsy (for Scowen 80)
Tom Bradshaw (for Winnall 80)
Unused Substitutes:
Nick Townsend, Adam Jackson, James Bree, Elliott Lee.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet Championship results:
Friday 23rd September 2016:
Preston 1-0 Wigan
Hugill 7
Saturday 24th September 2016:
Brighton 2-0 Barnsley
Murray 12, 48
Derby 1-2 Blackburn
Vydra 69 Emnes 70, Graham 73
Fulham 0-4 Bristol City
Abraham 10, Freeman 60, Reid 68, Flint 83
Leeds 1-0 Ipswich
Wood 35
Norwich 3-1 Burton
Olsson 29 Akins 46
Murphy 47
Pinto 89
QPR 1-1 Birmingham
Caulker 39 Jutkiewicz 23
Reading 1-0 Huddersfield
Beerens 41
Rotherham 1-2 Cardiff
Brown 60 Lambert 73, 79
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Lee 68, 90+1 Lansbury 35
Wolves 3-1 Brentford
Teixeira 47, KaiKai 67
57
Cavaleiro 90
Aston Villa 1-1 Newcastle
Tshibola 88 Elphick og 28
Barnsley lie in 7th place in the Sky Bet Championship with 15 points from 9 games.
We are 1 point outside the Play-Offs, 4 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 5 points off First place and 9 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 25/9/16
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Ten: Barnsley v Aston Villa, Tuesday 27th September 2016. Kick-Off: 7:45pm.
Tickets:
Category A:
Adult: £30
Over 65: £22
17-21 years: £22
Under 17: £10
Under 12: £5
IF BOUGHT BEFORE THE DAY!
On The Road:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Eleven: Leeds United v Barnsley: Saturday 1st October 2016. Kick-Off: 3pm
Tickets:
Adult: £37
Senior Over 60: £25
Young Adult (16-22): £25
Juvenile (Under 16): £18
Juvenile Under 11: £9