Oldham 1-2 Barnsley

Last updated : 22 November 2015 By Rob Miles (BarnsleyBoy)

Finally after eight successive league defeats Barnsley picked up three points for the first time since the 26th September.

By winning yesterday the Reds avoided equalling the club record of nine successive league defeats.

This win was only Barnsley’s sixth in 27 league matches.

Each of Barnsley’s last three wins in all competitions have been by a 2-1 score line.  They have been involved in nine matches that have finished with that score this season.

Barnsley opened the scoring for the first time in seven matches and only the second time in the last 11.

Barnsley led a league game at half time for the first time in ten matches and only the fifth time this season.

For the second time this season Barnsley netted a very late winner and both have come in the side’s only two away wins, Lewin Nyatanga in the 90th minute at Millwall and Kevin Long in the 89th yesterday

Long’s effort was the ninth goal scored by a Barnsley defender in all competitions this season; the strikers have only scored seven, six by Sam Winnall (one Conor Wilkinson)

Conor Hourihane’s 30th minute strike was the first goal Barnsley have scored before half time in eight matches.  Only 14 of their 32 goals scored so far this season have been in the first half.

They have now gone 11 games in all competitions without a clean sheet, their worst run since August- November 2013 (14)

Since winning six in a row back in March, Barnsley have won only five of the subsequent 26 league matches.

Barnsley have picked up at least two yellow cards in ten of their last 11 matches.

Marley Watkins has now been booked in each of his last FIVE appearances and in seven of his last nine.

Barnsley are now unbeaten in each of their last four visits to Oldham, winning three. They are unbeaten in their last seven home and away, winning five.

 

Barnsley Team:

Adam Davies

James Bree

Alfie Mawson

Kevin Long

Aidan White (YC)

Lloyd Isgrove

Ben Pearson (YC)

Conor Hourihane

Adam Hammill

Marley Watkins (YC)

Ivan Toney

Substitutes:

Sam Winnall (for Isgrove 68)

George Smith (for White 74)

Simeon Jackson (for Toney 84)

Unused Substitutes:

Nick Townsend, Marc Roberts Lewin Nyatanga, Reece Wabara.

 

Match Reports:

Official Website

BBC

Sky Sports

 

Sky Bet League One results:

Saturday 21st November 2015:

Bury 1-0 Burton

Binnom-Williams og 40

Coventry 4-1 Gillingham

Murphy 34    Dack 63

41,44

Turner 37

Crewe 1-5 Peterborough

Colclough 64      Taylor 6, Washington 46, Anderson 47, 82, Angol 54

Doncaster 0-2 Rochdale

                        Henderson 84,90

Fleetwood 5-1 Swindon

El-Abd 34 og  Ajose 78

Sarcevic 55 pen

Henen 64

Fosu-Henry 69

Grant 84

Millwall 4-1 Colchester

Gregory 13      Porter 55

Ferguson 38

62

Webster 81

Oldham 1-2 Barnsley

Yeates 78    Hourihane 30, Long 89

Port Vale 3-2 Chesterfield

Kelly 6           Novak 8, Simons 90

Leitch-Smith 10

Dodds 48

Scunthorpe 0-2 Bradford

                          McMahon 28 pen, Leigh 52

Southend 1-0 Blackpool

Thompson 76

Walsall 1-1 Sheffield United

Bradshaw 51      Baxter 66

Wigan 1-0 Shrewsbury

Revell 36

 

Barnsley lie in 21st place in the Sky Bet League One with 17 points from 18 games.

We are 13 points off the Play-Offs, 17 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 20 points off First place and inside the Relegation Zone on Goal Difference.

Up to 22/11/15

 

Next Up:

On The Road:

Sky Bet League One Matchday Nineteen: Peterborough United v Barnsley, Tuesday 24th November 2015 Kick-Off 7:45pm.

Tickets:

Adult: £23

Senior Over 60: £14

Age 18-21: £104

Under 18: £10

At Oakwell:

Sky Bet League One Matchday Twenty: Barnsley v Sheffield United Saturday 28th November 2015. Kick-Off: 12:15pm.

Tickets:

Adult: £20-£25

Over 65s: £15-£18

Age 17-21: £15-£18

Under 17: £10

Under 12: £5