FM Preview: Barnsley v Derby County 16 Apr 2013

Last updated : 15 April 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Barnsley v Derby County fixture

Derby County face a trip to Barnsley at Oakwell on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 28 games played, Rams have recorded 9 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 13 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Oakwell was just last season, in January 2012, as the Tykes edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3-2 in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Tue 06 Nov Derby County 2 - 0 Barnsley Championship
2011/2012 Tue 31 Jan Barnsley 3-2 Derby County Championship
2011/2012 Tue 27 Sep Derby County 1 - 1 Barnsley Championship
2010/2011 Sat 05 Mar Derby County 0 - 0 Barnsley Championship
2010/2011 Sat 18 Sep Barnsley 1 - 1 Derby County Championship
2009/2010 Sat 10 Apr Barnsley 0 - 0 Derby County Championship
2009/2010 Tue 15 Sep Derby County 2 - 3 Barnsley Championship

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Recent respective form guides

Barnsley are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The Tykes's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

The away form of Derby County is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Rams have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower Championship with a return of just 49 points from their 42 games thus far.

Derby County's 54 points from 42 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Barnsley 6 2 2 2 5 9 8
Derby County 6 3 0 3 8 8 9

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Derby County on their travels as of late, but we can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Barnsley. No-score draw

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Barnsley 13 games since last home draw.
Not won in the 3 most recent games.
Derby County 4 games since last away draw.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 2 most recent games.

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