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Barnsley vs Accrington Stanley Live Stream, Predictions
Accrington Stanley make the trip to Oakwell Stadium on Saturday for the League One fixture with hosts Barnsley.
View all Barnsley v Accrington Stanley tips, stats and our pre-match poll below (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Barnsley
WDWLLL 📉
Barnsley won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-0 League One loss in their previous game against Charlton Athletic.
Tyreece Campbell (19') and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (61') scored for Charlton Athletic.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Barnsley have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Barnsley have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 10 goals along the way.
Accrington Stanley
DLLDDW
Accrington Stanley will come into the game after a 2-0 League One win as they beat Bristol Rovers in their most recent fixture.
For Accrington Stanley, the scorers were Tommy Leigh (51') and Ryan Astley (79').
The numbers tell their own story, and Accrington Stanley have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. At the back, Accrington Stanley have some weaknesses to address. While that may be of interest, we’ll just have to find out if the trend might be sustained here in this match or not.
Coming into this fixture, Accrington Stanley haven’t won away from home in the past 2 matches in the league.
👥 Head to head
The previous league contest between the two was League One match day 23 on 26/12/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Accrington Stanley 1-1 Barnsley.
The referee was Rebecca Welch.
📰 Team News: Barnsley
Looking at personnel, there is just the lone fitness concern for the Barnsley boss Michael Duff to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Luke Thomas (Fracture of the lower leg) won’t play.
📋 Team News: Accrington Stanley
In an otherwise full-strength group of players, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Accrington Stanley gaffer John Coleman to be concerned about. Joe Pritchard (Achilles tendon rupture) misses out for this game.
🔮 Prediction
Our thinking is that Barnsley have it within them to get the win and a possible clean sheet when they line up against Accrington Stanley, who could well find it tough scoring.
We’re predicting a 2-0 victory for Barnsley at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 01:47 17/01/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Barnsley
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium (23,287)
Captain: Mads Andersen
Chairman: Neerav Parekh
Manager: Michael Duff
Competitions: League One position 6
⭐ Key Man: Devante Cole

Customarily deployed in the Striker position, Devante Cole was born in Alderley Edge, England. After having played his first senior match for Barnsley in the 2014 - 2015 season, the accomplished Forward has bagged 7 league goals in the League One 2022 - 2023 season so far from a total of 24 appearances.
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27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 58 | WWWDD |
2 |
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26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 55 | DWWWW |
3 |
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26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 51 | LWDDD |
4 |
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25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 44 | WDWWW |
5 |
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26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 44 | DDWDW |
6 |
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24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 40 | WDWLL |
7 |
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25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 38 | LDWLW |
8 |
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26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 38 | WWLWL |
9 |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 37 | LLWWL |
10 |
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26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 35 | LDWWD |
11 |
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25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 35 | LWLWL |
12 |
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26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | DLWWW |
13 |
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25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 | DLWLW |
14 |
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25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 32 | WLLLW |
15 |
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23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 31 | LDDLL |
16 |
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25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | -6 | 30 | LDDLD |
17 |
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25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 29 | WLLWL |
18 |
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25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 28 | LWLLL |
19 |
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24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -15 | 25 | DDLLW |
20 |
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25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 24 | LLWWW |
21 |
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25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -19 | 24 | DWLLL |
22 |
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25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 22 | WWLLD |
23 |
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26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -22 | 22 | LWWLL |
24 |
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26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -28 | 21 | LLLLD |
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Oxford United |
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Charlton Athletic |
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Derby County |
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Bolton Wanderers |
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Lincoln City |
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Leeds United |
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Boreham Wood |
Barnsley |
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Bristol Rovers |
Lincoln City |
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Bolton Wanderers |
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Fleetwood Town |
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Burton Albion |
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MK Dons |
Barnsley |
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Forest Green Rovers |
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Lincoln City |
Derby County |
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Morecambe |
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Cambridge United |
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Lincoln City |
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Fleetwood Town |
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Peterborough United |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.1 |
Time first goal scored | 32 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 1.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 0.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 63 |
Time first goal conceded | 33 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.3 |
Biggest victory | 1-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Devante Cole | 7 |
James Norwood | 6 |
Jack Aitchison | 3 |
Josh Benson | 3 |
Adam Phillips | 3 |
Tommy Leigh | 6 |
Sean McConville | 4 |
Harvey Rodgers | 3 |
Ethan Hamilton | 2 |
Joe Pritchard | 2 |
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Cambridge United |
Port Vale |
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Cheltenham Town |
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Derby County |
Bristol Rovers |
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Portsmouth |
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Plymouth Argyle |
Wycombe Wanderers |
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Sheffield Wednesday |
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Ipswich Town |
Port Vale |
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Accrington Stanley |
Cheltenham Town |
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Accrington Stanley |
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Wycombe Wanderers |
Accrington Stanley |
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Shrewsbury Town |
Accrington Stanley |
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Bolton Wanderers |
Burton Albion |
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Accrington Stanley |
Accrington Stanley |
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Forest Green Rovers |
Ipswich Town |
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Charlton Athletic |
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Portsmouth |