Barnsley vs Blackpool Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Barnsley

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Barnsley will be looking for a repeat result of a 5-4 FA Cup success against Barrow.

For Barnsley, the goalscorers were Mads Juel Andersen (23'), Jordan Williams (42'), Devante Cole (83') and Carlton Morris (88', 102'). Ollie Banks (61'), Anthony Driscoll-Glennon (78'), James Jones (86') and Josh Kay (90') scored for Barrow. The match was eventually decided in extra time and won by Barnsley.

Over their last six games, Poya Asbaghi's Barnsley have celebrated scoring a total of 8 times which gives them an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.

Blackpool

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Since a loss in their previous game against Hartlepool United in FA Cup competition, Blackpool will be hoping to turn things around here.

The only player to score from Blackpool was Keshi Anderson (8'). David Ferguson (48') and Joe Grey (61') scored for Hartlepool United.

Looking at their form, and Blackpool have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. At the back, Blackpool could really do with shoring things up. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see whether such a trend might continue on here in this game.

Taking a look at their past results, Blackpool:

• haven't won against Barnsley when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 matches in the league. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 07/01/2017 shows us that Barnsley have won 2 of these games and Blackpool 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined sum of 12 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for The Tykes and 7 being from The Seasiders. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

🗞️ Team News: Barnsley

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Barnsley gaffer Poya Asbaghi to be concerned about from an otherwise fully-primed set of players. Aapo Halme (Unknown Injury) is out of contention. Callum Brittain cannot play in this game through suspension.

ℹ️ Team News: Blackpool

Blackpool manager Neil Critchley has some current player fitness concerns. Shayne Lavery (Unknown Injury), Chris Maxwell (Thigh muscle rupture) and Grant Ward (Achilles tendon problems) are not able to play.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Blackpool and Barnsley could end up without much reward for their efforts here.

We’ll have to see, but a draw might be on the cards. That is why we are leaning toward a very competitive game with a 0-0 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

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Peter Guest, 00:55 11/01/2022