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Predictions and Tips
Reading will arrive at Oakwell Stadium on Tuesday for the League One game with hosts Barnsley.
Our Barnsley v Reading tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Barnsley
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Barnsley will be hoping to bounce back here after a 0-1 League One defeat last time out to Wigan Athletic.
Thelo Aasgaard (42') was the scorer for Wigan Athletic.
Over their preceding 6 games, Darrell Clarke's Barnsley have hit the target 8 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.33.
Going into this one, Barnsley haven't been beaten in the league by Reading in their previous 3 games.
Reading
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Reading come into this encounter after a 1-2 League One win to defeat Peterborough United in their last match.
The only scorer from Reading was Harvey Knibbs (9', 23'). Emmanuel Fernandez (96') was the scorer for Peterborough United.
In the course of their 6 most recent matches, Rubén Sellés's Reading have found the net 8 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.33.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Reading:
- have not registered a win against Barnsley in games played away from home for the previous 5 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
- remain unbeaten by Barnsley in away games against them for the last 11 league matches. An amazing record against them.
- are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A look at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 19/09/2020 tells us that Barnsley have won 1 of them and Reading 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 3.
A combined sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 7 from The Tykes and 8 netted by The Royals. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The previous league match featuring these clubs was League One match day 44 on 13/04/2024 when the final score was Barnsley 2-2 Reading.
The referee was Seb Stockbridge.
🗞️ Team News: Barnsley
In our view, The Tykes will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 system this time featuring James Trafford, Connor Roberts, Conrad Egan-Riley, Maxime Esteve, Lucas Pires, Jaidon Anthony, Josh Cullen, Hannibal Mejbri, Josh Laurent, Jeremy Sarmiento and Jay Rodriguez.
📰 Team News: Reading
From our viewpoint, The Royals could decide to make use of a 3-4-3 lineup, starting Bradley Collins, Joel Latibeaudiere, Bobby Thomas, Luis Binks, Milan van Ewijk, Ben Sheaf, Josh Eccles, Jay Dasilva, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Victor Torp and Norman Bassette.
💡 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Reading will likely be able to get a goal against this Barnsley outfit, however it may not be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our selection here is for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Barnsley at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 19:08 26/11/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Barnsley
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Oakwell Stadium (23,287)
Captain: Luca Connell
Chairman: Neerav Parekh
Manager: Darrell Clarke
Competitions: League One position 5
🔑 Key Man: Adam Phillips
Regularly taking up the Centre Midfield position, Adam Phillips was born in Garstang, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Cambridge United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the dangerous Midfielder has managed 5 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 11 appearances.
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15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 35 | WWWWW |
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16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 31 | DDWLW |
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17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 30 | WLWWW |
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14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 30 | WWDDL |
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15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 26 | WDWDW |
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16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 26 | DWWDL |
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16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | WWDDL |
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15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 26 | WWLDW |
9 |
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15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 26 | LWWLW |
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14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 24 | LWDLL |
11 |
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15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 23 | LLWDL |
12 |
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16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | LWLWL |
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16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 21 | WLDDW |
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15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 19 | DDDLL |
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16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 19 | LLLDD |
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16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 18 | WLDDD |
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15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | LLDLW |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 17 | LLWLL |
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16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 17 | LDLDL |
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17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 16 | LDDDW |
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15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 15 | LWLWD |
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15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 12 | WWLDD |
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16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -13 | 11 | LLLLW |
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15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -13 | 8 | LLDWL |
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Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 54 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 2.3 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 47 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-2 |
Adam Phillips | 5 |
Stephen Humphrys | 4 |
Davis Keillor-Dunn | 4 |
Marc Roberts | 3 |
Max Watters | 3 |
Sam Smith | 7 |
Harvey Knibbs | 5 |
Lewis Wing | 4 |
Chem Campbell | 3 |
Charlie Savage | 3 |
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