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Stoke City travel to take on Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 18 out of 27 times.
The last time the two teams met at Barnsley was back in September 1996, over five years ago, with Barnsley running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Wed 01 Nov | Stoke City | 3 - 2 | Barnsley | LGEC |
| 1996/1997 | Thu 26 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 10 Sep | Barnsley | 3 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 02 Mar | Stoke City | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 26 Dec | Barnsley | 3 - 1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 12 Apr | Stoke City | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 05 Nov | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Tykes's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Stoke City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Potters, and 6 goals against.
Barnsley see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 7 points from their 5 games played so far, Stoke City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 6 points from their 5 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 8 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Potters could well see them head back from Oakwell with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Failed to win in previous 9 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Stoke City | Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |