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Barnsley v Cambridge United : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Oct, 15:00 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

Barnsley are in League One action on Saturday afternoon, as Daniel Stendel attempts to outsmart Neil Harris and his Cambridge United side at the Oakwell. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the statistics and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head to head (H2H) stats for this fixture are also given where our data allows. Odds are provided directly from from leading bookmakers.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Barnsley
25%
--
Draw
24%
--
Cambridge
51%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Cambridge 1-0
11%
--
Cambridge 2-1
10%
--
Cambridge 2-0
9%
--
Barnsley 1-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Barnsley 2-1
6%
--
Cambridge 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Cambridge 3-0
5%
--
Barnsley 2-0
4%
--
Cambridge 3-2
3%
--
Barnsley 3-1
2%
--
Cambridge 4-1
2%
--
Cambridge 4-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
--
Home 1st Goal
43%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
54%
--
BTTS - No
46%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
24%
--
Home/draw
49%
--
Away/draw
75%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
42%
--
Away DNB
68%
--
Barnsley win to nil
13%
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Cambridge win to nil
27%
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Win / draw / win League One table
Won
Draw
Lost
Barnsley
Cambridge
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bradford7502315 
Apr 13
-
Feb 9
w
 
1-2F
2
Sheff Wed7421714 
Nov 20
Mar 20
Apr 27
Oct 27
3
Stockport8413713 
Apr 24
Oct 10
Nov 21
Mar 20
4
Plymouth8413313 
Feb 20
l
 
3-0A
Oct 24
Jan 23
5
Cambridge8341213 
Oct 17
Jan 16
-
-
6
Huddersfield7331512 
Dec 19
Jan 9
l
 
1-2F
Feb 6
7
Burton8332112 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Feb 13
d
 
2-2A
8
AFC Wim8332-212 
May 1
Nov 28
d
 
1-1A
Apr 13
9
Reading7322711 
Jan 23
Oct 24
w
 
2-1A
Feb 20
10
Oxford Utd6321611 
Oct 31
Jan 30
Apr 17
d
 
1-1A
11
L Orient7313410 
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
Jan 30
Oct 31
12
Wycombe8242-310 
Dec 1
May 8
Oct 20
Jan 19
13
Stevenage723239 
l
 
1-5F
Feb 13
Dec 18
Jan 9
14
Leicester7232-29 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 17
Dec 1
May 8
15
Blackpool722308 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 9
Oct 10
Apr 24
16
Luton7223-28 
Jan 19
Oct 20
May 1
Nov 14
17
Mansfield7223-38 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Jan 2
Mar 26
18
Barnsley7223-58 
-
-
Jan 16
Oct 17
19
Bromley7223-108 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 6
Mar 13
d
 
1-1F
20
Notts C7142-27 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Apr 10
Dec 26
21
Doncaster7133-16 
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 29
Apr 3
22
MK Dons7061-26 
-
Apr 27
Mar 29
Dec 12
23
Peterborough8125-95 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Feb 27
Nov 28
24
Wigan7115-74 
Feb 27
Nov 14
w
 
3-2F
Mar 6
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Barnsley 18TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley1 - 1Leicester
Barnsley1 - 5Stevenage
Barnsley2 - 1Blackpool
Barnsley0 - 1Bromley
Barnsley1 - 3Stockport
Barnsley2 - 2Bradford
Barnsley0 - 3Plymouth
Barnsley0 - 1Doncaster
Barnsley1 - 1Wigan
Barnsley1 - 1Cardiff
Barnsley2 - 1Exeter
Barnsley0 - 1Wycombe
Barnsley2 - 1Peterborough
Barnsley3 - 3AFC Wim
Barnsley2 - 2Northampton
Barnsley3 - 1Stevenage
Barnsley2 - 1Blackpool
Barnsley0 - 2Lincoln
Barnsley2 - 3Mansfield
Barnsley3 - 2L Orient
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
4
Draw
8
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnsley1 - 1Leicester
ABarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
HBarnsley1 - 5Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 1Blackpool
ABarnsley3 - 1L Orient
ABarnsley0 - 0Doncaster
HBarnsley0 - 1Bromley
HBarnsley1 - 3Stockport
ABarnsley1 - 0Northampton
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
ABarnsley0 - 1Stevenage
HBarnsley2 - 2Bradford
ABarnsley0 - 0Port Vale
ABarnsley3 - 1Rotherham
HBarnsley0 - 3Plymouth
ABarnsley1 - 1Burton
HBarnsley0 - 1Doncaster
HBarnsley1 - 1Wigan
ABarnsley2 - 2Mansfield
HBarnsley1 - 1Cardiff
Cambridge 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
13
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
11
L
2
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Oxford Utd1 - 1Cambridge
Burton2 - 2Cambridge
Bradford1 - 2Cambridge
Bromley1 - 1Cambridge
Crewe0 - 0Cambridge
Bromley0 - 0Cambridge
Cheltenham1 - 1Cambridge
Barnet1 - 0Cambridge
Walsall0 - 0Cambridge
Accrington1 - 1Cambridge
Newport0 - 2Cambridge
Crawley0 - 3Cambridge
Harrogate2 - 1Cambridge
Oldham0 - 3Cambridge
Fleetwood1 - 2Cambridge
Chesterfield0 - 1Cambridge
Gillingham1 - 1Cambridge
MK Dons1 - 1Cambridge
Barrow0 - 2Cambridge
Salford0 - 0Cambridge
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
10
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HCambridge1 - 1AFC Wim
ACambridge1 - 1Oxford Utd
HCambridge2 - 1Reading
ACambridge2 - 2Burton
ACambridge2 - 1Bradford
HCambridge1 - 2Huddersfield
ACambridge1 - 1Bromley
HCambridge3 - 2Wigan
ACambridge0 - 0Crewe
HCambridge3 - 0Barrow
HCambridge1 - 2Grimsby
ACambridge0 - 0Bromley
HCambridge4 - 0Notts C
ACambridge1 - 1Cheltenham
HCambridge1 - 1Swindon
ACambridge0 - 1Barnet
HCambridge1 - 0Salford
ACambridge0 - 0Walsall
HCambridge5 - 0Gillingham
ACambridge1 - 1Accrington
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Barnsley since 2023
Barnsley
Cambridge
Goals: Scored
3
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
BAR
1
D
1
CMU
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Cambridge
Barnsley2 - 0
League games at Cambridge since 2022
Cambridge
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
1
8
Games: Scored
1 / 3
3 / 3
Clean sheets
0 / 3
2 / 3
BAR
2
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Cambridge
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 4Barnsley
0 - 3Barnsley
Goal Statistics

Cambridge United have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 8 consecutive League One outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Barnsley on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Barnsley 18th Cambridge 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Cambridge will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Barnsley have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
-2
Cambridge’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
0.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season
Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Cambridge
1.1
1.7
Attack rating
%
better
BAR
CMU
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
BAR
CMU
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Barnsley v Cambridge League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
7313
R. RavenhillC McGeehan A. KayP Kelly
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R. Ravenhill GLK7
-
A. Kay DEF71
2
-
S Gale DEF7
2
-
T. Noslin MID7
2
-
C McGeehan  MID73
2
-
P Kelly MID71
3
-
A. Richards FWD71
-
R Cleary FWD721
-
J. Bland MID6
3
-
L Connell MID6
1
L. Alker FWD6
-
M Kirk FWD61
1
-
C O'Riordan DEF5
-
C. Taylor FWD4
1
-
L. Farrell FWD3
1
-
Z Larkeche DEF2
-
B Touré FWD2
-
J Shepherd DEF1
-
V. Yoganathan MID1
-
Cambridge League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8322
J EastwoodB KnightP MpanzuK Watts
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Eastwood GLK8
-
K Watts DEF82
2
-
Z Bradshaw DEF821
2
-
B Knight MID83
1
-
D Ball  MID81
2
-
P Mpanzu MID82
1
-
L Appéré FWD811
-
C. Perry DEF71
2
-
S Lavery FWD7
2
-
S Kaikai FWD711
-
C. Heffernan DEF6
1
-
L. Bennett DEF61
1
-
O Moxon MID61
-
G Ahadme FWD62
1
-
I. Heath FWD61
-
R. Bangura-Williams FWD51
-
S Curtis DEF2
1
-
P Bauer DEF2
-
S McLoughlin DEF2
-
G McConnell MID2
-
G Hoddle MID1
-