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Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 20th Nov, 20:00 BST, Oakwell, Barnsley

the Oakwell faithful welcome Sheffield Wednesday's fans on Friday night, as Daniel Stendel's Barnsley face Dave Challinor's troops in the League One. We've analysed both clubs' last 20 League One matches, as well as trends within the competition and the betting market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Barnsley
36%
--
Draw
25%
--
Sheff Wed
39%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Sheff Wed 1-0
9%
--
Sheff Wed 2-1
9%
--
Barnsley 2-1
8%
--
Barnsley 1-0
8%
--
Sheff Wed 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Barnsley 2-0
6%
--
Sheff Wed 3-1
4%
--
Barnsley 3-1
4%
--
Sheff Wed 3-0
3%
--
Sheff Wed 3-2
3%
--
Barnsley 3-2
3%
--
Barnsley 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
48%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
57%
--
BTTS - No
43%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
20%
--
Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
64%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
77%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
23%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
31%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
69%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
56%
--
Barnsley win to nil
18%
--
Sheff Wed win to nil
19%
--
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Win / draw / win League One table

Barnsley have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 23rd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Barnsley have conceded 21 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Barnsley have played 6 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 11 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Sheff Wed lay in 9th place on 20 points in the League One league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 19 goals and kept 2 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Sheff Wed have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Sheff Wed have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Barnsley
Sheff Wed
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Huddersfield148511629 
Dec 19
Jan 9
Jan 1
d
 
2-2A
2
Stockport148241226 
Apr 24
l
 
3-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 17
3
Oxford Utd137511126 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 30
May 8
Dec 1
4
Luton14734624 
Jan 19
l
 
2-1A
Dec 19
Jan 9
5
Plymouth14725223 
Feb 20
l
 
3-0A
Nov 14
Feb 27
6
Reading146441022 
Jan 23
l
 
2-1F
Nov 28
May 1
7
Bradford13643222 
Apr 13
Nov 24
l
 
0-1A
Mar 13
8
Cambridge14563021 
l
 
1-2F
Jan 16
d
 
1-1F
Apr 27
9
Sheff Wed13553820 
Nov 20
Mar 20
-
-
10
Leicester13544319 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 17
Apr 10
Dec 10
11
Mansfield13544219 
Mar 29
Dec 26
Dec 29
Apr 3
12
MK Dons13463218 
-
Apr 27
Apr 24
Mar 26
13
Wycombe13463-218 
Dec 1
May 8
Feb 9
w
 
1-2A
14
L Orient13526517 
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
Mar 6
w
 
1-2F
15
Burton14455-317 
Dec 29
Apr 3
Mar 29
Dec 26
16
Stevenage12444416 
l
 
1-5F
Feb 13
Apr 13
Nov 24
17
Notts C12354-114 
Jan 1
Mar 26
Jan 19
l
 
2-0A
18
AFC Wim13346-1213 
May 1
Nov 28
w
 
5-0F
Jan 16
19
Blackpool12336-412 
w
 
2-1F
Feb 9
d
 
1-1F
Jan 30
20
Doncaster13337-812 
Mar 13
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 23
l
 
2-0A
21
Wigan14329-1111 
Feb 27
Nov 14
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 20
22
Peterborough13247-1210 
Apr 10
Dec 12
Feb 13
w
 
1-2F
23
Barnsley12237-109 
-
-
Mar 20
Nov 20
24
Bromley13238-209 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 6
w
 
7-2F
Feb 6
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Barnsley 23RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
20 / 20
Clean sheets
0 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
7
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Barnsley1 - 1Oxford Utd
Barnsley1 - 2Cambridge
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
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
Draw
5
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnsley1 - 1Oxford Utd
ABarnsley1 - 2Reading
ABarnsley1 - 2Luton
HBarnsley1 - 2Cambridge
ABarnsley1 - 3Stockport
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
Sheff Wed 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
41
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
W
3
D
2
Lost
15
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Doncaster2 - 0Sheff Wed
Notts C2 - 0Sheff Wed
Huddersfield2 - 2Sheff Wed
Peterborough1 - 2Sheff Wed
Wycombe1 - 2Sheff Wed
L Orient1 - 2Sheff Wed
Oxford Utd4 - 1Sheff Wed
M'Boro1 - 0Sheff Wed
Coventry0 - 0Sheff Wed
Stoke2 - 0Sheff Wed
Hull3 - 1Sheff Wed
Derby2 - 1Sheff Wed
Norwich2 - 0Sheff Wed
Sheff Utd2 - 1Sheff Wed
Swansea4 - 0Sheff Wed
Blackburn1 - 0Sheff Wed
Bristol C2 - 0Sheff Wed
QPR3 - 0Sheff Wed
Preston3 - 0Sheff Wed
Ipswich3 - 1Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSheff Wed1 - 1Blackpool
HSheff Wed1 - 1Cambridge
ASheff Wed0 - 2Doncaster
ASheff Wed0 - 2Notts C
HSheff Wed5 - 0AFC Wim
ASheff Wed2 - 2Huddersfield
HSheff Wed0 - 0Stockport
HSheff Wed0 - 0Wigan
ASheff Wed2 - 1Peterborough
ASheff Wed2 - 1Wycombe
HSheff Wed7 - 2Bromley
HSheff Wed0 - 1Bradford
ASheff Wed2 - 1L Orient
HSheff Wed2 - 1West Brom
ASheff Wed1 - 4Oxford Utd
ASheff Wed0 - 1M'Boro
HSheff Wed1 - 1Charlton
ASheff Wed0 - 0Coventry
HSheff Wed1 - 1Leicester
ASheff Wed0 - 2Stoke
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Barnsley since 1998
Barnsley
Sheff Wed
Goals: Scored
18
17
Games: Scored
11 / 16
12 / 16
Clean sheets
4 / 16
5 / 16
BAR
5
D
7
SHW
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Draw0 - 0Draw
Barnsley4 - 2
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Sheff Wed
1 - 2Sheff Wed
Barnsley2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 3Sheff Wed
Draw0 - 0Draw
Barnsley3 - 0
Barnsley1 - 0
Barnsley2 - 1
League games at Sheff Wed since 1997
Sheff Wed
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
22
13
Games: Scored
13 / 15
10 / 15
Clean sheets
5 / 15
2 / 15
BAR
3
D
2
SHW
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sheff Wed
0 - 2Barnsley
1 - 2Barnsley
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Sheff Wed2 - 0
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 1Barnsley
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Sheff Wed1 - 0
Sheff Wed3 - 1
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Sheff Wed2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for Barnsley of late. It has been 8 League One games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Friday night against Sheffield Wednesday.

Barnsley 23rd Sheff Wed 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Sheff Wed will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Barnsley have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-34
Sheff Wed have scored 34% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.7
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
2.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2026/2027 season
Barnsley
PG (predicted goals)
Sheff Wed
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
BAR
SHW
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
SHW
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 Sheff Wed League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12324
A. KayC McGeehan P KellyC McGeehan 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A. Kay DEF121
3
-
C McGeehan  MID123
4
-
P Kelly MID1212
4
-
R Cleary FWD1221
1
-
T. Noslin MID11
2
-
A. Richards FWD111
1
-
S Gale DEF10
2
-
R. Ravenhill GLK9
-
J. Bland MID9
3
-
M Kirk FWD92
1
-
C O'Riordan DEF8
1
-
L Connell MID8
1
J Shepherd DEF6
2
1
V. Yoganathan MID63
-
L. Alker FWD6
-
Z Larkeche DEF5
-
C. Taylor FWD5
1
-
T Adeyemo FWD4
1
-
C Slicker GLK3
-
J Okedina DEF31
-
B Touré FWD2
-
D Johnson MID1
-
Sheff Wed League One squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13535
B BannanJ LoweK. MorrisonC Slattery
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Bannan MID1311
2
-
Y Valery DEF121
1
-
C Slattery MID1232
5
-
K. Morrison FWD123
1
-
L Cooper DEF11
2
-
B Mitchell MID11
2
-
M Burstow FWD1121
1
-
G. Otegbayo DEF101
1
-
J Lowe FWD1052
1
R James DEF91
3
-
D Keillor-Dunn FWD931
-
H. Gray FWD91
2
-
J Lumley GLK8
1
-
L Palmer DEF8
1
-
J. Heskey MID8
3
-
A Al-Hamadi FWD8
1
-
M Lowe DEF7
-
A Maynard-Brewer GLK5
-
R Santos DEF5
-
E. Weaver DEF4
-
S Swinkels DEF4
1
1
L Barry FWD431
-
D Bernard DEF3
-
J. Thornton MID2
-
J Liongola MID1
-
S Fusire MID1
-
T Onyango MID1
-
W. Grainger FWD1
-