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Burton Albion v Barnsley : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 3rd Apr, 15:00 BST, Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent

Gary Bowyer welcomes Conor Hourihane to the Pirelli Stadium on Friday afternoon, as their Burton Albion and Barnsley troops do battle in the League One. Team form, head to head (H2H) stats, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Burton 51%	-	-
Draw 22%	-	-
Barnsley 27%	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	-	-
Burton 2-1 10%	-	-
Burton 1-0 8%	-	-
Burton 2-0 7%	-	-
Barnsley 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
Burton 3-1 6%	-	-
Barnsley 1-0 5%	-	-
Burton 3-0 5%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	-	-
Burton 3-2 4%	-	-
Barnsley 2-0 4%	-	-
Barnsley 3-1 3%	-	-
Burton 4-1 3%	-	-
Barnsley 3-2 3%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	-	-
BTTS - No 38%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 73%	-	-
Away/draw 49%	-	-
Home/away 78%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 83%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 17%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 40%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 60%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 22%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 78%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 42%	-	-
Burton win to nil 23%	-	-
Barnsley win to nil 11%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Burton have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 18th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Burton have conceded 45 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Burton have played 20 games at home, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 26 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 9 times in home league games.

Barnsley lay in 13th place on 50 points in the League One league table having played 37 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 18 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 7 games. They have scored 26 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnsley have conceded 30 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Barnsley have played 17 away games, winning 4, drawing 6 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Burton Barnsley
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	39	25	9	5	40	84	l 0-1A	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	l 3-1A
2	Cardiff	39	23	8	8	32	77	d 2-2F	w 0-1F	d 1-1A	l 4-0A
3	Bolton	39	17	15	7	16	66	w 3-0F	l 2-1A	d 1-1F	l 3-2A
4	Bradford	39	19	8	12	5	65	w 2-1F	w 1-2F	Apr 18	d 2-2A
5	Stevenage	38	17	9	12	3	60	l 0-1A	d 2-2F	w 3-1F	-
6	Stockport	37	17	9	11	3	60	w 3-0F	l 2-1F	May 2	d 1-1F
7	Plymouth	39	18	5	16	6	59	l 0-4A	l 3-0A	Apr 6	w 1-3F
8	Reading	39	15	13	11	6	58	l 1-2F	l 2-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
9	Huddersfield	39	16	9	14	8	57	w 3-1F	d 0-00-0	w 3-1F	l 2-1F
10	Wycombe	39	15	11	13	12	56	d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	l 0-1A	d 2-2F
11	Luton	39	15	10	14	3	55	l 0-3A	d 1-1A	w 5-0F	Apr 25
12	Peterborough	38	15	5	18	5	50	l 0-1A	Apr 19	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
13	Barnsley	37	13	11	13	-1	50	Apr 3	l 3-2F	-	-
14	AFC Wim	38	14	8	16	-6	50	Apr 11	w 0-1F	d 3-3F	l 2-0A
15	Mansfield	37	12	13	12	6	49	w 2-1F	Apr 6	l 2-3F	d 2-2F
16	L Orient	38	14	6	18	-7	48	l 0-4A	May 2	w 3-2F	w 1-3F
17	Doncaster	38	13	8	17	-18	47	l 1-2A	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
18	Burton	39	12	10	17	-10	46	-	-	w 3-2A	Apr 3
19	Wigan	38	11	12	15	-10	45	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
20	Exeter	39	11	9	19	-10	42	Apr 25	d 1-1F	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
21	Blackpool	39	11	9	19	-17	42	w 1-0F	Mar 28	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
22	Rotherham	38	9	9	20	-23	36	w 1-0F	d 2-2F	l 0-1A	Apr 11
23	Northampton	39	9	8	22	-23	35	w 5-1F	w 0-2F	d 2-2A	Apr 28
24	Port Vale	36	7	10	19	-20	31	d 0-00-0	d 2-2A	l 0-2A	-

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton	1 - 2	Reading
Burton	0 - 1	Stevenage
Burton	3 - 0	Stockport
Burton	1 - 0	Rotherham
Burton	1 - 2	Doncaster
Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
Burton	3 - 1	Huddersfield
Burton	0 - 2	Wigan
Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
Burton	0 - 0	Wycombe
Burton	0 - 4	L Orient
Burton	1 - 0	Blackpool
Burton	0 - 1	Peterborough
Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
Burton	0 - 4	Plymouth
Burton	0 - 1	Lincoln
Burton	0 - 3	Luton
Burton	0 - 0	Port Vale
Burton	2 - 1	Mansfield
Burton	1 - 1	Wigan

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Burton	1 - 2	Reading
A	Burton	2 - 0	Northampton
H	Burton	0 - 1	Stevenage
A	Burton	1 - 1	Exeter
A	Burton	0 - 3	Wycombe
H	Burton	3 - 0	Stockport
A	Burton	1 - 1	Luton
H	Burton	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Burton	2 - 2	Port Vale
H	Burton	1 - 2	Doncaster
H	Burton	2 - 2	Cardiff
A	Burton	1 - 2	Bolton
A	Burton	1 - 2	Lincoln
H	Burton	3 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Burton	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Burton	0 - 2	Reading
H	Burton	0 - 2	Wigan
H	Burton	5 - 1	Northampton
A	Burton	2 - 2	Stevenage
H	Burton	0 - 0	Wycombe

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
L Orient	1 - 3	Barnsley
Huddersfield	2 - 1	Barnsley
Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Exeter	3 - 0	Barnsley
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Stockport	1 - 1	Barnsley
Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wycombe	2 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 0	Barnsley
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Barnsley
Peterborough	0 - 1	Barnsley
Plymouth	1 - 3	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
L Orient	4 - 3	Barnsley
Birmingham	6 - 2	Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Mansfield
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Wycombe
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Barnsley	3 - 3	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	2 - 3	Bolton
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Stevenage
A	Barnsley	0 - 4	Cardiff
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln
H	Barnsley	2 - 3	Mansfield
A	Barnsley	0 - 3	Exeter
H	Barnsley	3 - 2	L Orient

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley have not lost to Burton in 5 consecutive league meetings

Burton

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

BAL

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Burton
	1 - 2	Barnsley
	1 - 3	Barnsley
Burton	2 - 1
Burton	3 - 1
	2 - 4	Barnsley
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Barnsley

Burton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

3 / 8

Clean sheets

5 / 8

2 / 8

BAL

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Barnsley	2 - 0
Barnsley	2 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Burton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Barnsley	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Burton Albion's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday afternoon, not least because Barnsley have conceded in each of their last 22 League One matches. A PG of 1.9 for G. Bowyer's side suggests that run should continue.

	Burton 18th	Barnsley 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Burton will score 1 or more goals	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Burton’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+33 Barnsley have scored 33% more goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	2.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	24		28
Failed to score	14		8
Scored first	18		18
Goals scored	42		59
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		20
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.2
KickOff rating		+21%

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Games conceded	28		34
Clean sheets	10		2
Conceded first	17		18
Goals conceded	53		59
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.7
KickOff rating		+18%

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

Burton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
37	13	6	7
K Lofthouse	J Beesley	K Lofthouse	U Godwin-Malife

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Lofthouse DEF	37	4	6	6 -
J Beesley FWD	37	13	6	5 -
K Chauke MID	33			3 -
B Collins GLK	32			4 -
T Shade FWD	32	8		1 -
A Hartridge DEF	31	1	1	2 -
T Sibbick DEF	30			2 -
U Godwin-Malife DEF	30	2	2	7 -
J Armer DEF	29	2	1	3 -
G Evans MID	29	2	3	6 -
F Tavares FWD	24	3	1	1 -
J McKiernan MID	23	1	1	5 -
D Willis DEF	22		1	3 -
J. Larsson FWD	20		2	-
T Vancooten DEF	17	1	1	4 -
C Webster MID	16	4	3	1 -
S Revan DEF	15		1	1 -
S. Krubally MID	15		1	1 -
J Moon DEF	13			2 -
A Cannon MID	10			2 -
K Adom MID	10			-
N. Akoto DEF	7			1 -
F Delap DEF	7			2 -
J. Newall FWD	7			-
J Amissah GLK	5			-
J Sraha DEF	3			-
K. Dudek GLK	1			-
C Gilligan MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	37	6	8
J Beesley	T Shade	K Lofthouse	K Lofthouse

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Beesley FWD	13	28	6	7
T Shade FWD	8	37		1
K Lofthouse DEF	4	10	6	8
C Webster MID	4	11	3	6
F Tavares FWD	3	7	1
U Godwin-Malife DEF	2	4	2	3
J Armer DEF	2	5	1	2
G Evans MID	2	4	3	2
A Hartridge DEF	1	4	1	6
J McKiernan MID	1	3	1	1
T Vancooten DEF	1	5	1
K Chauke MID		2		1
T Sibbick DEF		4		2
D Willis DEF		2	1	4
J. Larsson FWD		3	2	3
S Revan DEF		1	1	7
S. Krubally MID			1	3
J Moon DEF				2
A Cannon MID		1
K Adom MID		2
N. Akoto DEF		1
F Delap DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1200	67	361
A Hartridge	K Lofthouse	J Beesley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
A Hartridge DEF	1200	49	155
B Collins GLK	1051	2	18
U Godwin-Malife DEF	992	34	134
G Evans MID	963	34	124
T Sibbick DEF	839	52	114
K Chauke MID	832	56	137
J Beesley FWD	744	37	361
K Lofthouse DEF	719	67	255
J Armer DEF	718	42	117
T Vancooten DEF	621	20	96
C Webster MID	505	20	77
T Shade FWD	451	15	88
D Willis DEF	429	23	53
J Moon DEF	315	12	49
J McKiernan MID	295	31	88
S Revan DEF	232	30	77
F Delap DEF	194	4	31
S. Krubally MID	167	11	43
J Amissah GLK	166	1	3
J. Larsson FWD	152	17	45
A Cannon MID	146	8	24
F Tavares FWD	103	5	21
K Adom MID	49	3	13
N. Akoto DEF	45	9	12
K. Dudek GLK	37
J. Newall FWD	24	3	7
J Sraha DEF	15		4
C Gilligan MID	9	2	3

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	14	12	11
J Shepherd	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Bland MID	35		1	9 -
J Shepherd DEF	34			7 1
A Phillips MID	33	6	4	3 -
T Watson DEF	32		1	2 -
L Connell MID	32	4	3	10 1
R Cleary FWD	32	6	12	2 -
D McGoldrick FWD	32	14	3	2 -
P Kelly MID	30	2	4	6 -
V. Yoganathan MID	28	3		4 1
N Ogbeta DEF	22		1	1 -
M Gevigney DEF	22		1	2 -
O Goodman GLK	15			1 -
C O'Keeffe DEF	15		2	5 -
J Earl DEF	15	1		4 -
E O'Connell DEF	15			2 -
S Banks FWD	12	3	4	-
M Roberts DEF	11			2 -
T Bradshaw FWD	10	1	2	-
G. Gent DEF	2			1 -
T Chirewa MID	1			-
C. Lennon FWD	1	1		-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	30	12	11
D McGoldrick	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	R Cleary

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D McGoldrick FWD	14	30	3	1
A Phillips MID	6	14	4	5
R Cleary FWD	6	16	12	11
L Connell MID	4	12	3	8
V. Yoganathan MID	3	4
S Banks FWD	3	8	4	3
P Kelly MID	2	11	4	5
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
T Bradshaw FWD	1	2	2	1
C. Lennon FWD	1	2
J. Bland MID		5	1	4
J Shepherd DEF		1
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
N Ogbeta DEF		1	1	3
M Gevigney DEF			1	3
O Goodman GLK				1
C O'Keeffe DEF		2	2	2
E O'Connell DEF				1
M Roberts DEF		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1809	55	199
J Shepherd	L Connell	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1809	21	199
L Connell MID	1751	55	131
T Watson DEF	1104	54	153
A Phillips MID	1047	24	104
J. Bland MID	936	53	113
J Earl DEF	923	24	92
M Gevigney DEF	701	28	119
E O'Connell DEF	698	16	80
P Kelly MID	675	47	141
D McGoldrick FWD	556	24	107
N Ogbeta DEF	499	38	78
O Goodman GLK	497		15
C O'Keeffe DEF	488	30	87
V. Yoganathan MID	428	34	112
M Roberts DEF	405	14	72
R Cleary FWD	335	35	105
S Banks FWD	199	13	33
T Bradshaw FWD	84	2	33
G. Gent DEF	43	7	9
C. Lennon FWD	7
T Chirewa MID	3