Match Report
Barnsley (5th, 78 pts) visited Brentford (3rd, 87 pts) with 9 points between them. The last five rounds placed Barnsley no better than 9th for form, against 5th in the standings. Per game in the league, Brentford were scoring 1.72 and conceding 0.91, Barnsley 1.26 and 1.09, against a competition average of 1.15 goals per team per game.
Brentford entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Over the last five, Brentford had taken 13 of 15 points to Barnsley's 5.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for Brentford, 3 for Barnsley and 2 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 14% of meetings won. Historically tight: 29% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford staged the fixture, a ground that holds 12,763. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Barnsley led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.