About Match
7 points for Barnsley (14th), 4 for Milton Keynes Dons (18th): a 3-point gap. Recent form flatters Barnsley's table spot — 8th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 14th. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, Barnsley run at 1.2 scored and 1.6 conceded, Milton Keynes Dons at 1.4 and 1.8. Victory would move Barnsley to 10 points and up to 3rd, with other results unchanged.
Milton Keynes Dons have not won in 6 games. Over the last five, Barnsley have taken 10 of 15 points to Milton Keynes Dons's 4.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Barnsley 2, draws 1, Milton Keynes Dons 2, at 5.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match takes place at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley (capacity 23,287).