Match Report
Preston North End, 12th with 64 points, sat 34 points above Barnsley (24th, 30). In league terms the two rates read 0.72/1.59 for Barnsley and 1.13/1.22 for Preston North End (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.25.
Barnsley had lost three in a row. The last-five ledger: Barnsley 1/15, Preston North End 7/15.
15 meetings are on record — 5 won by Barnsley, 6 by Preston North End, 4 drawn, at 2.53 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. The recent trend is more open — 3.4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 2.53 all-time.
With 100 matches recorded and 1.6 yellow cards per game, D. Webb was the man in the middle. Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley staged the fixture, a ground that holds 23,287. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.