Match Report
Barnsley, 22nd on 41 points, faced a 58-point deficit to Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st, 99). Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Barnsley ran at 1.04 scored and 1.57 conceded, Wolverhampton Wanderers at 1.78 and 0.85.
Defeat had not touched Wolverhampton Wanderers in 13 games. Barnsley had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Wolverhampton Wanderers, 11.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Barnsley 2, draws 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, at 3.6 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at Oakwell Stadium in Barnsley (capacity 23,287). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.