Tuesday night, Oakwell Stadium will host the match between Barnsley and Preston. An interesting match is announced, between two teams with different goals.
Barnsley – At a single point of the first place not retractable
The current season started very poorly, and at the end of November, Gerhard Struber, a coach with no great experience, was brought to the technical bench, but at the junior level he achieved important results, especially at Red Bull Salzburg. Now he is trying his luck in the Championship, where he aims to avoid relegation. It will not be easy at all, as Barnsley is in the first relegation place, with 24 points accumulated in the 28 matches. The previous stage had a difficult trip to a team, which is fighting for promotion. He did not do anything wrong, even though he lost to the limit by 1-0. He had better possession and created more goals on goal. Chaplin and Woodrow are the main scorers of the team, with nine successes.
Preston North End – Fight for a play-off spot
Under the leadership of Alex Neil, Preston struggles to promote in the Premier League. At the moment it is only on the ninth place with 43 points, just two points from the sixth place, currently occupied by Swansea. 2020 did not start very well. He lost to home ground with Middlesbrough, drew away to Blackburn, and the previous stage had three extremely heavy points, on home soil with Charlton. Although the visitors opened the scoring in the fifth minute through the goal scored by Green, Preston came back through Harrop and Bauer. In front of his fans has very good performances, in this chapter is the most efficient team, but only two wins in 13 matches away. Daniel Johnson is the goalscorer of the team with eight successes, but in the last matches for some reasons did not catch the lot.
Barnsley vs Preston: Direct Results (H2H)
- 05.10.2019 Preston vs. Barnsley 5-1
- 26.12.2017 Barnsley vs Preston 0-0
- 09.09.2017 Preston vs Barnsley 1-1
Barnsley vs Preston North End Picks
The hosts have a very young group, and the average age is 20.6 years. Gerhard Struber knows how to motivate them very well, and on his own field he managed to collect points and score on the treadmill.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 1.85
