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West Brom. prepare to entertain Barnsley at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The The Baggies are clearly on top, having won 16 and lost only 7 of the 31 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Hawthorns was less than a year ago, in May 2007, with West Brom. annihilating their visitors 7-0 in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sun 06 May | West Brom. | 7-0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 10 Dec | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | West Brom. | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 28 Oct | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | West Brom. | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Barnsley | 4 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Baggies, with 4 goals against.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Tykes have hit 7 goals, 21 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom. find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 3 points from their 3 matches. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 3 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Barnsley is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the The Baggies in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Won 4 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 15 . |
| Barnsley | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |