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West Brom. face a trip to Barnsley at Oakwell on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, The Baggies have recorded 6 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 13 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in February 2008, the Tykes carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Tykes have scored 5, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
West Brom.'s away form is none too clever either, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. Those games have seen the The Baggies pummel 13 goals, and let in 6.
Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 5 points from their 9 games thus far. West Brom. are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 20 points from the 9 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Brom. are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Barnsley. Away win
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| Barnsley | No sequences of note |
| West Brom. | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |