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Bristol City face a trip to Barnsley at Oakwell on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 23 and win only 7 of the 39 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in February 2006, with Barnsley running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 27 Sep | Bristol City | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 12 Mar | Bristol City | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 10 Aug | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 02 May | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 16 Dec | Barnsley | 2 - 1 | Bristol City | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Bristol City | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The Robins have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Robins, and 9 goals against.
Barnsley lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 12 points from their 8 games so far. Bristol City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 14 points from 8 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Robins's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Barnsley, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Bristol City | Undefeated in last 5 away games. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |