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Bristol City are ready to welcome Barnsley to Ashton Gate on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 27 wins out of 38 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Ashton Gate was within the last three years, in September 2005, with Bristol City running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 02 Oct | Barnsley | 3 - 0 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Tykes have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 0 in reply.
Bristol City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 38 points from 22 games. Barnsley's 31 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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 Robins in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | 8 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Barnsley | Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |