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Bristol City prepare to entertain Barnsley at Ashton Gate Stadium on Tuesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 29 wins out of 40 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ashton Gate Stadium was just last season, in January 2009, with Bristol City running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 24 Oct | Barnsley | 2 - 3 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Bristol City | 2-0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Barnsley | 0 - 0 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Dec | Bristol City | 3 - 2 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Bristol City have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Robins have scored 8, a worringly large 16 have been leaked at the other end.
Barnsley's away form is none too clever either, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Tykes have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Bristol City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 38 matches. Barnsley's 49 points from 37 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bristol City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Ashton Gate Stadium for the Robins and the Madmen are unable to see past Barnsley claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bristol City | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. |