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Walsall pack their bags to visit Barnsley at Oakwell on Monday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 17 games played, Saddlers have recorded 4 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 8 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Oakwell was more than three years back, in December 2001, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 1 thriller, in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Walsall | 2 - 2 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 16 Mar | Walsall | 2 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 08 Dec | Barnsley | 4 - 1 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 01 Apr | Walsall | 1 - 4 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 18 Dec | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | Walsall | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 13 May | Walsall | 1 - 3 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 10 Dec | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Walsall | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Tykes in those games, with 7 conceded.
The away form of Walsall is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Saddlers have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Barnsley's 52 points from 39 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Walsall find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 44 points from their 39 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Walsall | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Saddlers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Barnsley. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Walsall | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |