📏 Form Guide
Barnsley LWWWLL
Barnsley will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 0-6 EFL Cup losing effort in their last game against Brighton & Hove Albion.
In that game, Barnsley managed 40% possession and 6 shots at goal with 0 on target. For their opponents, Brighton & Hove Albion had 16 attempts on goal with 12 on target. Diego Gómez (9', 21', 33', 68'), Harry Howell (87') and Yasin Ayari (89') scored for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Fixtures involving Barnsley have proved to be entertaining affairs of late with high scoring expected. Over their past six games alone, a grand total of 21 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 8 of these belonging to Barnsley. Even so, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern shall be maintained in this upcoming game.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Barnsley:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Port Vale in their last 5 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 4 home league matches.
Port Vale LWLWWL
After a loss in their previous game against Arsenal in EFL Cup action, Port Vale will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Port Vale had 19% possession and 3 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. For their opponents, Arsenal had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Eberechi Eze (8') and Leandro Trossard (86') scored for Arsenal.
The stats don’t lie, and Port Vale have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. In defence, Port Vale have not been doing too well.
Coming into this contest, Port Vale have not beaten Barnsley when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
👥 Head to head
Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 28/03/2016 shows us that Barnsley have won 4 of these games & Port Vale 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 in all which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.
The last league encounter featuring the two was League One match day 24 on 26/12/2023 when the final score was Port Vale 2-3 Barnsley.
The referee was Scott Oldham.
📰 Team News: Barnsley
Marc Roberts (unknown injury) and Josh Earl (unknown injury) will be missing for Barnsley boss Conor Hourihane.
📋 Team News: Port Vale
From a largely healthy group of players, there is just the sole fitness problem for the Port Vale gaffer Darren Moore to contend with. Mo Faal (Hamstring injury) won’t be in action.
✨ Prediction
In this match, Port Vale must be fancied to find the net against this Barnsley outfit, however it might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 winning score for Barnsley after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.
Lucas Pereira, 13:06 27/09/2025