Another away trip beckons for the Foxes faithful. This weekend sees the team make the trip north to visit the Oakwell Stadium. Saturday will be the 106 occasion between the teams, the two clubs have a history which dates back to September 1898. So 113 years later and the two teams are still going strong. The teams have played each other in the Premier League, The Championship, Division 1, Division 2 (old), The FA Cup as well as the English Zenith Data Systems Cup.
Although we are in a new season, Leicester played Barnsley only 7 months ago in the closing stages of the 2010/2011 football season. Leicester were at home and won 4-1 with goals coming from Paul Gallagher (15) Andy King (43, 58) and Kyle Naughton (89). Now a new season is upon us and this season’s team is certainly different from last seasons. This Saturday should hopefully see the first outing for Jermaine Beckford, Leicester’s final acquisition of the transfer window.
So how do the two teams line up statistically?
Leicester have a good record against the Tykes whether they are playing at The King Power Stadium or Oakwell. Leicester have an impressive tally of 50 wins (all competitions) against Barnsley. The Tykes themselves have only just managed to amass a win total of 24 against Leicester (all competitions). Over the years there have been 31 draws.
Barnsley last victory over Leicester came on Tuesday 26th January 2010, a single 77th minute goal from Hugo Colace ensured victory. That victory for Barnsley at Oakwell took their home victories against the Foxes to 16 games, in comparison Leicester have won 19 times when playing the Tykes on their own patch. The single Goal from Colace just gave
Barnsley the edge with goals scored at Oakwell. To date Barnsley have scored 66 goals past Leicester when at home. Leicester is only one goal behind on 65
The highest aggregate of goals between the two clubs is 7. This was on 2nd October 1991 in the English Zenith Data Systems Cup. Leicester beat Barnsley 4-3 Aet.
The highest Leicester score currently sits at 6 goals. This came on Saturday 16th November 1946 when at home Leicester won 6-0.
In comparison Barnsley highest goals scored is only 3. This was Tuesday 17th September 1991; Barnsley at home beat Leicester 3-1.
Head to Head at Oakwell
A total of 52 games at Oakwell,
Leicester has won 19 of the 52 matches. Barnsley has won 16. There have been 17 draws.
Leicester has scored 65 goals giving a goal per game of 1.25 compared to Barnsley’s 66 goals with an average of 1.27 goals per game.
The bookmakers certainly have Leicester as the favourite this weekend. At the time of writing the odds are:
A Barnsley win is 13/5
A Draw is 5/2 and a Foxes victory is an unbelievable 1/1.
Richard Tullis
@Rich_Tullis
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