Swansea City and Barnsley will be back in action this Friday at Swansea.com Stadium when they lock horns in their game week 41 of the EFL Championship. Match day schedules for 15th April at 17:00 EAT.
Swansea currently sit 14th with 57 points in the Championship standings, with an outside chance of reaching the playoffs as they are eight points behind sixth with a game in hand, but a more realistic aim is to finish Martin’s first campaign in the dugout strongly and in the top half of the table. Swansea City will enter this outing in much higher spirits. They have won four and drawn one of the previous five Championship matches.
The Swans are hoping for another win after securing a 2-1 Championship victory over relegation-threatened Derby County on Saturday. In that game, Swansea City had 55% possession, 10 shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Joël Piroe (8′, 16′). Derby County got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Tom Lawrence (22′).
Meanwhile, Barnsley is still struggling, currently in the 22nd place with 29 points. Friday’s trip to Wales will represent one of the last trains to catch for Barnsley who desperately need points to avoid relegation to League One next season. That result for Asbaghi’s side may not have come as a surprise to many, considering that they have only managed to win once on their travels this season, which does not bode well for Friday.
The Tykes will be looking to make amends after they suffered 4-1 Championship defeat at the hands of Millwall in their last outing. In that game, Barnsley managed 54% possession, 13 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Romal Palmer (49′). The opponents Millwall got 15 shots with 10 on target and goals by Danny McNamara (31′, 47′), Oliver Burke (58′) and Benik Afobe (72′).
Swansea City vs Barnsley head to head
Swansea City has an excellent record playing against Barnsley having won in 10 times out of the 18 matches since 2005. Seven matches ended in ties while Barnsely is yet to secure their second victory against this rival.
- Barnsley 0-2 Swansea 24/11/21
- Swansea 1-1 Barnsley 22/05/21
- Barnsley 0-1 Swansea 17/05/21
- Barnsley 0-2 Swansea 16/01/21
- Swansea 2-0 Barnsley 19/12/20
Home
- Swansea 2-1 Derby County
- Millwall 0-1 Swansea
- Cardiff 0-4 Swansea
- Swansea 0-0 Birmingham
- Peterborough 2–3 Swansea
Away
- Millwall 4-1 Barnsley
- Barnsley 1-1 Reading
- Sheffield 2-0 Barnsley
- Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City
- Barnsley 1-1 Fulham
Swansea City team news
Manager Russell Martin will be without midfielder Flynn Downes as he’s still recovering from injury.
Barnsley team news
For the visitors, Aapo Halme, Michal Helik and Cauley Woodrow and goalkeeper Bradley Collins are sidelined with injuries.
Prediction and odds
Swansea City will enter this outing in much higher spirits having won four and drawn one of the previous five Championship matches while Barnsley put up a shambolic display last time out against Millwall conceding four times and their defensive frailties could cost them another three points.
- Swansea City Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
