Stockport County vs Barnsley Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent league form

Stockport's last seven league games have been a case of extremes. They beat Wycombe 5-1 and won 4-0 away at Wigan, but they've also been on the wrong end of a 3-4 home defeat to Leicester and a 1-3 loss at Plymouth. It's goals at both ends rather than a settled pattern.

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Stockport County to win

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Draw

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Barnsley to win

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Stockport County: 20 completed matches; Barnsley: 20 completed matches.

Stockport County

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

23

Difference

+16

Barnsley

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

33

Difference

-4

Barnsley's sample over the same stretch is bumpier still. They won 3-1 at Leyton Orient and 2-1 at home to Blackpool, yet they shipped five in a home defeat to Stevenage and lost by three goals at Plymouth as well. Two draws sit in among that, so consistency has been hard to find for either club.

Stockport have scored more freely across this run, but neither side has strung results together.

Comparative Team Statistics: Stockport County vs Barnsley

Head-to-head

These two have met four times across recent seasons, and it's been fairly even overall. Stockport won 3-1 away back in May, and there was a 2-1 home win for them the previous February. The other two meetings were draws, 1-1 at Stockport in November and 1-1 at Barnsley the year before that.

So Stockport have shaded the last two competitive meetings, but with only four games in the sample and a spread of scorelines, it's not a huge body of evidence to lean on.

Where they stand

The table gap looks bigger than the points gap. Stockport sit 9th with 10 points from seven games, while Barnsley are down in 18th on 8 points from the same number of matches. Just two points separate them.

The goal figures tell a clearer story than the positions do. Stockport have scored 16 and conceded 10 in those seven games, while Barnsley have scored just 7 and let in 12. That's a real difference in output even if the points are close.

Stockport's underlying numbers look healthier than their league position alone suggests.

Attacking threat and discipline

Stockport's scoring has been shared around. J. Diamond and K. Wootton both have four goals in seven games, with H. Wood on three, and L. Bate has chipped in four assists. That spread suggests more than one route to goal for the home side.

Stockport County:

Best scorers:

K. Wootton - 5

J. Diamond - 4

H. Wood - 3

Best assist providers:

L. Bate - 4

J. Diamond - 2

Barnsley:

Penalty cards:

L. Connell x 1

Patrick Kelly x 3

Jonathan Bland x 3

On the other side, Barnsley's card record is worth flagging. Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Bland have both picked up three yellows apiece, and L. Connell has already been sent off once in six appearances. Nothing here confirms who's actually available on the day, but it does point to a side that's had discipline issues to manage.