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Plymouth Arg. pack their bags to visit Barnsley at Oakwell on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 27 games played, Pilgrims have recorded 9 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 10 victories.
The previous match played between the two at Oakwell was within the last three years, in April 2004, the Tykes carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 03 Apr | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Sep | Plymouth Arg. | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Plymouth Arg. | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Plymouth Arg. | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 09 Feb | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Plymouth Arg. | FAC |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 29 Jan | Plymouth Arg. | 2 - 2 | Barnsley | FAC |
| 1991/1992 | Sat 18 Jan | Barnsley | 1 - 3 | Plymouth Arg. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Tykes's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Plymouth Arg.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Pilgrims's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Barnsley are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 11 points from 11 matches. Plymouth Arg.'s total of 19 points from their 11 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| Plymouth Arg. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Plymouth Arg. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Plymouth Arg. | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |