Barnsley v Birmingham City Preview

• Barnsley v Birmingham City Preview

  Championship 6/3/21

  by

  Andy Symcox

  Red All Over YouTube Show

  Will the Reds cause the Blues to become Red All Over?

  Basic Statistics :

   In terms of recent form, Birmingham have lost 4 of their last 7 matches, winning at

  Hillsborough & v QPR, and drawing on Tuesday at Huddersfield; as far as away form is

  concerned, they have won 2, drawn 3 & lost 2.

   In the last 10 meetings between the clubs at Oakwell (since 2001), Barnsley have won 2,

  drawn 2 & lost 6! Statistics, eh! It’s a funny old game!

  And there’s more:

   Birmingham have scored 26 goals in 34 matches, conceding 42. Scott Hogan (6) is top

  scorer in a team that seems to struggle to score. Indeed, they have only scored 7 goals in

  their last 10 matches.

   In comparison , we’ve scored 14 goals in our last 8 matches.

  We welcome back ex-loanee, Gary Gardener, & Marc Roberts, Barnsley born, Barnsley bred. Marc

  was a much-liked player & captain of our club & we will need to be aware of his long throws! I

  remember his time with us well – the Barnsley trinity of Barnsley born owner (Patrick Cryne),

  Barnsley born manager (Paul Heckingbottom) & Barnsley born captain (Marc Roberts) – something

  unlikely to ever be repeated!

  The 5 main members of the Red All Over YouTube show are feeling confident, all predicting a

  Reds victory – Josh & I think 2-1, Joe 1-0, Kev 2-0 with Alan reckoning on a 4-0 thrashing of the

  Blues. Now that’s confidence!

  This optimism continues among the show’s subscribers & viewers – of 46 predictors at the time of

  writing, 43 of us have predicted a Barnsley win, 3 a draw & a big fat Zero predicting a Barnsley

  defeat! By heck!

  Oh …. and we’ve now won 6 matches in succession, just in case you didn’t realise it!

  COYR!