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Barnsley v Birmingham City PreviewChampionship 6/3/21byAndy SymcoxRed All Over YouTube ShowWill 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 atHillsborough & v QPR, and drawing on Tuesday at Huddersfield; as far as away form isconcerned, 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 topscorer in a team that seems to struggle to score. Indeed, they have only scored 7 goals intheir 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. Marcwas a much-liked player & captain of our club & we will need to be aware of his long throws! Iremember his time with us well – the Barnsley trinity of Barnsley born owner (Patrick Cryne),Barnsley born manager (Paul Heckingbottom) & Barnsley born captain (Marc Roberts) – somethingunlikely to ever be repeated!The 5 main members of the Red All Over YouTube show are feeling confident, all predicting aReds victory – Josh & I think 2-1, Joe 1-0, Kev 2-0 with Alan reckoning on a 4-0 thrashing of theBlues. Now that’s confidence!This optimism continues among the show’s subscribers & viewers – of 46 predictors at the time ofwriting, 43 of us have predicted a Barnsley win, 3 a draw & a big fat Zero predicting a Barnsleydefeat! By heck!Oh …. and we’ve now won 6 matches in succession, just in case you didn’t realise it!COYR!
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