Of the two teams competing tonigh at Glanford Park, Barnsley hold the upper hand in the history books with fifteen wins to Scunthorpe`s twelve and five draws between them:
Overall
Played: 32
Barnsley: 15
Draw: 5
Plymouth: 12
At Scunthorpe
Played: 16
Barnsley: 4
Draw: 2
Plymouth: 10
Barnsley and Scunthorpe United have met just eight times in the last 30 years with the Iron winning three, Barnsley winning two and three draws.
The highest scoring game between the two teams was in the 2005/2006 when Barnsley beat Scunthorpe at Oakwell en route to promotion to the Championship via the Play-Offs. The goals came from Martin Devaney, Bobby Hassell, Marc Richards, Chris Shuker and Paul Hayes.
The Reds` biggest victory however was a 5-0 thrashing in 1974 at Oakwell but Scunthorpe went one better in the first meeting between the two teams in 1954 with a 6-0 victory.
Last 6 meetings:
02.01.2010 Scunthorpe 1-0 Barnsley
09.12.2009 Barnsley 1-1 Scunthorpe
01.01.2008 Scunthorpe 2-2 Barnsley
15.09.2007 Barnsley 2-0 Scunthorpe
10.12.2005 Barnsley 5-2 Scunthorpe
09.08.2005 Scunthorpe 2-1 Barnsley
If you added up the goals from every Scunthorpe V Barnsley game in history the score would be Scunthorpe 38-48 Barnsley.
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