Championship

Championship | Gameweek 32

Feb 24, 2021 at 7pm UK

Oakwell Stadium

Barnsley
2 - 0
Stoke

Styles (9'), Dike (90')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Batth (8'), Obi Mikel (76'), Powell (90+1')

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Barnsley manager Valerien Ismael pictured on February 11, 2021

Valerien Ismael calm following Barnsley's win over Stoke City

A 2-0 victory over Stoke left the Tykes just one point off the Championship's top six.

Feb 24, 22:57

The Match

Match Report

A first-half Callum Styles rocket and a late Daryl Dike goal saw the Tykes climb to eighth.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Wednesday's Championship clash between Barnsley and Stoke City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barnsley win with a probability of 36.68%. A win for Stoke City had a probability of 34.94% and a draw had a probability of 28.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Barnsley win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.73%) and 2-0 (6.84%). The likeliest Stoke City win was 0-1 (11.37%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.26%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Barnsley would win this match.

Result
Barnsley	Draw	Stoke City
36.68%	28.39%	34.94%

Both teams to score 46.62%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.31%

59.7%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

20%

80.01%

Barnsley Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.84%

31.17%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.5%

67.5%

Stoke City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.72%

32.28%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.22%

68.78%

Score Analysis

Barnsley 36.67%

Stoke City 34.93%

Draw 28.39%

Barnsley	Draw	Stoke City
1-0 @ 11.72% 2-1 @ 7.73% 2-0 @ 6.84% 3-1 @ 3.01% 3-0 @ 2.66% 3-2 @ 1.7% Other @ 3.02% Total : 36.67%	1-1 @ 13.26% 0-0 @ 10.06% 2-2 @ 4.37% Other @ 0.7% Total : 28.39%	0-1 @ 11.37% 1-2 @ 7.5% 0-2 @ 6.43% 1-3 @ 2.83% 0-3 @ 2.42% 2-3 @ 1.65% Other @ 2.74% Total : 34.93%

How you voted: Barnsley vs Stoke

Barnsley

51.8%

Draw

28.2%

Stoke City

20.0%