Barnsley take on the visitors Nottingham at “Oakwell” in the round three of the English Championship. The game will be played on Tuesday, August 15th.
Barnsley finished last season on the 14th place in the Championship table with 58 points earned and 64-67 goal difference. However, the start of a new season is quite unsuccessful for “The Tykes”: the side lost to Bristol City 1:3 and Ipswich 1:2. Paul Heckingbottom’s team scored a lot, still it has conceded much more. It should be noted that the defeat to Ipswich broke Barnsley’s seven-match unbeaten run at the home ground which has lasted since the 25th of February.
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In contrast to the upcoming hosts, Nottingham entered the season with three-game winning streak, having defeated 2:1 Shrewsbury in the Carabao Cup as well as in the Championship got victories vs. Millwall 1:0 and vs. Brentford 4:3. “Forest” have been unstable in recent years, thus it can be expected to participate either in the fight for promotion to the Premier League as well as in the relegation battle in the Championship. It should be admitted that by having broken Brentford, the team got the first away triumph since the 25th of November ending its 14-game no-win series.
The rivals took the opposite start of the season in the Championship: the one side was beaten in both clashes while the other one won two encounters. The only thing which is common for both opponents is their high effectiveness in offense. I believe that this time as well the teams will combine more than two goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
