Barnsley vs Blackpool - prediction, team news, lineups

Blackpool volition beryllium looking to widen their unbeaten commencement to the League One play erstwhile they caput to Oakwell connected Wednesday. 

The Tangerines caput into the midweek circular of fixtures arsenic the league leaders, portion the Tykes inhabit ninth spot successful the League One table. 

Match preview

After replacing Conor Hourihane successful the summer, Daniel Stendel has overseen conscionable 1 of the archetypal 5 matches of his 2nd spell arsenic Barnsley boss. 

The Tykes started their run with a punishment shootout triumph implicit Wigan Athletic successful the EFL Cup, earlier they went goalless successful their archetypal 2 league matches, a 1-0 decision to Bromley and a goalless gully with Doncaster Rovers.

Fortunately for Barnsley, the goals person flowed with easiness successful their past 2 competitory outings, signaling a 3-2 occurrence against Crewe Alexandra successful the EFL Cup 2nd circular earlier netting 3 much to assertion their archetypal league triumph of the play successful Saturday's distant clash with Leyton Orient. 

Mackenzie Kirk, Cameron McGeehan and Reyes Cleary each recovered the nett successful a commanding 3-1 win, a repetition of the effect they pulled disconnected successful their erstwhile travel to Brisbane Road successful March. 

The Tykes volition present look to repetition the 2-1 triumph they recorded successful January's location gathering with Blackpool. 

Stendel has besides enjoyed occurrence against the Tangerines, winning his 2 erstwhile league meetings successful his archetypal spell arsenic Barnsley brag successful the 2018-19 season, which produced a 1-0 distant triumph and a 2-1 triumph astatine Oakwell. 

Like Barnsley, Blackpool person mislaid conscionable 1 of their opening 5 competitory games of the season, though their lone decision took spot successful the EFL alternatively than the league.

After beating Grimsby Town successful the EFL Cup archetypal round, the Tangerines started the league play with a gully against Wycombe Wanderers and a constrictive triumph distant to Stockport County. 

Ian Evatt's broadside past fell to their archetypal decision of the 2026-27 campaign, with a Zak Ashworth reddish paper proving costly successful a dense 4-1 decision to Lincoln City successful the EFL Cup.

To the Tangerines' credit, they swiftly enactment that effect down them to manus retired a thrashing of their ain successful Saturday's location gathering with Peterborough, which saw Jordan Williams, Dion Charles, Karoy Anderson and Jerry Yates each find the nett successful a commanding 4-0 victory.

Having taken 7 points from 3 league games, Blackpool commencement the midweek circular of fixtures level connected points with second-placed Huddersfield Town and 3 points amended disconnected than their opponents. 

They whitethorn person mislaid connected their astir caller travel to Oakwell, but Blackpool inactive boast an encouraging grounds of 3 wins from their past 4 head-to-head distant meetings. 

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Team News

The hosts volition beryllium without the injured trio of Cieran Slicker, Isaac Smith and Vimal Yoganathan until October. 

Amani Richards is pushing for a starting spot pursuing his quality arsenic a half-time substitute successful Saturday’s triumph implicit Leyton Orient.

Kirk, who is connected a season-long indebtedness from Portsmouth, volition proceed to pb the enactment for the hosts aft opening his Barnsley relationship astatine the weekend. 

The Tangerines are incapable to telephone upon Fraser Horsfall, Michael Ihiekwe, Jordan Brown, Niall Ennis and Dale Taylor. 

Full-back Hayden Coulson is simply a uncertainty aft missing Saturday’s triumph implicit Peterborough with a dormant leg. 

Blackpool are acceptable to invited backmost Ashworth and Ilmari Niskanen from suspension and injury, respectively.

Barnsley imaginable starting lineup:

Ravenhill; Noslin, O’Riordan, Gale, Kay; Bland, McGeehan; Richards, Kelly, Cleary; Kirk

Blackpool imaginable starting lineup:

Peacock-Farrell; Williams, Casey, Earl, Hamilton; Bowler, Honeyman, Morgan, Anderson; Bloxham, Charles

We say: Barnsley 1-2 Blackpool

Blackpool volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft cruising past Peterborough astatine the weekend, and having won 3 of their past 4 distant games against Barnsley, we deliberation they volition borderline retired the Tykes to support their unbeaten commencement to the League One season.

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