Barnsley vs Stevenage - prediction, team news, lineups

In hunt of a 3rd consecutive triumph successful the aboriginal stages of the League One season, Barnsley volition invited Stevenage to Oakwell connected Saturday.

The hosts person won consecutive games successful the past week to spell 5th successful the League One table, portion their visitors are yet to triumph immoderate of their 4 league games this term.

Match preview

Barnsley instrumentality to enactment astatine Oakwell connected Saturday aiming to proceed a winning streak and fortify their lasting astatine the apical extremity of League One.

They came into 2026-27 aft a summertime of plentifulness of change, seeing an array of departures and arrivals altering the squad portion Daniel Stendel returned to the dugout aft a erstwhile palmy spell betwixt 2019 and 2020 to regenerate Conor Hourihane.

Aiming to amended connected consecutive mid-table finishes nether their returning boss, the Reds started the play with a 1-0 location decision to Bromley and a goalless gully against Doncaster, falling betwixt EFL Cup wins implicit Wigan Athletic and Crewe Alexandra.

The second has since formed the commencement of a three-game winning streak, with the South Yorkshire broadside present connected the backmost of consecutive league three-point hauls, firstly winning 3-1 distant astatine Leyton Orient past play with Makenzie Kirk, Cameron McGeehan and Reyes Cleary connected the scoresheet earlier McGeehan and Amani Richards fired them to a 2-1 midweek location triumph implicit Blackpool.

Boosted by that latest triumph astatine Oakwell, with Richards's victor coming 3 minutes from time, Barnsley volition anticipation to proceed their winning streak connected Saturday and enactment 3 much points connected the committee arsenic they look to found themselves astatine the apical extremity of the part aboriginal successful the season.

In their mode basal a visiting broadside successful hunt of a archetypal triumph aft a dilatory commencement to their league campaign.

Stevenage enjoyed a memorable 2025-26 run nether Alex Revell, finishing sixth and falling conscionable abbreviated to Stockport County successful the playoff semi-finals, but Revell is present dealing with a squad acold antithetic from the 1 that achieved an improbable playoff spot aft plentifulness of departures.

They person seemingly taken their toll connected the Boro, who are yet to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 4 league games, opening with a gully against Burton Albion earlier losing 2-1 to Oxford United and dropping retired of the EFL Cup astatine the hands of Reading.

Back-to-back draws person since followed for Revell's side, who snatched a constituent from a 2-2 gully astatine location to Doncaster Rovers past play with Josh Magennis and Oliver Sanderson connected the scoresheet, earlier playing retired a goalless stalemate successful a travel to Peterborough United connected Tuesday.

Now winless successful their opening 4 outings, albeit having lone mislaid 1 of those, Stevenage volition beryllium hopeless to find a archetypal triumph sooner alternatively than aboriginal to debar being chopped adrift astatine the bottommost extremity of the array arsenic the league takes signifier successful the coming weeks.

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Team News

Barnsley stay without midfielder Vimal Yoganathan and goalkeeper Cieran Slicker, meaning Rogan Ravenhill volition proceed betwixt the sticks down a new-look backmost 4 of Tyrese Noslin, Sam Gale, Connor O'Riordan and Arley Kay.

Stendel whitethorn tract an unchanged starting XI from their midweek triumph implicit Blackpool, though Amani Richards whitethorn travel into the onslaught aft scoring disconnected the seat successful that game, portion Luca Connell besides has a assertion to diagnostic from the outset alongside McGeehan, who has netted 3 goals from midfield truthful acold this season.

Despite beardown links distant from the nine passim the summertime until deadline day, Reyes Cleary remains astatine the nine aft hitting 7 goals and 13 assists successful League One past term, and helium volition proceed to play a cardinal relation astatine the apical extremity of the pitch.

Stevenage caput successful with a comparatively cleanable measure of wellness different than Jasper Pattenden, portion trying to navigate the losses of the likes of Charlie Goode, Harvey White, Jamie Reid and Filip Marschall.

The latter, their goalkeeper and cardinal antheral past clip around, near connected deadline day, leaving caller accomplishment Daniel Barden to instrumentality implicit betwixt the sticks, portion Daniel Phillips and Terry Taylor should proceed successful midfield and Kyle Magennis should again pb the enactment pursuing Reid's exit.

Barnsley imaginable starting lineup:

Ravenhill; Noslin, O'Riordan, Gale, Kay; Connell, McGeehan; Cleary, Kelly, Richards; Kirk

Stevenage imaginable starting lineup:

Barden; James-Wildin, Vancooten, Piergianni, Freestone; Phillips, Taylor; Roberts, Kemp, Patterson; Magennis

We say: Barnsley 2-0 Stevenage

Barnsley person shown encouraging signs aboriginal connected this season, peculiarly successful correcting the league's worst antiaircraft grounds past season, and we backmost them to travel retired connected apical again astatine location to a Stevenage broadside yet to get going with a new-look group.

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