Preview: Barnsley vs. Crawley Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Barnsley play big to Crawley Town connected Saturday day looking to grounds their 4th successive triumph successful League One.

At a clip erstwhile the Tykes beryllium successful sixth presumption successful the table, Crawley are down successful 21st spot, albeit with astatine slightest 1 crippled successful hand.

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Having seldom enactment unneurotic successive wins unneurotic each season, Barnsley person been good disconnected the gait fixed the expectations earlier the campaign.

However, 3 victories successful a enactment and 4 from their past 5 person led to the Tykes present moving into sixth spot with a five-point cushion implicit eighth place.

Clean sheets stay successful abbreviated proviso with the past shutout coming backmost successful November 8, yet Darrell Clarke volition beryllium delighted with however his broadside are getting points connected the board.

On the backmost of distant successes astatine Bolton Wanderers and Peterborough United, Barnsley recorded an eye-catching 2-1 triumph implicit third-placed Wrexham connected New Year's Day.

Remarkably, that was lone the 3rd league triumph that Barnsley person posted astatine Oakwell successful the league this season, thing which indispensable amended if they privation to support this propulsion for the playoffs.

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As for Crawley, they person an unforeseen interruption from enactment earlier this week arsenic their fixture with Charlton Athletic was postponed.

That has fixed Rob Elliot longer to stew implicit failing to person a 4-1 pb astatine Exeter City successful their erstwhile fixture, yet signaling a 4-4 draw.

A full of 12 goals person been shipped successful their past 4 third-tier outings, Crawley present possessing the fourth-worst antiaircraft grounds successful the part contempt playing 1 less crippled than the 3 teams who person conceded more.

On a affirmative note, Crawley tin presently determination extracurricular of the relegation portion if they triumph their crippled successful time, placing other accent connected this contention arsenic they bid to enactment successful touching region of the teams supra them.

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Team News

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Barring immoderate caller wounded issues, Clarke whitethorn beryllium prepared to sanction the aforesaid Barnsley XI that started the triumph implicit Wrexham.

Donovan Pines and Stephen Humphrys are astir apt to travel into the squad if determination is simply a alteration having been introduced soon aft fractional clip versus the Welsh outfit.

Josh Earl and Max Watters were replaced connected that juncture and could plausibly driblet out.

With Crawley 4-1 up astatine Exeter anterior to immoderate substitutions being made, the anticipation is that the aforesaid starting lineup volition beryllium selected for this fixture.

Junior Quitirna came backmost into the squad to people his 5th extremity of the play and should commencement again having gotten 59 minutes successful the tank.

Ronan Darcy appears apt to stay retired of the broadside up of a imaginable exit successful January.

Barnsley imaginable starting lineup:
Killip; Gevigney, McCarthy, Earl; O'Keeffe, Phillips, Connell, Russell, Cotter; Keillor-Dunn, Watters

We say: Barnsley 3-1 Crawley Town

With Crawley having had an extended remainder play up of this game, it remains to beryllium seen whether it could enactment successful their favour. Nevertheless, we are backing Barnsley to travel done successful comparatively comfy fashion, adjacent if they concede to the struggling distant side.

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