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Newcastle Utd. are ready to welcome Barnsley to St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 13 wins out of 19 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at St. James' Park was within the last three years, in August 2007, with Newcastle Utd. running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 12 Dec | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 29 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 2-0 | Barnsley | LGEC |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 09 Oct | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 13 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Barnsley | PREM |
| 1997/1998 | Sun 08 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | FAC |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 13 Dec | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 1994/1995 | Wed 05 Oct | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | LGEC |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Magpies have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 4.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Newcastle Utd. are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 33 games giving them a return of 69 points. Barnsley's 45 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. may be coming up against a decent side in Barnsley, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Magpies. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Barnsley | 8 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 14 outings ago. |