Barnsley v Swansea City Betting Tips – EFL Championship, 19th October 15.00pm
Life after Daniel Stendel starts on Saturday, as Barnsley welcome Swansea City to Oakwell for an EFL Championship fixture. Caretaker boss Adam Murray will take temporary charge of first-team duties until the Tykes find Stendel’s replacement. Barnsley sit second from bottom in the table having not won since the opening weekend of the season. The Swans, meanwhile, have lost three of their last six in all competitions.
Barnsley v Swansea City Betting Odds*
Barnsley 16/5
Draw 5/2
Swansea City 10/11
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on October 17th, 2019 at 13:30 p.m.)
EFL Championship Betting at Bet365
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Barnsley News and Form – Can the Tykes pick up a rare win?
Daniel Stendel departed the club after a humiliating loss to Preston North End before the international break. The Tykes were woeful at Deepdale, crashing to a heavy 5-1 defeat.
Barnsley have not won a game since beating Fulham 1-0 at Oakwell on the opening weekend of the Championship season. Since then, the Yorkshire club have picked up just three points from their last ten, drawing three and losing seven.
Barnsley, who finished runners-up in EFL League One last term, find themselves in 23rd place in the table, a point above bottom club Stoke City and two points adrift of safety.
Stendel was a popular man among the supporters, but Barnsley have been on an alarming downward spiral since shocking Fulham on opening day. Can they pick up a priceless three points at Oakwell on Saturday?
Barnsley v Swansea City Head to Head
This will be the first league meeting between the two sides since January 2011
Swansea are unbeaten in their last eight league and cup matches against the Tykes, winning five of those
When they last met, Swansea beat Barnsley 3-1 at the Liberty Stadium in an EFL Cup game in 2012
Barnsley’s last win over Swansea was in the League One play-off final in Cardiff in 2006
- The Tykes are without a win since the opening weekend
- Swansea have won just one of their previous six in all competitions
- The Swans are fourth, while Barnsley are second from bottom
Swansea City News and Form – Will the Swans strike back with a big three points on the road?
Steve Cooper’s Swansea City went into the first international break of the season at the top of the pile after making an unbeaten start. Since then, however, the Swans have picked up just one league win in five, drawing two and losing two of the other four.
Last time out, the Welsh club fell to a surprise 2-1 home defeat to Stoke, who are bottom of the Championship. The Swans took the lead in the first minute thanks to Andre Ayew’s strike, but goals from Sam Clucas and Scott Hogan shocked the Swans. Despite that reverse, Swansea are still in a great position in the table, sitting in fourth place on 21 points.
Having lost their last outing to the bottom side, Swansea will be hoping to hit back with three points against another of the league’s struggling sides on Saturday. Cooper’s men make the trip to Yorkshire as the 10/11 favourites to return to South Wales with all three points.
Barnsley v Swansea City Tips & Odds
Swansea City to win at 10/11
Swansea City to win and both teams to score at 5/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on October 17th, 2019 at 13:33 p.m.)
Barnsley v Swansea City Predictions
Swansea City win: Life after Stendel could take some getting used to at Oakwell. The German did a fine job during his time in South Yorkshire, which sadly ended in disappointing fashion.
Swansea will be eager to return to winning ways after losing to the bottom club at the Liberty before the international break. The away side will fancy their chances, and the bookies have the Swansea win priced at 17/20.
Although I’m backing the Swans to come out on top, I also fancy the hosts to score on their own patch. With that in mind, put some money on Swansea to win and both teams to score at 5/2.
