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Bristol Rovers v Barnsley : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 15:00 BST, The Memorial Stadium, Bristol

Bristol Rovers and Barnsley take on one another at The Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with both Matt Taylor and Darrell Clarke seeking a win in the League One. Team form, head-to-head stats, predictions and the best odds are all shown below. We're here to give you everything you need to place an intelligent bet. We've backed , but why not take a look and see if there's another bet you prefer?


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Bristol R or Barnsley are in a rich vein of form that would have us feeling confident in tipping a match winner, so we've opted for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have form in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 76% chance of 2 goals or more.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Barnsley coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bristol R
28%
3/1-
Draw
25%
11/4-
Barnsley
47%
5/6-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Barnsley 1-0
10%
15/2-
Barnsley 2-1
9%
15/2-
Barnsley 2-0
8%
17/2-
Bristol R 1-0
8%
12/1-
Bristol R 2-1
7%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
7%
12/1-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1-
Barnsley 3-1
5%
12/1-
Bristol R 2-0
4%
20/1-
Barnsley 3-0
4%
14/1-
Barnsley 3-2
3%
20/1-
Bristol R 3-1
3%
28/1-
Bristol R 3-2
2%
33/1-
Barnsley 4-1
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
7/10-
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
11/10-
Home 1st Goal
44%
8/5-
Away 1st Goal
52%
8/15-
No 1st Goal
4%
12/1-
BTTS - Yes
54%
4/6-
BTTS - No
46%
11/10-
BTTS - Home Win
14%
6/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
15/4-
BTTS - Away Win
22%
5/2-
Home/draw
53%
10/11-
Away/draw
72%
2/9-
Home/away
75%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/9-
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
7/4-
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
4/1-
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/6-
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
12/1-
Home DNB
46%
2/1-
Away DNB
64%
4/11-
Bristol R win to nil
14%
7/1-
Barnsley win to nil
25%
5/2-
Bristol R / Bristol R
13%
11/2-
Bristol R / Barnsley
4%
20/1-
Bristol R / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Bristol R
10%
15/2-
Draw / Barnsley
17%
4/1-
Draw / Draw
14%
5/1-
Barnsley / Bristol R
3%
28/1-
Barnsley / Barnsley
28%
2/1-
Barnsley / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win League One table

Bristol R have played 24 matches so far this season and are in 20th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

19 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 3 and won 3. Bristol R have conceded 37 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Bristol R have played 11 games at home, winning 4, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 15 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Barnsley lay in 5th place on 42 points in the League One league table having played 25 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 34 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnsley have conceded 25 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Barnsley have played 12 away games, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Bristol R
Barnsley
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2316522453 
Apr 1
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2F
Apr 5
2
Wycombe2515642351 
l
 
1-2F
Feb 8
d
 
2-2A
Jan 28
3
Wrexham2515641951 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
w
 
2-1F
l
 
1-0A
4
Huddersfield2414551847 
Mar 8
l
 
3-1A
Feb 15
l
 
2-0A
5
Barnsley Away251267642 
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
-
-
6
Reading241257641 
Apr 26
l
 
1-0A
d
 
2-2F
May 3
7
Stockport2510871038 
Feb 11
l
 
2-0A
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
8
L Orient2411491037 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-4A
Apr 18
9
Mansfield231148537 
Mar 29
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
10
Bolton241149-137 
Mar 11
Apr 5
Apr 12
w
 
1-2A
11
Charlton23977634 
w
 
3-2F
Jan 28
d
 
2-2F
Mar 4
12
Lincoln25889-232 
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
Mar 1
w
 
1-2F
13
Rotherham24879031 
Mar 1
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-0F
Feb 22
14
Stevenage23878-231 
Apr 21
l
 
3-0A
Jan 25
l
 
3-0A
15
Exeter249411-331 
Apr 12
l
 
3-1F
Apr 1
w
 
1-2A
16
Blackpool24798-330 
l
 
0-2A
May 3
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
17
Wigan237610-227 
l
 
0-4A
Jan 25
l
 
0-1A
Mar 29
18
Northampton256811-1526 
w
 
1-0F
Feb 22
d
 
2-2F
Jan 11
19
Peterborough247413-525 
Feb 2
l
 
3-2A
Apr 21
w
 
1-3F
20
Bristol R Home247413-1625 
-
-
w
 
2-1F
Jan 18
21
Crawley235513-1920 
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 22
w
 
3-0F
w
 
0-3F
22
Shrewsbury244515-2017 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 4
Apr 26
w
 
0-2F
23
Cambridge244515-2117 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-1F
Mar 22
d
 
1-1A
24
Burton242814-1814 
Feb 15
w
 
1-3A
Feb 1
w
 
1-2F
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
5
Bristol R have not won in 5 consecutive home league games
Bristol R 20TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bristol R2 - 3L Orient
Bristol R1 - 1Wrexham
Bristol R0 - 2Blackpool
Bristol R0 - 0Crawley
Bristol R1 - 1Lincoln
Bristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R3 - 2Charlton
Bristol R1 - 2Wycombe
Bristol R0 - 4Wigan
Bristol R2 - 0Cambridge
Bristol R1 - 0Northampton
Bristol R0 - 2Peterborough
Bristol R1 - 0Cambridge
Bristol R0 - 2Reading
Bristol R0 - 2Bolton
Bristol R0 - 0Shrewsbury
Bristol R0 - 3Derby
Bristol R2 - 1Carlisle
Bristol R1 - 2Burton
Bristol R0 - 2Fleetwood
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ABristol R1 - 0Cambridge
HBristol R2 - 3L Orient
ABristol R0 - 3Stevenage
ABristol R1 - 3Exeter
HBristol R1 - 1Wrexham
ABristol R0 - 2Birmingham
ABristol R0 - 3L Orient
HBristol R0 - 2Blackpool
ABristol R1 - 0Mansfield
HBristol R0 - 0Crawley
HBristol R1 - 1Lincoln
ABristol R0 - 1Reading
HBristol R1 - 0Shrewsbury
ABristol R1 - 3Huddersfield
ABristol R3 - 1Burton
HBristol R3 - 2Charlton
HBristol R1 - 2Wycombe
ABristol R2 - 3Peterborough
HBristol R0 - 4Wigan
ABristol R1 - 2Barnsley
Barnsley 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
12
D
1
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Peterborough1 - 3Barnsley
Bolton1 - 2Barnsley
Exeter1 - 2Barnsley
Wrexham1 - 0Barnsley
Cambridge1 - 1Barnsley
Shrewsbury0 - 2Barnsley
Blackpool1 - 2Barnsley
Huddersfield2 - 0Barnsley
Burton1 - 2Barnsley
Stevenage3 - 0Barnsley
Crawley0 - 3Barnsley
Lincoln1 - 2Barnsley
Bolton2 - 3Barnsley
Blackpool3 - 2Barnsley
Portsmouth3 - 2Barnsley
Stevenage2 - 1Barnsley
Charlton2 - 1Barnsley
Burton1 - 3Barnsley
Carlisle2 - 3Barnsley
Wycombe2 - 4Barnsley
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBarnsley3 - 0Crawley
HBarnsley2 - 1Wrexham
ABarnsley3 - 1Peterborough
ABarnsley2 - 1Bolton
HBarnsley0 - 4L Orient
ABarnsley2 - 1Exeter
HBarnsley1 - 2Birmingham
ABarnsley0 - 1Wrexham
HBarnsley2 - 2Reading
HBarnsley0 - 1Wigan
ABarnsley1 - 1Cambridge
HBarnsley2 - 0Rotherham
ABarnsley2 - 0Shrewsbury
HBarnsley2 - 2Charlton
ABarnsley2 - 1Blackpool
ABarnsley0 - 2Huddersfield
HBarnsley2 - 2Wycombe
HBarnsley1 - 1Stockport
ABarnsley2 - 1Burton
ABarnsley0 - 3Stevenage
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Barnsley have not lost to Bristol R in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Bristol R since 2019
Bristol R
Barnsley
Goals: Scored
3
2
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
BRI
1
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Bristol R2 - 1
League games at Barnsley since 2018
Barnsley
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
8
2
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
BAR
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
Barnsley2 - 1
Barnsley2 - 1
Barnsley3 - 0
Barnsley1 - 0
Goal Statistics
Bristol R 20th Barnsley 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Barnsley will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-41
Bristol R have scored 41% fewer goals at home than predicted
+27
Barnsley have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
0.8
average goals scored
1.9
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Bristol R
PG (predicted goals)
Barnsley
1.2
1.6
Attack rating
BRI
BAR
27%
better
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Games scored15
20
Failed to score9
5
Scored first9
15
Goals scored22
39
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for14
15
Avg. XG for0.9
1.2
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
4%
better
BRI
BAR
view stats
Games conceded17
21
Clean sheets7
4
Conceded first13
10
Goals conceded38
33
Avg. goals conceded1.6
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded11
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against15%
17%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.2
KickOff rating
+4%

Bristol R v Barnsley League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Bristol R League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
24437
J GriffithsP OmochereP OmochereJ Lindsay
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Griffiths GLK24
1
-
J Wilson DEF241
4
-
C Mola DEF22
4
-
C Taylor DEF21
2
-
S Sinclair MID2131
1
-
J Lindsay MID202
6
1
G Ward  MID2012
1
-
S Forde FWD2022
2
1
T Moore DEF19
6
1
L McCormick MID192
2
-
K Conteh MID19
6
-
P Omochere FWD1943
2
-
R Sotiriou FWD1711
4
-
L Thomas MID1613
1
-
I Hutchinson MID1611
1
-
G O'Donkor FWD1511
2
-
B Bilongo DEF1412
-
C Martin FWD122
1
-
L Sousa DEF101
1
-
J Senior DEF9
-
M. Forbes DEF7
1
-
J Garrett MID7
1
-
J Hunt DEF51
2
-
K. Shaw MID2
-
Barnsley League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
25968
M GevigneyD Keillor-DunnC O'KeeffeL Connell
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Gevigney DEF25
3
-
L Connell MID2324
8
-
C O'Keeffe DEF226
6
-
D Keillor-Dunn MID219
1
-
M Roberts DEF203
2
-
D Pines DEF192
5
-
J Earl DEF191
5
-
G. Gent DEF19
2
-
J Russell MID1941
3
-
A Phillips MID1974
2
1
S Humphrys FWD1941
1
-
S Cosgrove FWD1812
3
-
B Cotter DEF162
2
-
K Lofthouse DEF15
2
-
M Watters FWD1542
-
B Killip GLK141
1
-
M Craig MID14
-
G Slonina GLK11
-
K Nwakali MID91
1
-
F Jaló FWD91
3
-
C McCarthy DEF7
4
-
A Marsh FWD7
-
J Benson MID6
1
-
C Hourihane MID2
-