In a mid week match on Monday Apr 18th, in week 43, Peterborough United and Barnsley will play a match in Barnsley in a clash of these two evenly matched Championship teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. Barnsley is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Swansea City. Claudio Gomes scored the first goal for Barnsley in the 54th minute, then in the 64th minute, Cyrus Christie sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Olivier Ntcham earning Swansea City a comeback draw. Barnsley is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 23rd placed Peterborough United, recorded a 2-1 win against Blackburn Rovers. Ben Brereton struck first for Blackburn Rovers in the 77th minute, then Sammie Szmodics tied it up for Peterborough United in the 83rd minute on a feed from Harrison Burrows But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 87th minute on a goal by Jack Marriott. Peterborough United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Weston Homes Stadium, Peterborough United and Barnsley battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Peterborough United nor Barnsley could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Peterborough United is fortunate enough to have Jonson Clarke-Harris in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Carlton Morris has been the most prolific scorer on Barnsley in the last 5 matches with 2 goals.