Barnsley V Crystal Palace: Head To Head

Of the two teams competing tomorrow at Oakwell, Barnsley hold the upper hand in the history books with 24 wins to Crystal Palace`s 20 and nine draws between them:

Overall

Played: 53
Barnsley: 24
Draw: 9
Crystal Palace: 20


At Oakwell

Played: 26
Barnsley: 13
Draw: 5
Crystal Palace: 8


The highest scoring games between the two teams were both seven goal affairs with Barnsley hammering Palace 5-2 at Oakwell in 1924 and Palace edging a thriller 4-3 in 1995. Palace last won at Oakwell in February 2002, with a 4-1 victory that edged the Reds closer to their ultimate defeat in the relegation places of the Championship.

The Reds biggest victory came in their return to the Championship season after relegation along with Palace from the Premiership. Palace were visitors to Oakwell in September but left with nothing as the Reds crashed in four goals without reply with Ashley Ward grabbing an early brace and Sean McClare and Jan Aage Fjortoft completing the rout.

Last 6 Meetings:

19.12.2009 Crystal Palace 1 Barnsley 1
17.03.2009 Barnsley 3 Crystal Palace 1
18.10.2008 Crystal Palace 3 Barnsley 0
15.03.2008 Crystal Palace 2 Barnsley 0
08.12.2007 Barnsley 0 Crystal Palace 0
21.04.2007 Barnsley 2 Crystal Palace 0

If you added up the goals from every Barnsley V Crystal Palace game in history the score would be Barnsley 71 - 68 Crystal Palace.

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