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Watford play host to Barnsley at Vicarage Road Stadium on Wednesday evening, and hold the advantage on previous meetings between the two. Of the 22 games played, Hornets have recorded 9 wins, and Barnsley have come away with 6 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Watford was back in November 2001, over five years ago, with Watford running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Barnsley | 3 - 2 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Barnsley | 2 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Watford | 3-0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Fri 29 Dec | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 Aug | Watford | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 01 May | Barnsley | 2 - 2 | Watford | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 05 Dec | Watford | 0 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Watford are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These games have seen the Hornets score just 7 goals, though they have conceded 2.
The away form of Barnsley is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Tykes have hit 4 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Watford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 68 points from 41 games. Barnsley are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 46 points from their 40 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
With the Hornets being in decent shape at home at the moment, I am pleased to predict that this match should result in nothing other than a comfortable home win. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Watford | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Barnsley | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |