Barnsley – Swansea, Prediction – Championship

📑 Barnsley has been showing some fluctuations lately

Barnsley made an incredible run of 9 wins and 1 draw from mid-February to mid-March until he lost to the relegated Sheffield Wednesday. In general, since then the Tykes have kept their shape and won a lot of points, but in the last rounds, there is physical and mental fatigue in the team. We are not convinced that the potential is big enough to cross these playoffs.

⏩ Swansea makes visible mistakes in defense

Swansea has definitely made a lot of mistakes in defense and logically allowed quite a few goals lately. There is no clean sheet in 5 consecutive meetings. The Swans are an unpredictable team when it comes to their away games. Many times during the season they played quite well, dominating and easily winning to 0 against strong teams including Barnsley at the beginning of the year. In other matches, however, Swansea totally collapses and we can hardly recognize them. It often turns out that the first goal in the matches of the swans away from home is decisive for the outcome of the match.

The experience is on the side of the swans

 Expert view: Barnsley last played in the Premier League in 1997. Since then so much time passed and so many things changed. Tykes are generally not one of the traditional clubs with ambitions to play in the strongest league in England. Swansea, meanwhile, played six consecutive seasons in the Premier League before returning to the Championship, where it is now its 4th season. Before this match, we expect Barnsley to approach in his typical aggressive style and rely on his energy. Swansea will probably bend and allow 1 goal, but this team can sometimes very skillfully score and take advantage of seemingly impossible situations to get the goal. Precisely because of their experience, we expect them to score in the first match as well and we will bet on BTTS at 1.90.