After last year's miraculous save and staying in the Championship, Barnsley does not look like the insecure team from last season. As expected, they started this season with a coach who ensured their survival. But after the introductory two rounds in which they recorded one draw and one defeat, it was clear that coach Struber's days on the bench were numbered. The team was temporarily led by assistant coach Murray, until the team was taken over by Valerien Ismael. That things will immediately get better, was shown in the first game with a 3-0 victory against the great Watford. Under the leadership of this great coach, they played 27 games and recorded only 9 defeats and two draws. The Barnsley team is in fantastic shape, they have as many as seven wins in a row, which is very difficult in a competition like this. In those 7 games, they conceded only 3 goals, and scored 13. What adorns the hosts is the fact that they play a very offensive football, in each of the 7 mentioned games they had a double-digit number of attempts towards the opponent's goal. The player to pay attention to is the young Daryl Dike who has scored three goals in the last four matches. Unlike the home team, today's guest is in big trouble. The first problem they face is extreme inefficiency, they scored only 25 goals in 34 games. Another problem is the absence of the first goalkeeper, Marshall. He is replaced by Roos, but not very successfully, because they have conceded five goals in the last two matches. The away team's coach, famous Wayne Rooney, is having a hard time finding the right formation. He played the game against Cardiff in a 4-5-1 formation, and in the next game he played with a 4-4-2 formation, in addition to replacing as many as 6 players from the previous game! What is especially worrying is the fact that in the last three games, they sent only 4 shots into the opponent's goal. They have played 17 games in the championship this season and managed to record only 5 wins, and the Barnsley team is certainly not against whom they can hope to improve that score.