Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the League One match on September 07th, 2024

Barnsley and Bristol Rovers will be playing against each other on Saturday, September 07th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in a League One football game in England, check the Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers will occur

The game is set to be played in the small Oakwell Stadium stadium, in the city of Barnsley, with a capacity for 23287 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the League One has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.54 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.59 goals per game of the last championship.

Barnsley last match

Barnsley in its last official match won (0-3) against Crawley Town, in a match valid for League One. Coach D. Clarke's lined up a 3-4-1-2 formation.

The odds for the home team to win before the match were 2.00, so it was logical to expect a fairly even match.

Bristol Rovers last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for League One, Bristol Rovers, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Cambridge United team with a final score of 2-0.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.10.

Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers h2h

The last time Bristol Rovers went up against Barnsley, it was in League One. Bristol Rovers, ranked 10th place, started with a 3-4-1-2 tactic, while Barnsley, then in 6th place, was charged with a 3-1-4-2 formation.

The last time these teams met was for a League One match, on 13-01-2024, referring to the 2023/2024 season, which ended with a 2-1 win for Barnsley.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

Barnsley

League One leaderboard now

Considering the home team Barnsley, standing in 7th place with 7 points in the League One competition in England. Their performance statistics have been such as 2 wins, 1 loss and, 1 draw.

Which means that the team, with the same number of points, in the 5th round is followed by the Reading team in 8th place.

Barnsley analysis

Barnsley after 4 rounds shows a very good goal quotient: in fact, it has scored 8 goals and conceded only 5 to opponents.

Barnsley average of shots on goal is certainly not the brightest, but that cannot be said about the accuracy of getting on goal. In fact, the team has shot 4.25 times on goal, but has a goal-scoring average of 2. Basically, for every 5 shots on goal, it scores 2 goals.

Barnsley has a ball possession average of 45.75% in the league. Therefore, they are not the team that proposes the game, which can be a problem for this match. Therefore, fans hope the team to have more possession in this Barnsley vs Bristol Rovers 2024/2025 match and, especially, to convert it into goals.

Best goalscorer from Barnsley

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Adam Phillips. He has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped Barnsley come out with a positive result on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bristol Rovers

League One leaderboard now

Bristol Rovers arrives in this game with 7 points, and in 9th place in the League One, having won twice in total and lost once, making a total of 1 draw.

Reading ranks just above, occupying 8th place in the 5th round, the team has the same number of points.

Bristol Rovers analysis

We have reached matchday 4 in League One and at the moment Bristol Rovers has made 3 goals and conceded 2.

Recent performances have shown that Bristol Rovers is having trouble scoring goals, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This could indicate that they need to improve their attacking play by creating better chances and being more efficient in front of goal.

With a high average minutes of first goal scored this season, Bristol Rovers has shown that they are a patient team. This patience translates into game control and waiting for the right opportunities, leading to a low number of goals conceded. These qualities indicate the team's tactical discipline and organization. Maintaining this approach will serve Bristol Rovers well in future matches.

The team has shown its limits in attack, scoring 0.75 goals per game on average in the league. When we also consider that it will be playing away, we can imagine how the oddsmakers are not on its side.

Best goalscorer from Bristol Rovers

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Promise Omochere is the player to highlight. Helping Bristol Rovers with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Barnsley 1.5 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Bristol Rovers 0 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.08.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 4.5 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.75 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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