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Luton Town face a trip to Barnsley at Oakwell on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 19 out of 25 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2003, with Luton Town inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Tykes in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Luton Town | 0 - 1 | Barnsley | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 18 Jan | Barnsley | 2 - 3 | Luton Town | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 24 Aug | Luton Town | 2 - 3 | Barnsley | LD2 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 10 Nov | Luton Town | 1 - 0 | Barnsley | LC |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 27 Apr | Luton Town | 1 - 3 | Barnsley | LD1 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 25 Nov | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Luton Town | LD1 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 14 Jan | Barnsley | 3 - 1 | Luton Town | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Barnsley losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
Luton Town have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Hatters's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Barnsley's 48 points from 34 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Luton Town's total of 52 points from their 32 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division Two.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Barnsley | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Luton Town | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Luton Town are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Barnsley | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Luton Town | Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |