Our prediction for this Championship match:
Fulham
Match Time & Date:
20/11/2021
17:00
Prediction: 3-1
Barnsley
Fulham will look to overtake Bournemouth in top position when they take on relegation-threatened Barnsley at their Craven Cottage. The Cottagers are on a six-game winning run in the Championship, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. “Mitrogol”, who helped Serbia beat Portugal and qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals, will be the man to watch in the home team, while defender Tosin Adarabioyo is out of contention through suspension.
The Tykes, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-0 loss to Hull City. Barnsley are not having a season to remember, and given Fulham’s attacking potential, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed. Forward Carlton Morris is sidelined with injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team. In their last meeting in London Barnsley outplayed Fulham 3-0, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Tom Cairney):
Tom Cairney is a professional footballer who plays for Fulham. His main position is central midfielder, but he plays as an attacking midfielder and a right midfielder as well. The left-footed player was born in Nottingham, England on 20 January, 1991 and he started his youth career at Leeds United.
In 2007 he moved to Hull City and he was named Hull’s Young Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 campaign. After making 70 league appearances for the Tigers he joined Blackburn Rovers on 1 August, 2013 on loan and on 2 January, 2014 he signed a permanent deal with the Riversiders. At the end of the 2014/2015 Championship campaign he joined Fulham.
Tom Cairney’s father is Scottish and, as a result, the Fulham footballer decided to represent Scotland on the international stage. Cairney has 2 caps for Scotland U-21 and he made 6 appearances for Scotland U-21 team. It has to be noted that he suffered a serious injury in August 2012. The injury forced him to be out of contention for over three months.
Highlighted Team (Barnsley):
Barnsley are an English club nicknamed the Tykes. The club was founded in 1887 and it has to be noted that they spend more seasons in the Championship than any other club in the history. The Tykes played in the Sheffield and District League from 1890, but in 1895 they were part of the Midland League. Barnsley play their home games at Oakwell, the stadium that was built in 1887.
The capacity of the stadium is 23,009 and it was opened back in 1888, just one year after the club’s foundation. The Tykes made it to the FA Cup final in 1910, but Newcastle United proved to be a big catch for the Oakwell outfit in the title game.
Nonetheless, Barnsley won the FA cup trophy in 1912 and that is considered the club’s biggest success. Barnsley defeated West Bromwich Albion in the two-legged tie (0-0, 1-0) to clinch the prestigious trophy for the first and only time in their history.
