Barnsley v Derby County Betting Tips [10 March 2021]

Barnsley are the form team in the Championship, alongside current leaders Norwich, and their latest surge has seen them move into the play-off places. The men down at the Oakwell have won each of their last seven league games and are now sixth in the table having climbed above Bournemouth over the weekend. Derby are the visitors on this occasion and the Rams come into this game in 19th after back-to-back defeats to Coventry and Cardiff. Wayne Rooney’s side are six points above the relegation zone with 12 games to play but they will be constantly looking over their shoulder until the end of the season. 

Barnsley have only lost one of their last 11 matches and that was a narrow 1-0 defeat at home to Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The Tykes are unbeaten in nine league matches and seven straight wins has them dreaming of a return to the top-flight. Barnsley were relegated to the Football League back in 1997/98 and haven’t made it back since but with this game in hand they could move four points ahead of Bournemouth who are 7th and who they face this weekend. 19 points further back than Barnsley and in 19th sit a Derby side who have ebbed and flowed under Wayne Rooney. Their recent form leaves them with just one win in five and without a win in three matches. Crucial wins over Wycombe and Huddersfield last month gave the Rams some much-needed breathing space but a 1-0 defeat to Coventry at the weekend means they aren’t out of the scrap yet.