Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday in the second leg of the 26th round of the Third Division will take place on Tuesday 21st March at 22:00 at Oakwell Stadium.

Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday will meet in a match originally scheduled for January 7 and then January 29, which was twice postponed due to both teams reaching the upper rounds of the FA Cup.

According to the regulations, three teams go to the Championship, the first two take the direct ranking, and the third – after the playoffs, in which the teams occupying 3-6 places participate (play according to the elimination system, semi-finals and the final).

Barnsley are 4th in the table with 69 points from 35 games, nine adrift of leaders Sheffield Wednesday and eight behind second-placed Plymouth Argyle (who have two games remaining) , but also nine points ahead of Peterborough, the team in 7th place.

The team coached by Michael Duff, the 45-year-old former Northern Ireland international who spent most of his career (12 years) at Burnell, with whom he also won two seasons in the Premier League, are on an 11-game unbeaten run championship (nine wins and two draws), and in the previous stage they were away to Wycombe, score 1-0.

Sheffield Wednesday are top of League One with 78 points, three points clear of third-placed Ipswich Town, who have two games to play, and who are on a record unbeaten run of 23 consecutive league games this season. defeats

In the previous round, the side coached by Darren Moore, the 48-year-old former Jamaican international who played in the Premier League for Bradford City, West Bromwich Albion and Derby County, were held to a home draw by Bolton Wanderers » (1:1).

Goals from Cole (34) and Norwood (82) saw Barnsley beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in a tour match on 3 September 2022.

Superbet offers odds of 1.55 on the 1X prediction: a win at home or a draw in the match Barnsley – Sheffield Wednesday.

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