Top scorer this season
Barnsley: Ricardo Vaz Te – now at West Ham (12)
Pompey: Erik Huseklepp (6)
Most assists this season
Barnsley: Daniel Drinkwater, Jacob Butterfield (both 7)
Pompey: Liam Lawrence (6)
Most shots this season
Barnsley: Jacob Butterfield (71)
Pompey: David Norris (43)
Shots on target this season
Barnsley: 181
Pompey: 153
Shots off target this season
Barnsley: 156
Pompey: 187
Hit woodwork this season
Barnsley: 7
Pompey: 11
Average league gate at Oakwell this season: 10,578
Blues have edge in head-to-head record: Barnsley 17 wins, Pompey 21 wins, 12 draws
David Norris and Luke Varney were both on target when Pompey beat the Tykes 2-0 in front of the Sky cameras at Fratton Park earlier in the season.
The sides both won 1-0 on their own patch last term; Adam Hammill scoring the only goal at Oakwell, before Kanu scored Pompey’s winner on the south coast.
But before last season’s meetings the sides had not played each other since the 2001/02 campaign.
Both clashes were memorable that campaign, with Robert Prosinecki starring in both games. The Croatian maestro was man-of-the-match as goals from Jamie Vincent, Peter Crouch and Lee Bradbury (2) secured a 4-1 triumph in Yorkshire.
He then hit a hat-trick in the return fixture at Fratton, although the Tykes scored twice late on to salvage a 4-4 draw.
Keith Hill’s side currently sit 16th in the Championship table with 39 points from 30 games. They average 1.4 goals per game, compared to Pompey’s 1.1.
Barnsley have won seven, drawn two and lost six at home in the league this season; beating Coventry (2-0), Burnley (2-0), Hull (2-1), Doncaster (2-0), Crystal Palace (2-1), Leeds (4-1) and Derby (3-2); drawing with Leicester (1-1) and Watford (1-1) and losing to Southampton (0-1), Middlesbrough (1-3), Bristol City (1-2), Ipswich (3-5), Blackpool (1-3) and Millwall (1-3).
Pompey have won two, drawn five and lost nine on their Championship travels this season; beating Burnley (1-0) and Peterborough (3-0); drawing with Middlesbrough (2-2), Bristol City (0-0), Crystal Palace (0-0), Leicester (1-1) and Blackpool (1-1) and losing at West Ham (3-4), Hull (0-1), Leeds (0-1), Ipswich (0-1), Derby (1-3), Watford (0-2), Millwall (0-1), Cardiff (2-3) and Birmingham (0-1).