After a draw in the first round of the FA Cup, Horsham host Barnsley on Tuesday night, with the pair meeting for a second time, this time though, there has to be a winner. A thriller at Oakwell ended 3-3, a huge upset, and now Horsham have home advantage, can they do the unthinkable, and knock out League One opposition?
Horsham Form GuideA life changing cup tie for Horsham, firstly giving them the income boost of playing at Oakwell and receiving a percentage of the gate reciepts for that, and now the same again at home, with the added bonus of a payment for this game being on TV, and of course, the sold out signs have been up for a week now, as anticipation grows for this tie.
Of course, there's a huge gap between these two teams, what Horsham did in the first game, they will need to do again, and better. They worked incredibly hard, and capitalised on every defensive mistake that Barnsley made. They'll fancy their chances against a Barnsley defence that has now conceded eight goals in their last three games, in all competitions.
Barnsley Form GuideWith the games already piling up due to international weekend, the last thing Barnsley wanted was a replay here, but it is exactly what they deserved. We saw Sunday league standard from them in the first game, both in defence, where they were awful, and in front of goal, having numerous key chances, but not able to take them.
Barnsley fielded almost a full strength team in the first game, I expect the same here, though they are missing four players due to international call ups. Their last three games read a 2-2 tie, 3-3 tie and 3-0 defeat, with a lot of question marks hanging over their defensive group right now.
Match PredictionLet's be honest, Barnsley should win this comfortably. If they do, I see goals being scored, but if there's an upset, I also see goals, so to go on the side of caution, goals is the pick here. I've gone for over 3.5 goals, which looks a nice bet, it happened in the first leg, and with Barnsley's defence having problems, could well happen again here.
