The game to confuse the media

Neither of them have ever quite been able to distinguish between the two clubs and both have taken the confusion to embarrassing levels at times, none more so than when they had pictures of Burnley manager Eddie Howe flashing up on screen as part of their advertising of last season's showing of Portsmouth v Barnsley.

For their benefit, it is Burnley (that's the one with the U and without the S which is based in East Lancashire) that's at home tonight against Barnsley (that's the one with the A and with the S and is based in South Yorkshire).

It's our third successive Tuesday at home and we can only hope that tonight is considerably better than the other two. We failed to score on both, the first time we've not found the net in successive home games since August 2008, and have picked up just the one point.

Martin Paterson to partner Charlie Austin up front

Our home record recently hasn't been at all good and, although not quite as exaggerated, it is another season of frustration at Turf Moor alongside some good results away from home, so I suppose it was no surprise to see the run of six games without a win end on the road.

We won the first two games under Sean Dyche, at home to Wolves and Leeds, and with the Blackpool game under the management of Terry Pashley, it meant three successive home wins, and without a goal conceded.

Since we've won just twice in nine home games, against Derby and Crystal Palace, and suffered defeats against Charlton, Leicester, Birmingham and Huddersfield, albeit two of them with ten men.

Strangely, when Brian Laws was in charge in the first half of the 2010/11 season we had a remarkably good home record but couldn't win a raffle on the road. Eddie Howe came in and it was like pressing a switch. Suddenly the away record improved beyond all recognition but the home form ever since has seriously suffered.

It has to change and when better than tonight against Barnsley, and it is a night when home fans can expect to get their first opportunity to see new loan signing Alex Kačanikllič in action.

He impressed those who saw the game at Charlton and Sean Dyche's first signing is now looking forward to making his Turf Moor debut.

"It's always special to play at home," he said. "I am looking forward to it and hopefully scoring some goals for Burnley."

None of the injured midfielders - Dean Marney, Chris McCann and Ross Wallace are fit to return. Michael Duff and Ben Mee are both getting there but need a run out before being considered. Therefore it will be the same squad as Saturday with it very likely to be the same starting eleven.

Expect us to line up: Lee Grant, Kieran Trippier, Kevin Long, Jason Shackell, Danny Lafferty, Junior Stanislas, David Edgar, Marvin Bartley, Alex Kačanikllič, Martin Paterson, Charlie Austin. Subs: Brian Jensen, Luke O'Neill, Joseph Mills, Brian Stock, Danny Ings, Keith Treacy, Sam Vokes.

Barnsley come into the game just ahead of the bottom three and on the back of two defeats at Bristol City and at home against Bolton, but we should not be fooled by that. Prior to those two games they had won four on the run in the league, and had five wins and a draw from six.

To add to that, they are still in the FA Cup. They had that 3rd round win against us when we conceded a soft goal late in the game and they've since beaten Hull and MK Franchise to land a quarter final tie against Manchester City at the Etihad this Saturday.

It's been a recovery. The poor form in 2012 cost Keith Hill his job and they went into 2013 in bottom place with just 21 points, and that was 10 points behind Wolves. They now sit two places above the Molineux club with a point more and will be looking to edge further away from the bottom three.

Loan player Rory Delap, from Stoke, has been out recently but he could be fit to return tonight. If so we will have to deal with balls being chucked into the box at regular intervals.

Delap is back in training and, according to manager David Flitcroft, has come through a really positive session that should see him back in the side.

However, defender Jimmy McNulty is not quite there yet in his comeback because of some swelling and, although progressing well, Stephen Dawson is not ready to return.

Barnsley look certain to add Delap to the squad that lost against Bolton and will select from: 1. Luke Steele, 33. Tom Kennedy, 25. Martin Cranie, 14. Scott Wiseman, 23. Kelvin Etuhu, 11. David Perkins, 28. Ryan Tunnicliffe, 13. Chris Dagnall, 27. Chris O'Grady, 19. Tomasz Cywka, 8. Jim O'Brien, 30. Lukas Lidakevicius, 2. Bobby Hassell, 6. Stephen Foster, 24. Reuben Noble-Lazarus, 21. Jacob Mellis, 9. Jason Scotland, 16. Marlon Harewood, 5. Rory Delap.

Last Time They Were Here

Last season's home game against Barnsley came on Valentine's Day. It ended in a 2-0 win but it was our last win for eight games as we dropped from tenth to sixteenth in the table.

Debut for Danny Ings as a late substitute

It was a game with a lot of positives. We won, we played well, Jay Rodriguez kept up his scoring run and Charlie Austin was also on the scoresheet for the first time at the Turf since the previous October.

It was also a very special night as the crowd rose after thirteen minutes to applaud chairman Barry Kilby who, a week earlier, had revealed he was standing down after being diagnosed with cancer.

By that time we were already in front. That came in just the third minute when Austin and Ross Wallace linked up down the right hand side. Wallace crossed for Josh McQuoid who headed towards goal. It looked as though it was going in but Jay Rod made sure and the early lead was ours.

That lead might have been doubled on two first half occasions had the appalling Oliver Langford awarded either of two blatant penalties for fouls on Chris McCann. This idiot even carded the perplexed Burnley skipper in the first incident.

It just needed another goal and it came in the second half. Great work from Wallace and Dean Marney saw the midfielder play in Jay. He looked a certain scorer but goalkeeper Luke Steele did well to tip it onto the post only to see Austin gleefully hit home the rebound.

There was just the opportunity for Austin to be replaced by debutant Danny Ings and the game was ours; a comfortable win but it would be Fratton Park before we would win again.

The teams were;

Burnley: Lee Grant, Kieran Trippier (Brian Easton 90+1), Michael Duff, David Edgar, Ben Mee, Ross Wallace (Marvin Bartley 81), Dean Marney, Chris McCann, Josh McQuoid, Charlie Austin (Danny Ings 82), Jay Rodriguez. Subs not used: Brian Jensen, Keith Treacy.

Barnsley: Luke Steele, Scott Wiseman, Rob Edwards, Jimmy McNulty, Scott Golbourne, David Perkins (Nathan Doyle 45), Korey Smith, Matty Done (Chris Dagnall 45), Michael Tonge (Jim O'Brien 29), Craig Davies, Andy Gray. Subs not used: David Preece, Stephen Foster.

Previous Games against Barnsley

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