Tykes bandwagon geared to roll on
Barnsley v Reading
The highest scorers in the Sky Bet Football League can shoot themselves to another three points when Barnsley meet Reading at Oakwell this afternoon.
Bookmakers are refusing to go overboard on Barnsley’s flying start with the Sky Bet League One playoff winners going off at a reasonable 7-5 to beat Reading despite the terrific Tykes scoring 18 times in seven league outings.
Barnsley have bagged at least twice in every league match except the 2-1 defeat at leaders Huddersfield and the last six goals in the road wins at Wolves and Preston were scored by different players, which only goes to highlight the firepower available.
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