10-12-2021, 20:37
MANAGER
Poya Asbaghi (Persian: پویا اسبقی, [puːjɒː æsbæɣiː]; born 17 July 1985) is a Swedish Iranian football manager who is head coach of English Championship side Barnsley.
IFK Göteborg
Asbaghi was appointed as manager of Swedish Allsvenskan side IFK Göteborg before the start of the 2018 Allsvenskan season.[1][2][3] On 25 July 2019, IFK extended his contract until 2022.[4] After the 2019 season, Poya Asbaghi was nominated as the manager of the year in Allsvenskan.[5] He was subsequently offered the manager role at English Championship side Barnsley which he turned down.[6]
Asbaghi led Göteborg to the 2019–20 Swedish Cup final after a win over IF Elfsborg on 9 July 2020.[7] On 30 July 2020, Asbaghi and Göteborg won the 2020 Swedish Cup Final after a 2–1 extra time win over Malmö FF, qualifying the team to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.[8]
Asbaghi was relieved of his duties on 3 September 2020 during the 2020 season.[9]
Sweden U21
On 24 November 2020, Asbaghi was appointed as manager of the Sweden national under-21 football team, with his contract running until summer 2023. He left in November 2021 to join Barnsley as their new head coach.[10]
Barnsley
In November 2021, Asbaghi was appointed head coach of Barnsley after the sacking of former head coach Markus Schopp. Ferran Sibila became his assistant.[11]
LAST TIME OUT
FORM GUIDE
PNE 6 BARNSLEY 3
PNE Team News
In his pre-match press conference, manager Ryan Lowe said there were a few knocks within the team, with Ched Evans, Andrew Hughes and Sepp van den Berg all struggling.
Lowe also told the media that Tom Barkhuizen, who missed last weekend's defeat through injury, and Josh Murphy are both being checked out to see when they can return.
The Opposition
Barnsley have endured a difficult season so far, having picked up just two victories from their 21 Championship games.
After last season’s remarkable push for the Play-Offs, Valérien Ismaël left for West Brom, and in came Markus Schopp, but he lost his job and was replaced by former Sweden U21 boss Poya Asbaghi in November.
He is yet to experience the feeling of victory in his short time in charge and if he’s to do that on Saturday afternoon, it would be Barnsley’s first away win of the season in league action.
Key Stats
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In Cauley Woodrow, Barnsley have a striker who they have relied on for double figures in terms of goals in their past two Championship campaigns, however he’s netted only three so far this term heading into Saturday.
PNE have had a good record over the Tykes in recent years, having come out on top in three of the last four meetings, with the first of those being a 5-1 victory at Deepdale in October 2019.
The overall head-to-head record between the two sides sees PNE just about edge it, having won 25 times compared to Barnsley’s 20. The first time they faced each other was all the way back in September 1901.
Our Last Meeting
North End came out 2-0 winners the last time they came up against the Tykes in the penultimate game of the 2020/21 season.
Jordan Storey and Ched Evans were on the scoresheet that afternoon, with close-range finishes sealing a third consecutive victory.
Man In The middle
Experienced EFL referee Keith Stroud will take the whistle this weekend to take charge of his first PNE fixture this season.
He’s certainly no stranger to North End, having regularly officiated their matches over the years, dating back to 2005.
Stroud has been the main official of 15 games so far this term, the majority of those games being in the Championship.
MACS VIEW
Firstly a word or two about Frankie Mc, sad for him that it didn't work out, probably too nice a bloke do not think he was helped by the fact we played games behind closed doors totally different scenario to playing in front of a baying mob at Bloomfield and that was just the away fans wish him the best for the future
Good look to Mr Lowe apparently there are health warnings from Argyle fans if it does go a bit tits up but he has a very good assistant in Mike Marsh who worked under Cooper at Swansea.
Let's see what happens
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