Barnsley 2-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2016

Result

Barnsley 2-2 Birmingham City

Championship · Saturday 31 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Barnsley 2-2 Birmingham City: match report

Barnsley drew with Birmingham City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 31 December 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Tom Bradshaw opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Tom Bradshaw (24') and Sam Winnall (28'). Birmingham City scored through Jacques Maghoma (33') and Lukas Jutkiewicz (52', penalty).

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Birmingham City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 11th on 33 points from 23 and Birmingham City 9th on 34 points from 23. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 53.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to C. Hourihane of Barnsley (8.0), ahead of Ché Adams (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 3 draws and 4 for Birmingham City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Sam WinnallBarnsley · 2-0
  • 33'Goal · Jacques MaghomaBirmingham City · 2-1
  • 51'Red card · Marc RobertsBarnsley
  • 52'Penalty goal · Lukas JutkiewiczBirmingham City · 2-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Conor HourihaneBarnsley
  • 87'Yellow card · Samy MorsyBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 3, Birmingham City 4.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, James Bree, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Andy Yiadom, Marley Watkins, Sam Morsy, C. Hourihane, Ryan Kent, Sam Winnall, Tom Bradshaw

Birmingham City line-up (4-1-4-1)

Tomasz Kuszczak, Jonathan Spector, Michael Morrison, Ryan Shotton, Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, Greg Stewart, Maikel Kieftenbeld, David Davis, Jacques Maghoma, Ché Adams