Barnsley 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 17 February 2021

Result

Barnsley 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Wednesday 17 February 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Barnsley 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Barnsley beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 17 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Carlton Morris opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Carlton Morris (72') and Alex Mowatt (90'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Adam Armstrong (90+4').

Discipline: Barnsley received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Barnsley were 12th on 39 points from 28 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 39 points from 28. Barnsley went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 57.

Barnsley lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlton Morris of Barnsley (9.0), ahead of Alex Mowatt (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Barnsley's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Yellow card · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 72'Goal · Carlton MorrisBarnsley · 1-0
  • 83'Yellow card · T. Harwood-BellisBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Goal · Alex MowattBarnsley · 2-0
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

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Barnsley line-up (3-4-2-1)

Brad Collins, Toby Sibbick, Michal Helik, Mads Andersen, Callum Brittain, Romal Palmer, Alex Mowatt, Callum Styles, Conor Mark Chaplin, Victor Adeboyejo, Cauley Woodrow

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Thomas Kaminski, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Darragh Lenihan, Jarrad Branthwaite, B. Douglas, Lewis Travis, Stewart Downing, Elliott Bennett, Bradley Dack, Sam Gallagher, Adam Armstrong