Barnsley 2-2 Bradford City: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 April 2026
Result
Barnsley 2-2 Bradford City
League One · Saturday 18 April 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Barnsley 2-2 Bradford City: match report
Barnsley drew with Bradford City 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 18 April 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Eoghan O'Connell opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Eoghan O'Connell (50') and L. Farrell (90+6'). Bradford City scored through Nick Powell (73') and an own goal by M. Roberts (82').
Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Bradford City received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Barnsley were 12th on 55 points from 41 and Bradford City 4th on 71 points from 42. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Bradford City 5th with 77.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bradford City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Bradford City (7.6), ahead of Josh Neufville (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bradford City.
Key events
- 8'Red card · Vimal Yoganathan
- 33'Yellow card · Will Swan
- 33'Yellow card
- 50'Goal · Eoghan O'Connell
- 55'Yellow card · Ibou Touray
- 65'Yellow card · Jenson Metcalfe
- 71'Yellow card · J. Bland
- 73'Goal · Nick Powell
- 76'Yellow card · Reyes Cleary
- 82'Own goal · M. Roberts
- 90+6'Goal · L. Farrell
Head-to-head
Team news
Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Owen Goodman, Corey O'Keeffe, M. Roberts, Eoghan O'Connell, Josh Earl, Jonathan Bland, Vimal Yoganathan, Adam Phillips, Patrick Kelly, Scott Banks, Tom Bradshaw
Bradford City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Walker, Matthew Pennington, Aden Baldwin, Curtis Tilt, Josh Neufville, Jenson Metcalfe, Max Power, Ibou Touray, Will Swan, Stephen Humphrys, Kayden Jackson