Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 29 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Barnsley 2-2 Bristol City: match report

Barnsley drew with Bristol City 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 29 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marley Watkins opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Barnsley's goals came from Marley Watkins (21') and Adam Hammill (90+1'). Bristol City scored through Lee Tomlin (58', penalty) and Tammy Abraham (76').

Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Bristol City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 13th on 18 points from 14 and Bristol City 9th on 21 points from 14. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Bristol City 20th with 52.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bristol City in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Bristol City (8.1), ahead of Andy Yiadom (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 6 for Bristol City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Marley WatkinsBarnsley · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Samy MorsyBarnsley
  • 28'Yellow card · Aaron WilbrahamBristol City
  • 42'Yellow card · Josh KayBarnsley
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Korey SmithBristol City
  • 45+3'Missed penalty · Sam WinnallBarnsley
  • 58'Penalty goal · Lee TomlinBristol City · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Adam JacksonBarnsley
  • 69'Yellow card · Joe BryanBristol City
  • 76'Goal · Tammy AbrahamBristol City · 1-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Adam HammillBarnsley · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 2, draws 2, Bristol City 6.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, James Bree, A. MacDonald, Adam Jackson, Andy Yiadom, Marley Watkins, Sam Morsy, Josh Kay, Ryan Kent, Sam Winnall, Adam Armstrong

Bristol City line-up (4-3-1-2)

Frank Fielding, Adam Matthews, Aden Flint, Hörður Magnússon, Scott Golbourne, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Gary O'Neil, Korey Smith, Lee Tomlin, Tammy Abraham, Aaron Wilbraham