Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 January 2024
Result
Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 13 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report
Barnsley beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 13 January 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Devante Cole (43') and Corey O'Keeffe (73'). Bristol Rovers scored through C. Martin (68').
Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 6th on 43 points from 24 and Bristol Rovers 11th on 34 points from 24. Barnsley went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Bristol Rovers 16th with 57.
Barnsley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Roberts of Barnsley (8.1), level with Chris Martin (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Barnsley's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Bristol Rovers's L-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · John McAtee
- 43'Goal · Devante Cole
- 67'Yellow card · Maël de Gevigney
- 68'Goal · C. Martin
- 73'Goal · Corey O'Keeffe
- 79'Yellow card · Herbie Kane
- 90+6'Yellow card · A. Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Barnsley line-up (3-1-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Jordan Williams, Maël de Gevigney, Jack Shepherd, Jon Russell, Corey O'Keeffe, Adam Phillips, Herbie Kane, Callum Styles, John McAtee, Devante Cole
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Matthew Cox, Joshua Grant, James Connolly, Tristan Crama, Luke Thomas, Antony Evans, Sam Finley, Harvey Vale, Luke McCormick, Chris Martin, Jevani Brown