Barnsley 1-2 Cambridge United: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Barnsley 1-2 Cambridge United

League One · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley · half-time 1-0

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Barnsley 1-2 Cambridge United: match report

Barnsley lost to Cambridge United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Oakwell Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

Vimal Yoganathan opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Barnsley's goal came from Vimal Yoganathan (41'). Cambridge United scored through Ben Knight (52') and Shayne Lavery (90+1').

Discipline: Barnsley received 5 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 21st on 8 points from 8 and Cambridge United 5th on 16 points from 9. In the current table Barnsley are 23rd on 9 points and Cambridge United are 8th on 21 points.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cambridge United in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cathal Heffernan of Cambridge United (7.9), ahead of Arley Kay (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 1 for Cambridge United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Reyes ClearyBarnsley
  • 41'Goal · Vimal YoganathanBarnsley · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Arley KayBarnsley
  • 46'Yellow card · Connor O'RiordanBarnsley
  • 48'Yellow card · Ra'ees Bangura-WilliamsCambridge United
  • 50'Yellow card · Shayne LaveryCambridge United
  • 52'Goal · Ben KnightCambridge United · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Tobi AdeyemoBarnsley
  • 79'Yellow card · Ben KnightCambridge United
  • 90+1'Goal · Shayne LaveryCambridge United · 1-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jack ShepherdBarnsley

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
8Cambridge United145632121021WDLDL
23Barnsley122371222-109LLLLD

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 2, Cambridge United 1.

Team news

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

Rogan Ravenhill, Tyrese Noslin, Connor O'Riordan, Jack Shepherd, Arley Kay, Cameron McGeehan, Patrick Kelly, Rylan Brownlie, Vimal Yoganathan, Reyes Cleary, Tobi Adeyemo

Cambridge United line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jake Eastwood, Liam Bennett, Cathal Heffernan, Kell Watts, Zak Bradshaw, Dominic Ball, Ben Knight, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu, Owen Moxon, Isaac Heath, Gassan Ahadme

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