Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026

Result

Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 25 August 2026, 18:45 UTC · Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley · half-time 3-1

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Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Barnsley beat Crewe Alexandra 3-2 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 25 August 2026 at Oakwell Stadium. The half-time score was 3-1.

Adrien Thibaut opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Barnsley's goals came from Reyes Cleary (29'), Tyrese Noslin (31') and Corey O'Keeffe (38'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Adrien Thibaut (21') and Joel Ewusi (89').

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received no yellow cards.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crewe Alexandra in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rogan Ravenhill of Barnsley (8.1), ahead of Mickey Demetriou (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 0 draws and 3 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Adrien ThibautCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Jonathan BlandBarnsley
  • 29'Goal · Reyes ClearyBarnsley · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Tyrese NoslinBarnsley · 2-1
  • 38'Goal · Corey O'KeeffeBarnsley · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Rogan RavenhillBarnsley
  • 89'Goal · Joel EwusiCrewe Alexandra · 3-2

Form and table

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 3.

Team news

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

Rogan Ravenhill, Tyrese Noslin, Sam Gale, Arley Kay, Corey O'Keeffe, Jonathan Bland, Cameron McGeehan, Reyes Cleary, Patrick Kelly, L. Alker, Makenzie Kirk

Crewe Alexandra line-up (5-3-2)

Tom Booth, Stan Dancey, Phil Croker, Luke Offord, Josh Stephenson, Reece Hutchinson, Luca Moore, Kyle Ure, Calum Agius, Charlie McNeill, Adrien Thibaut

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