Barnsley 2-1 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 March 2026
Result
Barnsley 2-1 Exeter City
League One · Saturday 7 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Barnsley 2-1 Exeter City: match report
Barnsley won against Exeter City 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
David McGoldrick opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Barnsley's goals came from David McGoldrick (8') and Vimal Yoganathan (16'). Exeter City scored through Jayden Wareham (75').
Discipline: Barnsley received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 13th on 44 points from 32 and Exeter City 15th on 42 points from 34. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Exeter City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vimal Yoganathan of Barnsley (8.0), ahead of David McGoldrick (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 0 draws and 5 for Exeter City.
Going into the match Barnsley's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Exeter City's D-L-D-D-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 16'Goal · Vimal Yoganathan
- 23'Yellow card · Ryan Rydel
- 29'Yellow card · Jack Shepherd
- 75'Goal · Jayden Wareham
Head-to-head
Team news
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Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Owen Goodman, Corey O'Keeffe, Maël de Gevigney, Eoghan O'Connell, Jack Shepherd, Luca Connell, Vimal Yoganathan, Adam Phillips, David McGoldrick, Reyes Cleary, Tom Bradshaw
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Luca Woodhouse, J. McMillan, Ilmari Niskanen, Liam Oakes, Ethan Brierley, Ryan Rydel, Carlos Gomes, Jack Aitchison, Jayden Wareham