Barnsley 3-2 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017

Result

Barnsley 3-2 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 21 January 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Barnsley · Leeds United · Championship predictions

Barnsley 3-2 Leeds United: match report

Barnsley defeated Leeds United 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 21 January 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

C. Wood opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Tom Bradshaw (45'), Ryan Kent (48') and Conor Hourihane (54'). Leeds United scored through C. Wood (18') and C. Wood (68', penalty).

Discipline: Barnsley received 4 yellow cards; Leeds United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 11th on 37 points from 26 and Leeds United 3rd on 48 points from 26. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Leeds United 7th with 75.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leeds United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to C. Hourihane of Barnsley (8.3), ahead of Chris Wood (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Barnsley wins, 3 draws and 3 for Leeds United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · C. WoodLeeds United · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Conor HourihaneBarnsley
  • 45'Goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-1
  • 48'Goal · Ryan KentBarnsley · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Kemar RoofeLeeds United
  • 54'Goal · Conor HourihaneBarnsley · 3-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Kyle BartleyLeeds United
  • 66'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsBarnsley
  • 67'Yellow card · Josh ScowenBarnsley
  • 68'Penalty goal · C. WoodLeeds United · 3-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Eunan O'KaneLeeds United
  • 70'Yellow card · Eunan O'KaneLeeds United
  • 82'Yellow card · Adam ArmstrongBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 4, draws 3, Leeds United 3.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, James Bree, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Gethin Jones, Marley Watkins, Josh Scowen, C. Hourihane, Ryan Kent, Tom Bradshaw, Adam Armstrong

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Green, Lewie Coyle, Kyle Bartley, Luke Ayling, Gaetano Berardi, Liam Bridcutt, Ronaldo Vieira, Kemar Roofe, Pablo Hernández, Souleymane Doukara, Chris Wood