Barnsley 2-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 October 2017

Result

Barnsley 2-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 14 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Barnsley · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Barnsley 2-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Barnsley drew with Middlesbrough 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 14 October 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Tom Bradshaw opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Tom Bradshaw (2') and Cameron McGeehan (9'). Middlesbrough scored through Martin Braithwaite (7') and Britt Assombalonga (60').

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 18th on 11 points from 10 and Middlesbrough 11th on 16 points from 11. Barnsley went on to finish that season 22nd with 41 points, and Middlesbrough 6th with 77.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Middlesbrough in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stewart Downing of Middlesbrough (8.5), ahead of Britt Assombalonga (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Barnsley wins, 1 draw and 4 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Martin BraithwaiteMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 9'Goal · Cameron McGeehanBarnsley · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Britt AssombalongaMiddlesbrough · 2-2
  • 73'Yellow card · Matty PearsonBarnsley
  • 74'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 5, draws 1, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

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

Adam Davies, Zeki Fryers, Liam Lindsay, Adam Jackson, Matty Pearson, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, Cameron McGeehan, Harvey Barnes, Brad Potts, Tom Bradshaw

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

Darren Randolph, Fábio, Yuki Takahashi, Ben Gibson, Cyrus Christie, Grant Leadbitter, Adam Clayton, Martin Braithwaite, Ashley Fletcher, Stewart Downing, Britt Assombalonga