Barnsley 3-2 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 February 2022

Result

Barnsley 3-2 Middlesbrough

Championship · Saturday 26 February 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Barnsley · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Barnsley 3-2 Middlesbrough: match report

Barnsley beat Middlesbrough 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 26 February 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.

Mads Juel Andersen opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Mads Juel Andersen (7'), A. Bassi (16') and A. Bassi (54'). Middlesbrough scored through Andraz Sporar (61', penalty) and an own goal by Liam Kitching (90+5').

Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 24th on 20 points from 32 and Middlesbrough 7th on 52 points from 32. Barnsley went on to finish that season 24th with 30 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 70.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Amine Bassi of Barnsley (8.8), ahead of Carlton Morris (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · A. BassiBarnsley · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · A. BassiBarnsley · 3-0
  • 61'Penalty goal · Andraz SporarMiddlesbrough · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Rémy VitaBarnsley
  • 72'Yellow card · Liam KitchingBarnsley
  • 79'Yellow card · Brad CollinsBarnsley
  • 90+5'Own goal · Liam KitchingMiddlesbrough · 3-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Brad Collins, Jordan Williams, Michal Helik, Mads Andersen, Rémy Vita, Matty Wolfe, Claudio Gomes, Callum Styles, Amine Bassi, Domingos Quina, Carlton Morris

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Joe Lumley, Anfernee Dijksteel, Dael Fry, Paddy McNair, Isaiah Jones, James Léa Siliki, Jonathan Howson, Marcus Tavernier, Neil Taylor, Duncan Watmore, Andraz Sporar