Barnsley 0-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Barnsley 0-2 Newcastle United

Championship · Tuesday 18 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Barnsley lost to Newcastle United 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 October 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Barnsley did not score. Newcastle United scored through Dwight Gayle (49') and Dwight Gayle (68').

Discipline: Barnsley received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 13th on 15 points from 12 and Newcastle United 1st on 26 points from 12. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dwight Gayle of Newcastle United (8.7), ahead of Jonjo Shelvey (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Barnsley wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newcastle United.

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