Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 August 2024

Result

Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 24 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town: match report

Barnsley drew with Northampton Town 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 24 August 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Max Watters opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Max Watters (26') and Adam Phillips (46'). Northampton Town scored through Liam McCarron (73') and Jack Baldwin (78').

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 14th on 3 points from 2 and Northampton Town 16th on 3 points from 2. Barnsley went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Barnsley lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Northampton Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Phillips of Barnsley (8.3), ahead of Liam McCarron (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Barnsley win, 1 draw and 0 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Max WattersBarnsley · 1-0
  • 46'Goal · Adam PhillipsBarnsley · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · Liam McCarronNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 78'Goal · Jack BaldwinNorthampton Town · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Josh EarlBarnsley
  • 90+5'Yellow cardBarnsley

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Barnsley 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

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

Gabriel Slonina, Maël de Gevigney, M. Roberts, Josh Earl, Barry Cotter, C. Hourihane, Luca Connell, Georgie Gent, Adam Phillips, Sam Cosgrove, Max Watters

Northampton Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Lee Burge, Aaron McGowan, Jordan Willis, Jon Guthrie, Luke Mbete, S. Chouchane, Sam Hoskins, Mitch Pinnock, Cameron McGeehan, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Callum Morton