Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 3 February 2026
Result
Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town
League One · Tuesday 3 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Barnsley 2-2 Northampton Town: match report
Barnsley drew with Northampton Town 2-2 in the League One on Tuesday 3 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Nesta Guinness-Walker opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Barnsley's goals came from David McGoldrick (30') and A. Phillips (62'). Northampton Town scored through Nesta Guinness-Walker (3') and Max Dyche (71').
Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Barnsley were 15th on 36 points from 25 and Northampton Town 23rd on 29 points from 28. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Northampton Town 24th with 35.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Banks of Barnsley (7.6), ahead of Max Dyche (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Nesta Guinness-Walker
- 4'Yellow card · Jack Shepherd
- 30'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 58'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehan
- 59'Yellow card
- 62'Goal · A. Phillips
- 71'Goal · Max Dyche
- 90+5'Yellow card · Patrick Kelly
Head-to-head
Team news
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Barnsley line-up (4-1-4-1)
Owen Goodman, Corey O'Keeffe, Eoghan O'Connell, Jack Shepherd, T. Watson, Jonathan Bland, Scott Banks, Vimal Yoganathan, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, David McGoldrick
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Jordan Willis, Max Dyche, Michael Forbes, Joe Wormleighton, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Cameron McGeehan, Jack Vale, Sam Hoskins