Barnsley 7-0 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 August 2023

Result

Barnsley 7-0 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 5 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Barnsley 7-0 Port Vale: match report

Barnsley defeated Port Vale 7-0 in the League One on Saturday 5 August 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Devante Cole (23'), an own goal by Daniel Jones (45'), Devante Cole (47'), Devante Cole (53'), Liam Kitching (60'), Jon Russell (64') and Andrew Dallas (90+6'). Port Vale did not score.

Discipline: Barnsley received 6 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Barnsley went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Port Vale 23rd with 41.

Barnsley lined up in a 5-3-2 and Port Vale in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Devante Cole of Barnsley (9.8), ahead of Barry Cotter (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 1 draw and 2 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Callum StylesBarnsley
  • 23'Goal · Devante ColeBarnsley · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Herbie KaneBarnsley
  • 25'Yellow card · Max WattersBarnsley
  • 39'Yellow card · Funso OjoPort Vale
  • 45'Own goal · Daniel JonesBarnsley · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Devante ColeBarnsley · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · Devante ColeBarnsley · 4-0
  • 60'Goal · Liam KitchingBarnsley · 5-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Lewis CassPort Vale
  • 64'Goal · Jon RussellBarnsley · 6-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Jon RussellBarnsley
  • 89'Yellow card · Liam RobertsBarnsley
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jack ShepherdBarnsley
  • 90+6'Goal · Andrew DallasBarnsley · 7-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 1, Port Vale 2.

Team news

Barnsley line-up (5-3-2)

Liam Roberts, Corey O'Keeffe, Jordan Williams, Kacper Łopata, Liam Kitching, Nicky Cadden, Herbie Kane, Callum Styles, Jon Russell, Max Watters, Devante Cole

Port Vale line-up (5-3-2)

Connor Ripley, Lewis Cass, Nathan Smith, Dan Jones, F. Ojo, Mitch Clark, Ben Garrity, Tom Sang, Conor Grant, Gavin Massey, Ellis Harrison