Barnsley 2-1 Stevenage: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 December 2023
Result
Barnsley 2-1 Stevenage
League One · Saturday 23 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Barnsley 2-1 Stevenage: match report
Barnsley won against Stevenage 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 December 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.
Luther James-Wildin opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Barnsley's goals came from John McAtee (32') and Herbie Kane (70'). Stevenage scored through Luther James-Wildin (4').
Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Stevenage received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Barnsley were 7th on 35 points from 20 and Stevenage 5th on 40 points from 22. Barnsley went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Stevenage 9th with 71.
Barnsley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Stevenage in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John McAtee of Barnsley (7.7), ahead of Herbie Kane (7.5).
Going into the match Barnsley's last five read D-W-W-D-L and Stevenage's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Luther James-Wildin
- 32'Goal · John McAtee
- 66'Yellow card · Luca Connell
- 67'Yellow card · Dan Butler
- 70'Goal · Herbie Kane
- 81'Yellow card · Herbie Kane
- 90+7'Yellow card · Barry Cotter
Team news
Barnsley line-up (3-1-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Jordan Williams, Maël de Gevigney, Jamie McCart, Luca Connell, Corey O'Keeffe, Adam Phillips, Herbie Kane, Callum Styles, John McAtee, Devante Cole
Stevenage line-up (3-4-1-2)
Taye Ashby-Hammond, Dan Sweeney, Terence Vancooten, Carl Piergianni, Luther James-Wildin, Finley Burns, J. Forster-Caskey, Dan Butler, Jordan Roberts, Jamie Reid, Kane Hemmings