Barrow 1-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Friday 19 December 2025
Result
Barrow 1-2 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Friday 19 December 2025, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Barrow 1-2 Cheltenham Town: match report
Barrow lost to Cheltenham Town 1-2 in the League Two on Friday 19 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.
Hakeeb Adelakun opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Barrow's goal came from Ben Whitfield (47'). Cheltenham Town scored through Hakeeb Adelakun (39') and E. Archer (84').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Barrow were 18th on 21 points from 20 and Cheltenham Town 19th on 21 points from 20. Barrow went on to finish that season 24th with 36 points, and Cheltenham Town 18th with 52.
Barrow lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cheltenham Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakeeb Adelakun of Cheltenham Town (7.6), ahead of Jordan Thomas (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barrow wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cheltenham Town.
Going into the match Barrow's last five read D-L-D-L-L and Cheltenham Town's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Hakeeb Adelakun
- 47'Goal · Ben Whitfield
- 84'Goal · E. Archer
Head-to-head
Team news
Barrow line-up (3-5-2)
Wyll Stanway, MJ Williams, Charlie Raglan, Lewis Shipley, Ben Whitfield, Scott Smith, Charlie McCann, Jack Earing, Tom Barkhuizen, Josh Gordon, Kane Hemmings
Cheltenham Town line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Day, Arkell Jude-Boyd, Robbie Cundy, James Wilson, Jonathan Tomkinson, L. Young, Ben Stevenson, Isaac Hutchinson, Jordan Thomas, Jake Bickerstaff, Hakeeb Adelakun