Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 August 2013

Result

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 24 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

Blackburn Rovers · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 5-2 Barnsley: match report

Blackburn Rovers won against Barnsley 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 August 2013. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Chris Dagnall opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Tom Cairney (17'), Jordan Rhodes (30'), Jordan Rhodes (39'), Joshua King (43') and Todd Kane (58'). Barnsley scored through Chris Dagnall (13') and T. Cywka (72').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 22nd on 1 point from 3 and Barnsley 23rd on 1 point from 3. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Barnsley 23rd with 39.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Barnsley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Todd Kane of Blackburn Rovers (9.1), ahead of J. Rhodes (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 0 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Chris DagnallBarnsley · 0-1
  • 15'Red card · J. M'votoBarnsley
  • 17'Goal · Tom CairneyBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Chris O'GradyBarnsley
  • 30'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 39'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 43'Goal · Joshua KingBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
  • 58'Goal · Todd KaneBlackburn Rovers · 5-1
  • 72'Goal · T. CywkaBarnsley · 5-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Jim O'BrienBarnsley

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 0, Barnsley 0.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-5-1)

J. Kean, Todd Kane, Tommy Spurr, Grant Hanley, Scott Dann, Jason Lowe, Joshua King, David Dunn, Alan Judge, Tom Cairney, J. Rhodes

Barnsley line-up (3-5-2)

Luke Steele, Scott Golbourne, Tom Kennedy, S. Wiseman, Jean-Yves M'voto, Jim O'Brien, Stephen Dawson, Jacob Mellis, Kelvin Etuhu, Chris O'Grady, Chris Dagnall