Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2013

Result

Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 23 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Bristol City · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Bristol City 5-3 Barnsley: match report

Bristol City defeated Barnsley 5-3 in the Championship on Saturday 23 February 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jon Stead opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Jon Stead (16'), L. Fontaine (35'), Jon Stead (52'), Lewin Nyatanga (55') and Steven Davies (67'). Barnsley scored through Chris O'Grady (58'), T. Cywka (82') and J. Scotland (90+1').

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 24th on 31 points from 33 and Barnsley 20th on 37 points from 32. Bristol City went on to finish that season 24th with 41 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Going into the match Bristol City's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Barnsley's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jon SteadBristol City · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · L. FontaineBristol City · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Stephen FosterBarnsley
  • 52'Goal · Jon SteadBristol City · 3-0
  • 55'Goal · Lewin NyatangaBristol City · 4-0
  • 58'Goal · Chris O'GradyBarnsley · 4-1
  • 67'Goal · Steven DaviesBristol City · 5-1
  • 82'Goal · T. CywkaBarnsley · 5-2
  • 90+1'Goal · J. ScotlandBarnsley · 5-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bristol City 6, draws 2, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Bristol City expected line-up

Tom Heaton, Richard Foster, Liam Fontaine, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Elliott, Cole Skuse, Neil Danns, Jon Stead, Sam Baldock, Stephen McManus

Barnsley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Steele, Stephen Foster, Scott Golbourne, Martin Cranie, John Stones, Stephen Dawson, Jonathan Greening, Tomasz Cywka, Ákos Buzsáky, Jim O'Brien, Marcus Tudgay