Cardiff City 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018

Result

Cardiff City 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Tuesday 6 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cardiff City 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Cardiff City defeated Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 6 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Callum Paterson of Cardiff City in the 31st minute.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 2nd on 67 points from 34 and Barnsley 21st on 32 points from 34. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 4th with 90 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barnsley in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Ecuele Manga of Cardiff City (7.8), level with Kenneth Zohore (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · G. GardnerBarnsley
  • 14'Yellow card · Marko GrujićCardiff City
  • 31'Goal · Callum PatersonCardiff City · 1-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Greg HalfordCardiff City
  • 83'Yellow card · A. YiadomBarnsley
  • 85'Yellow card · Kieffer MooreBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 5, draws 3, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Neil Etheridge, Joe Bennett, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Matthew Connolly, Callum Paterson, Craig Bryson, Marko Grujić, Kenneth Zohore, Kadeem Harris, Junior Hoilett

Barnsley line-up (4-3-3)

Nick Townsend, Zeki Fryers, Liam Lindsay, Ethan Pinnock, Andy Yiadom, Joe Williams, Brad Potts, Gary Gardner, Oli McBurnie, Kieffer Moore, Mamadou Thiam