Cardiff City 3-2 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 December 2019

Result

Cardiff City 3-2 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 7 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cardiff City 3-2 Barnsley: match report

Cardiff City won against Barnsley 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 7 December 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Conor Chaplin opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Aden Flint (20'), Danny Ward (68') and Lee Tomlin (90+4'). Barnsley scored through Conor Chaplin (17') and an own goal by Lee Peltier (48').

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 10th on 28 points from 19 and Barnsley 24th on 12 points from 19. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 5th with 76 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 49.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Tomlin of Cardiff City (8.4), ahead of Conor Mark Chaplin (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Conor ChaplinBarnsley · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Aden FlintCardiff City · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Aapo HalmeBarnsley
  • 48'Own goal · Lee PeltierBarnsley · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Mike-Steven BähreBarnsley
  • 68'Goal · Danny WardCardiff City · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 80'Yellow card · Lee TomlinCardiff City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsBarnsley
  • 90+4'Goal · Lee TomlinCardiff City · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Alex MowattBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 3, Barnsley 1.

Team news

Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Aden Flint, Curtis Nelson, Joe Bennett, Leandro Bacuna, Marlon Pack, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Lee Tomlin, Junior Hoilett, Gary Madine

Barnsley line-up (4-3-1-2)

Samuel Sahin-Radlinger, Jordan Williams, Bambo Diaby, Mads Andersen, Ben Williams, Mike-Steven Bähre, Aapo Halme, Alex Mowatt, Cauley Woodrow, Conor Mark Chaplin, Jacob Brown