Cardiff City 4-0 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 January 2026

Result

Cardiff City 4-0 Barnsley

League One · Tuesday 27 January 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Cardiff City 4-0 Barnsley: match report

Cardiff City defeated Barnsley 4-0 in the League One on Tuesday 27 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Perry Ng opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cardiff City's goals came from Perry Ng (3'), Chris Willock (45+1'), Omari Kellyman (63') and Chris Willock (69'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Cardiff City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 1st on 56 points from 27 and Barnsley 15th on 33 points from 23. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Chris Willock of Cardiff City (9.2), ahead of Omari Kellyman (8.1).

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 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Perry NgCardiff City · 1-0
  • 5'Yellow card · Alex RobertsonCardiff City
  • 17'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellBarnsley
  • 45+1'Goal · Chris WillockCardiff City · 2-0
  • 63'Goal · Omari KellymanCardiff City · 3-0
  • 69'Goal · Chris WillockCardiff City · 4-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Corey O'KeeffeBarnsley

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Calum Chambers, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Joel Colwill, Chris Willock, Omari Kellyman

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

Owen Goodman, T. Watson, Eoghan O'Connell, Jack Shepherd, Corey O'Keeffe, Jonathan Bland, Luca Connell, Patrick Kelly, Adam Phillips, Reyes Cleary, Davis Keillor-Dunn