Exeter City 3-0 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 December 2025

Result

Exeter City 3-0 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 20 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Exeter City · Barnsley · League One predictions

Exeter City 3-0 Barnsley: match report

Exeter City defeated Barnsley 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.

I. Niskanen opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Exeter City's goals came from I. Niskanen (41'), Jayden Wareham (61') and R. Cole (73'). Barnsley did not score.

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

Going into the game Exeter City were 23rd on 20 points from 19 and Barnsley 8th on 28 points from 17. Exeter City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ilmari Niskanen of Exeter City (8.2), ahead of Luca Woodhouse (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Exeter City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Goal · I. NiskanenExeter City · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · P. SweeneyExeter City
  • 54'Yellow card · Patrick KellyBarnsley
  • 61'Goal · Jayden WarehamExeter City · 2-0
  • 73'Goal · R. ColeExeter City · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · D. Keillor-DunnBarnsley

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Exeter City 4, draws 0, Barnsley 2.

Team news

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

Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, J. McMillan, Ethan Brierley, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ilmari Niskanen, Jack Aitchison, Sonny Cox, Jayden Wareham

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

Murphy Cooper, Jonathan Bland, M. Roberts, Jack Shepherd, T. Watson, Adam Phillips, Luca Connell, Neil Farrugia, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, Davis Keillor-Dunn