Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016

Result

Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 1 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Leeds United beat Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 October 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kyle Bartley opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Kyle Bartley (36') and Pablo Hernández (54'). Barnsley scored through an own goal by Charlie Taylor (70').

Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Leeds United were 13th on 13 points from 10 and Barnsley 10th on 15 points from 10. Leeds United went on to finish that season 7th with 75 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.

Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pontus Jansson of Leeds United (8.6), level with Pablo Hernández (8.6).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Kyle BartleyLeeds United · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Pablo HernándezLeeds United · 2-0
  • 70'Own goal · Charlie TaylorBarnsley · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Charlie TaylorLeeds United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leeds United 2, draws 3, Barnsley 5.

Team news

Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Green, Luke Ayling, Kyle Bartley, Pontus Jansson, Charlie Taylor, Eunan O'Kane, Kalvin Phillips, Hadi Sacko, Pablo Hernández, Stuart Dallas, Chris Wood

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, Andy Yiadom, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Cole Kpekawa, Ryan Kent, C. Hourihane, Josh Scowen, Adam Hammill, Adam Armstrong, Sam Winnall