Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018
Result
Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley
Championship · Saturday 21 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Leeds United 2-1 Barnsley: match report
Leeds United won against Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Tom Pearce opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Leeds United's goals came from Tom Pearce (17') and Ezgjan Alioski (50'). Barnsley scored through an own goal by Paudie O'Connor (36').
Discipline: Leeds United received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leeds United were 14th on 54 points from 43 and Barnsley 22nd on 38 points from 42. Leeds United went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.
Leeds United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ezgjan Alioski of Leeds United (8.1), ahead of Kemar Roofe (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leeds United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Tom Pearce
- 31'Yellow card · Ronaldo Vieira
- 36'Own goal · Paudie O'Connor
- 50'Goal · Ezgjan Alioski
- 87'Yellow card · Adam Hammill
Head-to-head
Team news
Leeds United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell, Matthew Pennington, Pontus Jansson, Paudie O'Connor, Tom Pearce, Ezgjan Alioski, Pablo Hernández, Samu Saiz, Kalvin Phillips, Ronaldo Vieira, Kemar Roofe
Barnsley line-up (4-1-4-1)
Adam Davies, Zeki Fryers, Matthew Mills, Liam Lindsay, Andy Yiadom, Adam Hammill, Oli McBurnie, Brad Potts, Connor Mahoney, Gary Gardner, Tom Bradshaw