Leicester City 2-2 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Leicester City 2-2 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Leicester City 2-2 Barnsley: match report

Leicester City drew with Barnsley 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 8 December 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Anthony Knockaert opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Anthony Knockaert (9') and Jamie Vardy (90'). Barnsley scored through Stephen Dawson (27') and Reuben Noble-Lazarus (39').

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

Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 36 points from 20 and Barnsley 21st on 17 points from 20. Leicester City went on to finish that season 6th with 68 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Barnsley.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-L-W-W-D and Barnsley's L-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Anthony KnockaertLeicester City · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Stephen DawsonBarnsley · 1-1
  • 39'Goal · Reuben Noble-LazarusBarnsley · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · David NugentLeicester City
  • 54'Yellow card · Scott WisemanBarnsley
  • 69'Yellow card · Ben MarshallLeicester City
  • 90'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 7, draws 1, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Leicester City line-up

Kasper Schmeichel, Ritchie De Laet, Paul Konchesky, Wes Morgan, Zak Whitbread, Andy King, Lloyd Dyer, Martyn Waghorn, Anthony Knockaert, David Nugent, Danny Drinkwater