Luton Town 2-1 Barnsley: result and report
League One · Saturday 25 April 2026
Result
Luton Town 2-1 Barnsley
League One · Saturday 25 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Luton Town 2-1 Barnsley: match report
Luton Town won against Barnsley 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 25 April 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Nahki Wells opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Luton Town's goals came from Nahki Wells (16', penalty) and Kasey Palmer (79'). Barnsley scored through A. Phillips (26').
Discipline: Luton Town received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Luton Town were 7th on 68 points from 44 and Barnsley 14th on 56 points from 43. Luton Town went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.
Luton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mads Andersen of Luton Town (7.9), ahead of Adam Phillips (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Luton Town wins, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 16'Penalty goal · Nahki Wells
- 26'Goal · A. Phillips
- 45'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
- 45+1'Yellow card · J. Earl
- 49'Yellow card · L. Connell
- 55'Yellow card · Liam Walsh
- 67'Yellow card · J. Bland
- 79'Goal · Kasey Palmer
- 90+5'Yellow card · Eoghan O'Connell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Luton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Josh Keeley, Isaiah Jones, Hakeem Odoffin, Mads Andersen, Kal Naismith, Davy van den Berg, Liam Walsh, Shayden Morris, Kasey Palmer, Emilio Alford Anthony Lawrence, Nahki Wells
Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Owen Goodman, Corey O'Keeffe, Maël de Gevigney, Eoghan O'Connell, Josh Earl, Jonathan Bland, Luca Connell, Adam Phillips, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, Tom Bradshaw