Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Barnsley: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 August 2025
Result
Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Barnsley
League One · Saturday 2 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Barnsley: match report
Plymouth Argyle were beaten by Barnsley 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 2 August 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Plymouth Argyle's goal came from Caleb Watts (50'). Barnsley scored through an own goal by Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (13'), A. Phillips (30') and D. Keillor-Dunn (86').
Discipline: Plymouth Argyle received 4 yellow cards; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Plymouth Argyle went on to finish that season 8th with 73 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.
Plymouth Argyle 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 Caleb Watts of Plymouth Argyle (8.0), ahead of Adam Phillips (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Plymouth Argyle wins, 2 draws and 5 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 13'Own goal · Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu
- 30'Goal · A. Phillips
- 35'Yellow card · David McGoldrick
- 45+1'Yellow card · Tom Cleverley
- 45+4'Yellow card
- 45+4'Yellow card · Bradley Ibrahim
- 45+4'Yellow card · Jack Shepherd
- 45+4'Yellow card · Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu
- 49'Yellow card · J. Bland
- 50'Goal · Caleb Watts
- 63'Second yellow · Jack Shepherd
- 70'Yellow card · J. Russell
- 86'Goal · D. Keillor-Dunn
Head-to-head
Team news
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Plymouth Argyle line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luca Ashby-Hammond, Matthew Sorinola, Victor Pálsson, Kornél Szűcs, Brendan Galloway, Brendan Wiredu, Malachi Boateng, Xavier Amaechi, Bradley Ibrahim, Bali Mumba, Caleb Watts
Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Murphy Cooper, Maël de Gevigney, M. Roberts, Jack Shepherd, Josh Earl, Luca Connell, Vimal Yoganathan, Caylan Vickers, Adam Phillips, Davis Keillor-Dunn, David McGoldrick