Reading 2-0 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2020

Result

Reading 2-0 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 2-0 Barnsley: match report

Reading won against Barnsley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Y. Meïté opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Reading's goals came from Y. Meïté (67') and M. Olise (76'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Reading went on to finish that season 7th with 70 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Omar Richards of Reading (7.8), level with Michael Olise (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 4 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 42'Red card · Michal HelikBarnsley
  • 45'Yellow card · Marcel RitzmaierBarnsley
  • 49'Yellow card · Josh LaurentReading
  • 67'Goal · Y. MeïtéReading · 1-0
  • 68'Second yellow · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 74'Yellow card · Alex MowattBarnsley
  • 76'Goal · M. OliseReading · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 4, Barnsley 2.

Team news

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Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rafael Cabral, Felipe Araruna, Michael Morrison, Liam Moore, Omar Richards, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Josh Laurent, Michael Olise, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, Lucas João

Barnsley line-up (3-4-1-2)

Jack Walton, Michael Sollbauer, Michal Helik, Mads Andersen, Kilian Ludewig, Alex Mowatt, Marcel Ritzmaier, Jordan Williams, Luke Thomas, Dominik Frieser, Conor Mark Chaplin