Reading 1-0 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Reading 1-0 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Reading 1-0 Barnsley: match report

Reading defeated Barnsley 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 16 October 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from John Swift of Reading in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 10th on 16 points from 11 and Barnsley 23rd on 8 points from 11. Reading went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Barnsley 24th with 30.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Southwood of Reading (8.8), ahead of Abdul Rahman Baba (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Reading wins, 5 draws and 1 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Callum BrittainBarnsley
  • 56'Yellow card · Claudio GomesBarnsley
  • 77'Goal · John SwiftReading · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Reading 4, draws 5, Barnsley 1.

Team news

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

Luke Southwood, Andy Yiadom, Liam Moore, Scott Dann, Abdul Rahman Baba, Josh Laurent, Danny Drinkwater, Tom Dele-Bashiru, John Swift, Ovie Ejaria, G. Pușcaș

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

Brad Collins, Toby Sibbick, Michal Helik, Jasper Moon, Callum Brittain, Romal Palmer, Claudio Gomes, Jordan Williams, Victor Adeboyejo, Aaron Leya Iseka, Cauley Woodrow