Reading 2-2 Barnsley: result and report

Reading 2-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 24 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Reading drew with Barnsley 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 24 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Haydon Roberts opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Reading's goals came from Haydon Roberts (32') and Jack Marriott (84'). Barnsley scored through David McGoldrick (38') and A. Phillips (67').

Discipline: Reading received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Reading were 12th on 35 points from 25 and Barnsley 15th on 32 points from 22. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.

Reading lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David McGoldrick of Barnsley (7.6), ahead of Lewis Wing (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Reading wins, 4 draws and 3 for Barnsley.

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