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Barnsley vs Burton Albion
9 Aug 2025, 15:00 · League One · 2025/2026
Referee
David RockLeague One 2025/2026 · 18 matches
As it happened
Match timeline
BarnsleyMin
Burton Albion- 4′⚽
Jake Beesley 0-1
Penalty · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
- 35′⚽
Fábio André Tavares Desidério 0-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: J. McKiernan
Right foot shot
J. Earl
Yellowcard
Foul
45+3′- ⚽
C. Vickers 1-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: A. Phillips
Right foot shot
55′ - 58′⇄
C. Gilligan
Substitution
Off: K. Chauke
David McGoldrick
Yellowcard
63′- ⚽
D. Keillor-Dunn 2-2
Goal · Right foot shot
Right foot shot
63′ - 71′⇄
T. Shade
Substitution
Off: Fábio André Tavares Desidério
- ⇄
Reyes Cleary
Substitution
Off: C. Vickers
72′ - ⇄
Patrick Kelly
Substitution
Off: Vimal Yoganathan
72′ - 82′
J. McKiernan
Yellowcard
Foul
Patrick Kelly
Yellowcard
Foul
86′- 87′⇄
N. Akoto
Substitution
Off: D. Williams
- 87′⇄
J. Larsson
Substitution
Off: J. McKiernan
- ⚽
David McGoldrick 3-2
Goal · Right foot shot
With: A. Phillips
Right foot shot
90+3′ - ⇄
J. Russell
Substitution
Off: David McGoldrick
90+5′
The numbers
Fixture statistics
Green marks the higher recorded number; grey means level. This does not always mean a better performance. A dash means no reported value, not zero.
Individual contributions
Player ratings & full match stats
| Player | Min | G | A | Shots | Key | Tackles | Saves | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6.01 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.47 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5.69 | |
| 90 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6.52 | |
| 90 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6.34 | |
| 90 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 7.16 | |
| 72 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.25 | |
| 72 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.29 | |
| 90 | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | 7.72 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 7.16 | |
| 90 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 7.37 | |
| 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6.69 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6.62 | |
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Before this match
Recent form
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Barnsley
Latest: Shrewsbury Town · 1–2
Match stats
26 Apr 2025, 15:00 · Home vs Shrewsbury Town · 2024/2025
Burton Albion
Latest: Charlton Athletic · 1–3
Match stats
3 May 2025, 15:00 · Away vs Charlton Athletic · 2024/2025
The rivalry
Head-to-head record
At Barnsley’s ground: 8 previous meetings, 4 home wins. Past results don’t predict the next match.
Matchup context
Home vs away this season
Compare Barnsley’s home games with Burton Albion’s away games. For older matches, these season totals may include games played later.
Only stats recorded for both clubs are shown. In the key stats, green marks the more favourable figure, or the higher number where neither is better. Grey means the figures are level.
The number after / is how many matches had that stat.
More team stats
Results & goals
Goal frequencies
Corners
Cards
Shots & play
Chance quality
Season xG
Choose all, home or away games for each club. Green marks higher xG or lower xG against; grey means level.
These are past-match averages, not a prediction for this fixture.
Players
Top scorers and assist makers
Season totals for 2025/2026. These players are not a confirmed lineup.
Barnsley
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
Tackles
Burton Albion
Assists
Yellow cards
Red cards
No recorded figure
Tackles
Expected goals and shot quality
Match counts are shown beside each player.
Expected goals (xG)
Chance quality before the shot.
Barnsley
Burton Albion
xG on target (xGoT)
Chance quality of shots that reached the target.
Barnsley
Burton Albion
Shooting performance (xGoT - xG)
Shows whether a player made their chances better or worse with the quality of their shooting. Positive means they generally produced better-placed shots; negative means the shots were worse than the chances suggested.
Barnsley
Burton Albion
Previous meetings
Select any result to see that fixture’s score, events and statistics.