Accrington Stanley 2-1 Barrow: result and report
League Two · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Accrington Stanley 2-1 Barrow
League Two · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Accrington Stanley 2-1 Barrow: match report
Accrington Stanley defeated Barrow 2-1 in the League Two on Friday 26 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Benn Ward opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Benn Ward (30') and Josh Woods (90'). Barrow scored through Charlie McCann (41').
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received no yellow cards; Barrow received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 17th on 24 points from 21 and Barrow 19th on 21 points from 21. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 16th with 53 points, and Barrow 24th with 36.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barrow in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Charlie Raglan of Barrow (7.8), ahead of Benn Ward (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 2 draws and 1 for Barrow.
Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Barrow's L-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Benn Ward
- 36'Yellow card · Josh Gordon
- 41'Goal · Charlie McCann
- 57'Yellow card · Charlie McCann
- 90'Goal · Josh Woods
Head-to-head
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-2)
Oliver Wright, Donald Love, Devon Matthews, Benn Ward, Connor O'Brien, Isaac Sinclair, Conor Grant, Alex Henderson, Isaac Heath, Charlie Caton, Shaun Whalley
Barrow line-up (3-5-2)
Wyll Stanway, Charlie Raglan, Niall Canavan, Lewis Shipley, Ben Whitfield, MJ Williams, Scott Smith, Charlie McCann, Tom Barkhuizen, Josh Gordon, Kane Hemmings