Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 September 2024

Result

Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 7 September 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers: match report

Barnsley won against Bristol Rovers 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 7 September 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Davis Keillor-Dunn opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Barnsley's goals came from Davis Keillor-Dunn (11') and Adam Phillips (65'). Bristol Rovers scored through Ruel Sotiriou (37').

Discipline: Barnsley received 5 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Barnsley were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Bristol Rovers 9th on 7 points from 4. Barnsley went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Bristol Rovers 22nd with 43.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Cotter of Barnsley (7.9), ahead of Davis Keillor-Dunn (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bristol Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnBarnsley · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Ruel SotiriouBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Josh EarlBarnsley
  • 65'Goal · Adam PhillipsBarnsley · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Corey O'KeeffeBarnsley
  • 90+2'Yellow cardBarnsley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luca ConnellBarnsley
  • 90+5'Yellow card · M. RobertsBarnsley

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Barnsley 2, draws 2, Bristol Rovers 0.

Team news

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

Gabriel Slonina, Maël de Gevigney, Donovan Pines, M. Roberts, Josh Earl, Matthew Craig, Barry Cotter, Adam Phillips, Luca Connell, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Sam Cosgrove

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-1-4-2)

Josh Griffiths, Taylor Moore, James Wilson, Clinton Mola, Jake Garrett, Luke Thomas, Grant Ward, Luke McCormick, Bryant Bilongo, Ruel Sotiriou, Promise Omochere