Barnsley 3-2 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Saturday 9 August 2025
Result
Barnsley 3-2 Burton Albion
League One · Saturday 9 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Barnsley 3-2 Burton Albion: match report
Barnsley beat Burton Albion 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 9 August 2025. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Jake Beesley opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Barnsley's goals came from C. Vickers (55'), D. Keillor-Dunn (63') and David McGoldrick (90+3'). Burton Albion scored through Jake Beesley (4', penalty) and Fábio André Tavares Desidério (35').
Discipline: Barnsley received 3 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.
Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Phillips of Barnsley (7.7), ahead of Fábio Tavares (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Barnsley wins, 3 draws and 2 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 4'Penalty goal · Jake Beesley
- 35'Goal · Fábio André Tavares Desidério
- 45+3'Yellow card · J. Earl
- 55'Goal · C. Vickers
- 63'Yellow card · David McGoldrick
- 63'Goal · D. Keillor-Dunn
- 82'Yellow card · J. McKiernan
- 86'Yellow card · Patrick Kelly
- 90+3'Goal · David McGoldrick
Head-to-head
Team news
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Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Murphy Cooper, Jonathan Bland, Maël de Gevigney, Josh Earl, Nathanael Ogbeta, Luca Connell, Vimal Yoganathan, Caylan Vickers, Adam Phillips, Davis Keillor-Dunn, David McGoldrick
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-2-1)
J. Amissah, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jasper Moon, Toby Sibbick, Kyran Lofthouse, Kegs Chauke, Charlie Webster, Dylan Williams, JJ McKiernan, Jake Beesley, Fábio Tavares