Barnsley 1-2 Cardiff City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 24 November 2012

Result

Barnsley 1-2 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 24 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Barnsley · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Barnsley 1-2 Cardiff City: match report

Barnsley lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 24 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

B. Nugent opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Barnsley's goal came from Jacob Mellis (76'). Cardiff City scored through B. Nugent (22') and A. Gunnarsson (51').

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Barnsley were 20th on 16 points from 17 and Cardiff City 2nd on 34 points from 17. Barnsley went on to finish that season 21st with 55 points, and Cardiff City 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Barnsley wins, 2 draws and 6 for Cardiff City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · B. NugentCardiff City · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Simon LappinCardiff City
  • 51'Goal · A. GunnarssonCardiff City · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Jacob MellisBarnsley · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Jordon MutchCardiff City
  • 85'Yellow card · Ákos BuzsákyBarnsley
  • 89'Second yellow · Simon LappinCardiff City
  • 89'Yellow card · David MarshallCardiff City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jacob MellisBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 2, draws 2, Cardiff City 6.

Team news

Cardiff City expected line-up

Txiki Acaz, Matthew Connolly, Andrew Taylor, Ben Turner, Peter Whittingham, Bo-kyung Kim, Heidar Helguson, Craig Noone, Joe Mason, Mark Hudson, D. Cowie