Barnsley 2-1 Fleetwood Town: result and report

League One · Thursday 29 December 2022

Result

Barnsley 2-1 Fleetwood Town

League One · Thursday 29 December 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Barnsley 2-1 Fleetwood Town: match report

Barnsley defeated Fleetwood Town 2-1 in the League One on Thursday 29 December 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Norwood opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Barnsley's goals came from James Norwood (64') and Robbie Cundy (86'). Fleetwood Town scored through Admiral Muskwe (77', penalty).

Discipline: Barnsley received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Barnsley were 4th on 37 points from 21 and Fleetwood Town 16th on 26 points from 22. Barnsley went on to finish that season 4th with 91 points, and Fleetwood Town 13th with 58.

Barnsley lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Connell of Barnsley (7.8), ahead of Robbie Cundy (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Barnsley win, 0 draws and 0 for Fleetwood Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Gerard GarnerFleetwood Town
  • 46'Red card · Michael DuffBarnsley
  • 51'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsBarnsley
  • 64'Goal · James NorwoodBarnsley · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Mads Juel AndersenBarnsley
  • 77'Penalty goal · Admiral MuskweFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Herbie KaneBarnsley
  • 86'Goal · Robbie CundyBarnsley · 2-1
  • 86'Yellow card · James NorwoodBarnsley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Fábio JalóBarnsley

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Barnsley 1, draws 0, Fleetwood Town 0.

Team news

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Barnsley line-up (3-1-4-2)

Brad Collins, Robbie Cundy, Mads Andersen, Liam Kitching, Luca Connell, Jordan Williams, Adam Phillips, Herbie Kane, Nicky Cadden, James Norwood, Devante Cole

Fleetwood Town line-up (4-3-3)

Jay Lynch, Carl Johnston, Toto Nsiala, Josh Earl, Danny Andrew, Brendan Wiredu, Lewis Warrington, Josh Vela, Callum Morton, Gerard Garner, Carlos Gomes