Barnsley 2-3 Mansfield Town: result and report
League One · Friday 26 December 2025
Result
Barnsley 2-3 Mansfield Town
League One · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Barnsley 2-3 Mansfield Town: match report
Barnsley were beaten by Mansfield Town 2-3 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Reyes Cleary opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Reyes Cleary (2') and D. Keillor-Dunn (13'). Mansfield Town scored through L. Reed (25', penalty), S. McLaughlin (58') and A. Lewis (83').
Discipline: Barnsley received no yellow cards; Mansfield Town received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Barnsley were 10th on 28 points from 18 and Mansfield Town 21st on 23 points from 20. Barnsley went on to finish that season 15th with 59 points, and Mansfield Town 10th with 65.
Barnsley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Mansfield Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Reyes Cleary of Barnsley (7.8), ahead of Louis Reed (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Barnsley wins, 0 draws and 2 for Mansfield Town.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Reyes Cleary
- 13'Goal · D. Keillor-Dunn
- 25'Penalty goal · L. Reed
- 33'Yellow card · E. Hewitt
- 58'Goal · S. McLaughlin
- 71'Yellow card · S. McLaughlin
- 83'Goal · A. Lewis
- 90'Yellow card · B. Cargill
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nathan Moriah-Welsh
Head-to-head
Team news
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Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Murphy Cooper, Jonathan Bland, M. Roberts, Jack Shepherd, Josh Earl, Vimal Yoganathan, Luca Connell, Caylan Vickers, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, Davis Keillor-Dunn
Mansfield Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Liam Roberts, Deji Oshilaja, Ryan Sweeney, Baily Cargill, Elliott Hewitt, Louis Reed, A. Lewis, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Stephen McLaughlin, Will Evans