Barnsley 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017

Result

Barnsley 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Tuesday 15 August 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Barnsley 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Barnsley defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 15 August 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tom Bradshaw opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Barnsley's goals came from Tom Bradshaw (3') and Ryan Hedges (50'). Nottingham Forest scored through Daryl Murphy (26').

Discipline: Barnsley received 2 yellow cards; Nottingham Forest received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Barnsley were 23rd on 0 points from 2 and Nottingham Forest 3rd on 6 points from 2. Barnsley went on to finish that season 22nd with 41 points, and Nottingham Forest 17th with 53.

Barnsley lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Nottingham Forest in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Osborn of Nottingham Forest (8.2), ahead of Daryl Murphy (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Barnsley wins, 4 draws and 3 for Nottingham Forest.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Daryl MurphyNottingham Forest · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Michael MancienneNottingham Forest
  • 50'Goal · Ryan HedgesBarnsley · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Brad PottsBarnsley
  • 87'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Barnsley 3, draws 4, Nottingham Forest 3.

Team news

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

Adam Davies, Jason McCarthy, A. MacDonald, Adam Jackson, Matty Pearson, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, George Moncur, Brad Potts, Ryan Hedges, Tom Bradshaw

Nottingham Forest line-up (3-4-2-1)

Jordan Smith, Michael Mancienne, Matthew Mills, Joe Worrall, Barrie McKay, David Vaughan, Tendayi Darikwa, Andreas Bouchalakis, Daryl Murphy, Ben Osborn, Kieran Dowell