Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Tuesday 18 September 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Blackburn Rovers · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jacob Mellis opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Jordan Rhodes (45') and Nuno Gomes (85'). Barnsley scored through Jacob Mellis (32').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 1st on 11 points from 5 and Barnsley 13th on 7 points from 5. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 17th with 58 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Jacob MellisBarnsley · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Dickson EtuhuBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Goal · Jordan RhodesBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Jacob MellisBarnsley
  • 85'Goal · Nuno GomesBlackburn Rovers · 2-1

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Paul Robinson, Bradley Orr, Martin Olsson, Scott Dann, Grant Hanley, Mauro Formica, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, J. Rhodes, Rubén Rochina