Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017

Result

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 8 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Blackburn Rovers · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Barnsley: match report

Blackburn Rovers lost to Barnsley 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 8 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-2.

Marc Roberts opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Blackburn Rovers did not score. Barnsley scored through Marc Roberts (3') and Marley Watkins (10').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 21st on 40 points from 40 and Barnsley 14th on 52 points from 40. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 22nd with 51 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Barnsley in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Roberts of Barnsley (9.2), ahead of A. MacDonald (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 1 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Marc RobertsBarnsley · 0-1
  • 10'Goal · Marley WatkinsBarnsley · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Elliott BennettBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Tommie HobanBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsBarnsley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 1, Barnsley 1.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jason Steele, Ryan Nyambe, Wes Brown, Tommie Hoban, Derrick Williams, Connor Mahoney, Jason Lowe, Danny Guthrie, Elliott Bennett, Marvin Emnes, Lucas João

Barnsley line-up (4-5-1)

Adam Davies, Saidy Janko, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Gethin Jones, Ryan Hedges, George Moncur, Matty James, Josh Scowen, Ryan Kent, Marley Watkins