Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 November 2020

Result

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 28 November 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Blackburn Rovers · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Blackburn Rovers defeated Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 November 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Adam Armstrong (44') and Sam Gallagher (78'). Barnsley scored through Romal Palmer (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 12th on 18 points from 13 and Barnsley 14th on 16 points from 13. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 57 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barnsley in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Herbie Kane of Barnsley (8.1), ahead of Ryan Nyambe (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Adam ArmstrongBlackburn Rovers
  • 78'Goal · Sam GallagherBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Romal PalmerBarnsley · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Joe RothwellBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 4, draws 1, Barnsley 3.

Team news

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Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-3-3)

Thomas Kaminski, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan, Scott Wharton, B. Douglas, Lewis Holtby, Tom Trybull, Joe Rothwell, Harvey Elliott, Adam Armstrong, Ben Brereton Díaz

Barnsley line-up (3-4-3)

Jack Walton, Michael Sollbauer, Michal Helik, Mads Andersen, Callum Brittain, Herbie Kane, Alex Mowatt, Callum Styles, Conor Mark Chaplin, Cauley Woodrow, Luke Thomas