Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Wednesday 29 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Blackburn Rovers won against Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Wednesday 29 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Joe Rothwell opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Joe Rothwell (24') and B. Brereton (65'). Barnsley scored through Carlton Morris (45+1').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 3rd on 42 points from 23 and Barnsley 24th on 14 points from 23. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Barnsley 24th with 30.

Blackburn Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to John Buckley of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Callum Styles (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Blackburn Rovers wins, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.

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