Blackpool 3-2 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 April 2024

Result

Blackpool 3-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 20 April 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Blackpool · Barnsley · League One predictions

Blackpool 3-2 Barnsley: match report

Blackpool defeated Barnsley 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 April 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sonny Carey opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Sonny Carey (12'), James Husband (45+3') and Hayden Coulson (47'). Barnsley scored through John McAtee (67') and Adam Phillips (90+4').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 8th on 70 points from 44 and Barnsley 5th on 75 points from 44. Blackpool went on to finish that season 8th with 73 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Blackpool lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barnsley in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Karamoko Dembélé of Blackpool (8.5), ahead of Adam Phillips (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackpool wins, 2 draws and 3 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Herbie KaneBarnsley
  • 12'Goal · Sonny CareyBlackpool · 1-0
  • 45+3'Goal · James HusbandBlackpool · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Hayden CoulsonBlackpool · 3-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Hayden CoulsonBlackpool
  • 67'Goal · John McAteeBarnsley · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Karamoko DembéléBlackpool
  • 84'Yellow card · Adam PhillipsBarnsley
  • 90+4'Goal · Adam PhillipsBarnsley · 3-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsBarnsley
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsBarnsley

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Blackpool 5, draws 2, Barnsley 3.

Team news

Blackpool line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Grimshaw, Matthew Pennington, Marvin Ekpiteta, James Husband, CJ Hamilton, Karamoko Dembélé, George Byers, Sonny Carey, Hayden Coulson, Jake Beesley, Shayne Lavery

Barnsley line-up (3-4-2-1)

Liam Roberts, Jordan Williams, Maël de Gevigney, Josh Earl, Barry Cotter, Herbie Kane, Conor Grant, Nicky Cadden, Adam Phillips, John McAtee, Devante Cole