Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Barnsley: result and report
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Barnsley
Championship · Saturday 24 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Barnsley: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Barnsley 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 24 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Glenn Murray opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Glenn Murray (12') and Glenn Murray (48'). Barnsley did not score.
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 7th on 14 points from 8 and Barnsley 6th on 14 points from 8. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 2nd with 93 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Glenn Murray of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Lewis Dunk (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 2 for Barnsley.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Lewis Dunk
- 12'Goal · Glenn Murray
- 19'Yellow card · Gaëtan Bong
- 28'Yellow card · Bruno Saltor
- 48'Goal · Glenn Murray
- 66'Yellow card · Josh Scowen
- 72'Yellow card · Cole Kpekawa
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-2)
David Adam Stockdale, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal, Jiri Skalak, Tomer Hemed, Glenn Murray
Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Davies, Andy Yiadom, M. Roberts, A. MacDonald, Cole Kpekawa, Marley Watkins, Josh Scowen, C. Hourihane, Adam Hammill, Sam Winnall, Adam Armstrong