Cheltenham Town 0-2 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Cheltenham Town 0-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cheltenham Town 0-2 Barnsley: match report

Cheltenham Town were beaten by Barnsley 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Cheltenham Town did not score. Barnsley scored through Devante Cole (54') and Max Watters (90+2').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 24th on 1 point from 5 and Barnsley 13th on 7 points from 5. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 21st with 44 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Barnsley in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Roberts of Barnsley (8.8), ahead of Nicky Cadden (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cheltenham Town wins, 0 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsCheltenham Town
  • 33'Yellow card · John McAteeBarnsley
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Herbie KaneBarnsley
  • 54'Goal · Devante ColeBarnsley · 0-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Lewis FreestoneCheltenham Town
  • 70'Yellow card · Owen BevanCheltenham Town
  • 78'Yellow card · Jack ShepherdBarnsley
  • 90+2'Goal · Max WattersBarnsley · 0-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 0, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-3)

Luke Southwood, Sean Long, Curtis Davies, Lewis Freestone, Will Ferry, Liam Sercombe, Elliot Bonds, Ben Williams, Rob Street, Aidan Keena, Will Goodwin

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

Liam Roberts, Jordan Williams, Kacper Łopata, Jack Shepherd, Jon Russell, Barry Cotter, Adam Phillips, Herbie Kane, Nicky Cadden, Devante Cole, John McAtee