Exeter City 3-1 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Tuesday 28 March 2023

Result

Exeter City 3-1 Barnsley

League One · Tuesday 28 March 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Exeter City · Barnsley · League One predictions

Exeter City 3-1 Barnsley: match report

Exeter City defeated Barnsley 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 28 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jay Stansfield opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Exeter City's goals came from Jay Stansfield (26'), Harry Kite (49') and Sam Nombe (89', penalty). Barnsley scored through Bobby Thomas (37').

Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 11th on 49 points from 37 and Barnsley 4th on 72 points from 36. Exeter City went on to finish that season 14th with 56 points, and Barnsley 4th with 91.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barnsley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jay Stansfield of Exeter City (8.2), ahead of Harry Kite (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Exeter City win, 0 draws and 0 for Barnsley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Jay StansfieldExeter City · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Bobby ThomasBarnsley · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · Harry KiteExeter City · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · L. ConnellBarnsley
  • 88'Yellow card · Bobby ThomasBarnsley
  • 89'Penalty goal · Sam NombeExeter City · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jamal BlackmanExeter City
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Harry KiteExeter City
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Pierce SweeneyExeter City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Exeter City 1, draws 0, Barnsley 0.

Team news

Exeter City line-up (3-5-2)

Pavel Kucera, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Alex Hartridge, Josh Key, K. McDonald, Harry Kite, Demetri Mitchell, Archie Collins, James Scott, Jay Stansfield

Barnsley line-up (3-5-2)

H. Isted, Bobby Thomas, Mads Andersen, Liam Kitching, Jordan Williams, Adam Phillips, Luca Connell, Herbie Kane, Nicky Cadden, Devante Cole, James Norwood