Exeter City 1-2 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 14 December 2024

Result

Exeter City 1-2 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 14 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Exeter City 1-2 Barnsley: match report

Exeter City lost to Barnsley 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 14 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Josh Magennis opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Exeter City's goal came from Josh Magennis (13'). Barnsley scored through Kelechi Nwakali (49') and Davis Keillor-Dunn (58').

Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 11th on 24 points from 18 and Barnsley 8th on 27 points from 19. Exeter City went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Barnsley 12th with 61.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barnsley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kelechi Nwakali of Barnsley (8.0), ahead of Davis Keillor-Dunn (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Exeter City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Barnsley.

Going into the match Exeter City's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Barnsley's L-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Conor McCarthyBarnsley
  • 13'Goal · Josh MagennisExeter City · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Kelechi NwakaliBarnsley · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Davis Keillor-DunnBarnsley · 1-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellExeter City
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Donovan PinesBarnsley
  • 90+3'Yellow cardBarnsley
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Kyran LofthouseBarnsley

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Exeter City 2, draws 0, Barnsley 1.

Team news

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Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Tristan Crama, Ed Francis, Ilmari Niskanen, Caleb Watts, Ryan Woods, J. McMillan, Jack Aitchison, Josh Magennis, Millenic Alli

Barnsley line-up (3-5-2)

Ben Killip, Maël de Gevigney, Donovan Pines, Conor McCarthy, Corey O'Keeffe, Jon Russell, Kelechi Nwakali, Luca Connell, Georgie Gent, Davis Keillor-Dunn, Stephen Humphrys