Fleetwood Town 3-2 Barrow: result and report
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Fleetwood Town 3-2 Barrow
League Two · Saturday 21 February 2026, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Fleetwood Town 3-2 Barrow: match report
Fleetwood Town defeated Barrow 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Josh Gordon opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Detlef Esapa Osong (64'), Crispin McLean (89') and an own goal by Wyll Stanway (90+4'). Barrow scored through Josh Gordon (12', penalty) and Niall Canavan (34').
Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards; Barrow received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 15th on 41 points from 31 and Barrow 20th on 27 points from 31. Fleetwood Town went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Barrow 24th with 36.
Fleetwood Town lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Barrow in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Detlef Esapa Osong of Fleetwood Town (7.7), ahead of Crispin McLean (7.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fleetwood Town win, 1 draw and 1 for Barrow.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Jay Lynch
- 12'Penalty goal · Josh Gordon
- 34'Goal · Niall Canavan
- 45+2'Yellow card · Rekeem Harper
- 64'Goal · Detlef Esapa Osong
- 73'Yellow card · Ched Evans
- 86'Yellow card · Josh Gordon
- 89'Goal · Crispin McLean
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ben Jackson
- 90+4'Own goal · Wyll Stanway
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fleetwood Town line-up (3-1-4-2)
Jay Lynch, Shaun Rooney, Conor Haughey, Finley Potter, Elliot Bonds, Mitch Clark, Matty Virtue, Mark Helm, Ethan Ennis, Will Davies, Owen Devonport
Barrow line-up (4-3-2-1)
Wyll Stanway, Tom Barkhuizen, Jack Thompson, Niall Canavan, Joe Anderson, Rekeem Harper, Charlie McCann, Ben Jackson, Josh Gordon, Elliot Newby, Danny Rose