Fulham 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Fulham 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Fulham · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Fulham 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Fulham beat Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Floyd Ayité opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Fulham's goals came from Floyd Ayité (54') and S. Ojo (72'). Barnsley scored through Tom Bradshaw (68').

Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 13th on 29 points from 22 and Barnsley 20th on 21 points from 22. Fulham went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Fulham lined up in a 4-3-3 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Yiadom of Barnsley (7.8), level with Sheyi Ojo (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · A. YiadomBarnsley
  • 14'Yellow card · G. GardnerBarnsley
  • 28'Yellow card · S. OjoFulham
  • 54'Goal · Floyd AyitéFulham · 1-0
  • 68'Goal · Tom BradshawBarnsley · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · S. OjoFulham · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Fulham 2, draws 0, Barnsley 0.

Team news

Fulham line-up (4-3-3)

Marcus Bettinelli, Kazım Nas, Ryan Sessegnon, Tim Ream, Tomas Kalas, K. McDonald, Stefan Johansen, Tom Cairney, Floyd Ayité, Sheyi Ojo, Aboubakar Kamara

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, Jason McCarthy, Liam Lindsay, Ethan Pinnock, Andy Yiadom, Joe Williams, George Moncur, Harvey Barnes, Gary Gardner, Tom Bradshaw, Mamadou Thiam