Huddersfield Town 2-1 Barnsley: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Barnsley
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Huddersfield Town 2-1 Barnsley: match report
Huddersfield Town beat Barnsley 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
David McGoldrick opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Ryan Ledson (57') and Ryan Hardie (74'). Barnsley scored through David McGoldrick (42').
Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 6th on 49 points from 33 and Barnsley 13th on 41 points from 29. Huddersfield Town went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Barnsley 15th with 59.
Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick Kelly of Barnsley (8.0), ahead of David McGoldrick (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Huddersfield Town wins, 2 draws and 4 for Barnsley.
Going into the match Huddersfield Town's last five read L-L-D-W-W and Barnsley's W-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · G. Gent
- 42'Goal · David McGoldrick
- 46'Yellow card · Ryan Ledson
- 57'Goal · Ryan Ledson
- 74'Goal · Ryan Hardie
- 90+5'Yellow card
- 90+5'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
Head-to-head
Team news
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Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-2-1)
Lee Nicholls, Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Seán Roughan, Lasse Sørensen, Ryan Ledson, Cameron Humphreys, Bali Mumba, William Thomas Alves, Marcus Harness, Alfie May
Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)
Owen Goodman, Corey O'Keeffe, Eoghan O'Connell, Jack Shepherd, Georgie Gent, Luca Connell, Adam Phillips, Scott Banks, Patrick Kelly, Reyes Cleary, David McGoldrick