Ipswich Town 4-2 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016

Result

Ipswich Town 4-2 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Ipswich Town 4-2 Barnsley: match report

Ipswich Town won against Barnsley 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 6 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

Grant Ward opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Ipswich Town's goals came from Grant Ward (46'), Grant Ward (61'), David McGoldrick (63', penalty) and Grant Ward (84'). Barnsley scored through Conor Hourihane (49') and Marley Watkins (74').

Discipline: Ipswich Town received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.

Ipswich Town went on to finish that season 16th with 55 points, and Barnsley 15th with 57.

Ipswich Town lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Grant Ward of Ipswich Town (8.6), ahead of C. Hourihane (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Ipswich Town wins, 5 draws and 2 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Teddy BishopIpswich Town
  • 27'Yellow card · Marley WatkinsBarnsley
  • 29'Yellow card · Josh ScowenBarnsley
  • 37'Yellow card · K. BruIpswich Town
  • 42'Yellow card · Ryan KentBarnsley
  • 46'Goal · Grant WardIpswich Town · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Conor HourihaneBarnsley · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Conor HourihaneBarnsley
  • 61'Goal · Grant WardIpswich Town · 2-1
  • 63'Penalty goal · David McGoldrickIpswich Town · 3-1
  • 74'Goal · Marley WatkinsBarnsley · 3-2
  • 84'Goal · Grant WardIpswich Town · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Ipswich Town 3, draws 5, Barnsley 2.

Team news

Ipswich Town line-up (4-2-2-2)

Bartosz Białkowski, Luke Chambers, Adam Webster, Christophe Berra, Jonas Knudsen, Cole Skuse, Kévin Bru, Teddy Bishop, Freddie Sears, David McGoldrick, Daryl Murphy

Barnsley line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Davies, Andy Yiadom, M. Roberts, Alfie Mawson, Aidan White, Ryan Kent, Josh Scowen, C. Hourihane, Adam Hammill, Tom Bradshaw, Sam Winnall