Middlesbrough 2-3 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 9 February 2013

Result

Middlesbrough 2-3 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 9 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Middlesbrough · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Middlesbrough 2-3 Barnsley: match report

Middlesbrough lost to Barnsley 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 9 February 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jim O'Brien opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Mustapha Carayol (50') and Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (62'). Barnsley scored through Jim O'Brien (6'), Scott Golbourne (70') and J. Scotland (76').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 6th on 48 points from 29 and Barnsley 22nd on 31 points from 30. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Barnsley 21st with 55.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Barnsley in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 3 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Jim O'BrienBarnsley · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Stephen FosterBarnsley
  • 50'Goal · Mustapha CarayolMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · S. HinesMiddlesbrough
  • 70'Goal · Scott GolbourneBarnsley · 2-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Kelvin EtuhuBarnsley
  • 76'Goal · J. ScotlandBarnsley · 2-3
  • 82'Yellow card · Rhys WilliamsMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 1, Barnsley 3.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jason Steele, George Friend, Rhys Williams, Sebastian Tony Hines, Justin Hoyte, Grant Leadbitter, Josh McEachran, Emmanuel Andrien, Scott McDonald, Jonathan Woodgate

Barnsley expected line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Steele, Stephen Foster, Scott Golbourne, Martin Cranie, John Stones, Stephen Dawson, Jonathan Greening, Tomasz Cywka, Ákos Buzsáky, Jim O'Brien, Marcus Tudgay