Northampton Town 1-2 Barnsley: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 September 2023
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Barnsley
League One · Saturday 23 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Northampton Town 1-2 Barnsley: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Barnsley 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Callum Styles opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Louis Appéré (90+8'). Barnsley scored through Callum Styles (4') and Devante Cole (88').
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 21st on 7 points from 7 and Barnsley 6th on 13 points from 8. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Barnsley 6th with 79.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Styles of Barnsley (8.1), ahead of Jon Guthrie (7.7).
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-L-W-W-D and Barnsley's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Callum Styles
- 12'Yellow card · Adam Phillips
- 50'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
- 59'Yellow card · Kacper Łopata
- 82'Yellow card · Jamie McCart
- 88'Goal · Devante Cole
- 90+8'Goal · Louis Appéré
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Sam Sherring, Jon Guthrie, Patrick Brough, Shaun McWilliams, M. Leonard, Kieron Bowie, Mitch Pinnock, Sam Hoskins, Tyreece Simpson
Barnsley line-up (3-1-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Jordan Williams, Kacper Łopata, Jamie McCart, Herbie Kane, Corey O'Keeffe, Adam Phillips, Callum Styles, Owen Dodgson, Devante Cole, Sam Cosgrove