Port Vale 1-3 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Tuesday 14 February 2023

Result

Port Vale 1-3 Barnsley

League One · Tuesday 14 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Port Vale 1-3 Barnsley: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Barnsley 1-3 in the League One on Tuesday 14 February 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.

L. Connell opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Port Vale's goal came from Nathan Smith (14'). Barnsley scored through L. Connell (1'), Liam Kitching (21') and Adam Phillips (61').

Discipline: Port Vale received no yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 15th on 37 points from 30 and Barnsley 6th on 50 points from 28. Port Vale went on to finish that season 18th with 49 points, and Barnsley 4th with 91.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Barnsley in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luca Connell of Barnsley (8.4), ahead of Nathan Smith (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 0 for Barnsley.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · L. ConnellBarnsley · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 1-1
  • 21'Goal · Liam KitchingBarnsley · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Adam PhillipsBarnsley · 1-3
  • 76'Yellow card · Adam PhillipsBarnsley
  • 86'Yellow card · Nicky CaddenBarnsley

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Port Vale 0, draws 1, Barnsley 0.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-4-1-2)

Aidan Stone, Will Forrester, Nathan Smith, Aaron Donnelly, David Worrall, Tom Conlon, F. Ojo, Mal Benning, Ben Garrity, Gavin Massey, Jamie Proctor

Barnsley line-up (5-3-2)

H. Isted, Jordan Williams, Bobby Thomas, Mads Andersen, Liam Kitching, Nicky Cadden, Jon Russell, Luca Connell, Herbie Kane, James Norwood, Devante Cole