Preston North End 5-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2019

Result

Preston North End 5-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Preston North End · Barnsley · Championship predictions

Preston North End 5-1 Barnsley: match report

Preston North End defeated Barnsley 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 5 October 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Daniel Johnson opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Preston North End's goals came from Daniel Johnson (31'), Tom Barkhuizen (50'), Daniel Johnson (61'), Ben Pearson (63') and Josh Harrop (77'). Barnsley scored through Cameron McGeehan (43').

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Barnsley received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 6th on 18 points from 10 and Barnsley 22nd on 6 points from 10. Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 49.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Barnsley in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Johnson of Preston North End (9.8), ahead of Tom Barkhuizen (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 4 draws and 4 for Barnsley.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanBarnsley
  • 31'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Cameron McGeehanBarnsley · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Ben PearsonPreston North End · 4-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsBarnsley
  • 67'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 67'Yellow card · Mallik WilksBarnsley
  • 77'Goal · Josh HarropPreston North End · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 4, Barnsley 4.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Declan Rudd, Alan Browne, Patrick Bauer, Ben Davies, Joe Rafferty, Ben Pearson, Paul Gallagher, Tom Barkhuizen, Daniel Johnson, Sean Maguire, David Nugent

Barnsley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brad Collins, Jordan Williams, Toby Sibbick, Aapo Halme, Ben Williams, Cameron McGeehan, Alex Mowatt, Jacob Brown, Conor Mark Chaplin, Mike-Steven Bähre, Cauley Woodrow