Scunthorpe United 2-0 Barnsley: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 October 2015

Result

Scunthorpe United 2-0 Barnsley

League One · Saturday 31 October 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Scunthorpe United · Barnsley · League One predictions

Scunthorpe United 2-0 Barnsley: match report

Scunthorpe United won against Barnsley 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2015. The half-time score was 2-0.

Tom Hopper opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Tom Hopper (6') and Gary McSheffrey (41'). Barnsley did not score.

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 4 yellow cards; Barnsley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 11th on 20 points from 15 and Barnsley 21st on 14 points from 14. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 7th with 74 points, and Barnsley 3rd with 83.

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

Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Barnsley's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Tom HopperScunthorpe United · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Gary McSheffreyScunthorpe United · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Murray WallaceScunthorpe United
  • 45'Missed penalty · Sam WinnallBarnsley
  • 77'Yellow card · Josh ScowenBarnsley
  • 78'Yellow card · Paddy MaddenScunthorpe United
  • 78'Yellow card · Tommy RoweScunthorpe United
  • 79'Yellow card · N. TownsendBarnsley
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luke WilliamsScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Scunthorpe United 2, draws 3, Barnsley 3.

Team news

Scunthorpe United expected line-up

Sam Slocombe, Marcus Williams, Eddie Nolan, David Mirfin, Niall Canavan, Dave Syers, Terry Hawkridge, Matthew Sparrow, Paddy Madden, Sam Winnall

Barnsley expected line-up (4-3-3)

Luke Steele, Jean-Yves M'voto, Tom Kennedy, Scott Golbourne, Stephen Dawson, David Perkins, Kelvin Etuhu, Chris Dagnall, Jim O'Brien, S. Wiseman, Chris O'Grady