Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Barnsley: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 September 2017

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Barnsley

Championship · Saturday 23 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Barnsley: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Barnsley 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 23 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

B. Enobakhare opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from B. Enobakhare (80') and Alfred N'Diaye (90+3'). Barnsley scored through Adam Jackson (90+1').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards; Barnsley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 2nd on 17 points from 8 and Barnsley 20th on 7 points from 7. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Barnsley 22nd with 41.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-4-3 and Barnsley in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfred N'Diaye of Wolverhampton Wanderers (8.8), ahead of B. Douglas (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 1 draw and 4 for Barnsley.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Joe WilliamsBarnsley
  • 47'Yellow card · Rúben NevesWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 57'Yellow card · Conor CoadyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 70'Yellow card · Romain SaïssWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 80'Goal · B. EnobakhareWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Adam JacksonBarnsley · 1-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Alfred N'DiayeWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5, draws 1, Barnsley 4.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)

John Ruddy, Danny Batth, Conor Coady, Roderick Miranda, Matt Doherty, Rúben Neves, Romain Saïss, Rúben Vinagre, Ivan Cavaleiro, Diogo Jota, Léo Bonatini

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

Adam Davies, Jason McCarthy, Liam Lindsay, Adam Jackson, Matty Pearson, Joe Williams, Adam Hammill, George Moncur, Harvey Barnes, Brad Potts, Tom Bradshaw