Another FOUR-midable performance saw the Reds net quadruple amount of goals for the second game running to leapfrog their opponents Derby County and move about sixth spot for the first time in 2023 (last occupying higher when they went fourth after a 2-1 win over Fleetwood on the 29th December 2022)
Following on from the 4-0 win at Cheltenham last weekend Barnsley have scored four times in successive league matches for the first time since April 1980 when they defeated Wimbledon 4-0 and Mansfield 4-1.
It is the first time Barnsley have scored four times at Oakwell in a league game since netting five against QPR on the 14th December 2019.
This was also the second successive game the Reds have netted three first half goals – the first time this has occurred since April 1968.
Devante Cole netted two of the goals, the first Red to score a brace in 2023 – Cole was also the last player to do this, v Burton on the 17th December 2022.
It’s the first brace from a Barnsley player in the first half of a game since the aforementioned QPR game in December 2019 when Conor Chaplin netted twice in 18 minutes and went on to score a hattrick.
Cole has now scored Barnsley’s opening goal on seven occasions this season (all comps) from eight games in which he has scored in.
Barnsley scored in both first half and second half stoppage time for the first time since 6th October 2018 at Peterborough.
Adam Phillips put Barnsley 2-0 up by scoring for the third successive game, the first Barnsley player to do this since Aaron Leya Iseka against Sheffield United, Bristol City and Derby in October/November 2021.
Only one of the four goals was directly assisted by a Barnsley player and that was Phillips goal by Jordan Williams, it is Williams’ sixth assist of the season, most by any Barnsley player in 2022-2023.
This was Barnsley’s fourth straight league win of the season, the first time they have been on two separate runs of at least four straight league wins in the same season since 1999-2000.
There were 17,145 in attendance, the highest Oakwell crowd since the 8th February 2020 against Sheffield Wednesday (17,789)
This was the third time Barnsley have scored four times in a game in 2022-2023 (all comps) the most in a season since 2018-2019 (eight)
This victory ended a run of three successive defeats against Derby.
However they are now unbeaten in the last four Oakwell meetings (W2 D2)
They have now won four of the last seven meetings in all competitions at Oakwell (W4 D2 L1)
They have lost three of the last seven overall with all three coming at Pride Park.
Barnsley Team:
1. Harry Isted
12. Bobby Thomas
6. Mads Andersen ©
5. Liam Kitching
48. Luca Connell
2. Jordan Williams
30. Adam Phillips
8. Herbie Kane
7. Nicky Cadden
44. Devante Cole
9. James Norwood
Substitutes:
16. Luke Thomas (for Cole 73)
31. Slobodan Tedic (for Norwood 73)
3. Jon Russell (for Phillips 81)
14. Josh Martin (for Kane 81)
Unused Substitutes:
17. Barry Cotter, 20. Jamie Searle, 26. Ziyad Larkeche.
Derby Team:
1. Joe Wildsmith
12. Korey Smith
3. Craig Forsyth ©
6. Eiran Cashin
17. Louie Sibley
23. Harvey White
4. Conor Hourihane
7. Tom Barkhuizen
38. Jason Knight
11. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
10. David McGoldrick
Substitutions:
9. James Collins (for White 61)
18. Lewis Dobbin (for Barkhuizen 61)
15. Haydon Roberts (for Sibley 78)
22. Tony Springett (for Hourihane 78)
Unused Substitutes:
16. Liam Thompson, 32. Luke McGee, 33. Curtis Davies.
Derby manager Paul Warne said:
“I’m a little bit frustrated but Barnsley deserved the win.
"I don’t think there was much in the game. They smoked us in that first half and we never really recovered.
"It was just one of those days where it felt anything that could go wrong in our box did, and anything that could go right for us in their box, didn’t.”
Match Reports:
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BBC
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Sky Bet League One Results:
Saturday 25th February 2023:
Oxford United (17th) 0-3 Bristol Rovers (13th)
Sinclair pen 22
Collins 28
Hoole 75
BARNSLEY (5th) 4-1 Derby County (6th)
Cole 21
Phillips 33
McGoldrick 35
Cole 45+2
Thomas 90+4
Bolton Wanderers (4th) 2-1 Port Vale (16th)
Harrison 8
Adeboyejo 18
Sheehan 27
Burton Albion (18th) 0-0 Accrington Stanley (21st)
Charlton Athletic (14th) 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (1st)
Palmer 9
Exeter City (12th) 2-0 Cambridge United (23rd)
Collins 18
McDonald 53
Fleetwood Town (11th) 1-0 Morecambe (20th)
Mendes Gomes 13
Forest Green Rovers (24th) 1-1 Lincoln City (15th)
House 4
Garrick 58
Milton Keynes Dons (22nd) 0-1 Ipswich Town (3rd)
Morsy 26
Peterborough United (9th) 5-2 Plymouth Argyle (2nd)
Clarke-Harris pen 16
Kypiranou 19
Earley 36
Burrows 54
Gillesphey 58
Clarke-Harris 64
Taylor 78
Portsmouth (10th) 4-0 Cheltenham Town (19th)
Tunnicliffe 5
Jacobs 20
Curtis 26
Thompson 90+1
Shrewsbury Town (8th) 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers (7th)
Willis og 31
Pyke 86
Barnsley lie in 5th place in Sky Bet League One with 59 points from 31 games. We are 6 points inside the Play-Offs, 9 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 12 points off First Place and 28 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 26/2/23
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Thirty Two: Bristol Rovers v Barnsley, Saturday 4th March 2023 Kick Off: 3pm
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Thirty Three: Barnsley v Portsmouth, Tuesday 7th March 2023. Kick Off: 7:45pm