Barnsley ended a run of three league games without a victory as they kept their strong away start up to move within four goals of the play-off places.
The Reds have the joint best away record in the division (alongside league leaders Birmingham) with this their fourth victory from six on the road in 2024-2025.
This is in complete contrast to their record at Oakwell where they have won only one of five (albeit they have lost only once at Oakwell compared with twice on the road)
Each of Barnsley’s last three league victories have been by a 2-1 scoreline and four of their five league victories this season have finished this way (the other being a 3-0 win at Crawley)
This was Barnsley’s 11th league game of the season, five of which have now finished 2-1 as they also lost to Mansfield by this scoreline on the opening night.
In all competitions they have now played 16 games and at least one team has netted exactly two goals on 10 occasions (5x2-1, 2x2-0, 2x2-2 and 1x3-2)
Three of Barnsley’s four 2-1 wins have now seen them take the lead, be pegged back before finding a winner, Davis Keillor-Dunn has opened the scoring in two of them, Marc Roberts has scored a late winner in two and two have also been secured in the last minute.
Barnsley have now won five league games by scoring the winner in the 90th minute or later since returning to League One in 2022, three of which have come away from home.
Each of Barnsley’s last two victories have come on the road and being won with a goal in the 90th minute or later.
Roberts is the first defender to score a last minute away winner for the Reds since Clarke Oduor famously at Brentford on the final day of 2019-2020 which kept Barnsley in the Championship, and the first centre half since Lewin Nyatanga at Millwall in August 2015.
Since making his first Barnsley debut in August 2015 Roberts has scored in eight different matches, Barnsley have now won six of them (D1 L1) and four of those victories have come away from home.
This was Barnsley’s 26th away league victory since returning to League One – the exact same amount as they have won at Oakwell in that time.
Fabio Jalo was shown a yellow card for the third successive league game which means a Reds substitute has now been booked in nine of Barnsley's 11 league games so far this season including each of the last four.
It was the seventh booking for a Barnsley player in the 90th minute or later this season in all competitions.
Luca Connell set up the Reds winner, his third assist of the season, putting him top of the Barnsley assist table in 2024-2025.
Remarkably there has been a goal in the 89th minute or later in each of Barnsley’s last six games in all competitions, coming in the 90th minute or later in five of those.
There has been 10 goals scored in the 80th minute or later in Barnsley last eight games in all competitions (out of 26 in total in that time – 38%)
This win ended a run of five straight defeats against Blackpool.
Each of the last 10 meetings have been decided by a win or defeat (W3 L7)
One team has scored at least twice in each of the last three meetings and four of the last five.
This result ended a run of three straight defeats for Barnsley at Bloomfield Road with this only their second win there in nine visits stretching back to 2013.
Three of Barnsley’s last four wins at Bloomfield Road have finished 2-1.
There has been a total of 28 shots in each of Barnsley’s last two league games.
And a total of seven on target in each of Barnsley’s last two in all competitions.
Barnsley Team:
1. Gabriel Slonina
32. Josh Earl
6. Mael de Gevigney
4. Marc Roberts
7. Corey O’Keeffe
8. Adam Phillips
3. Jon Russell
48. Luca Connell
17. Georgie Gent
44. Stephen Humphrys
40. Davis Keillor-Dunn
Substitutes:
45. Vimal Yoganathan (for Phillips 67)
18. Matthew Craig (for Russell 67)
11. Fabio Jalo (for Humphrys 90+1)
5. Donovan Pines (for Gent 90+2)
Unused Substitutes:
23. Ben Killip, 2. Barry Cotter, 50. Kelechi Nwakali.
Blackpool Team:
30. Harry Tyrer
4. Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel
24. Odeluga Offiah
20. Oliver Casey
15. Hayden Coulson
25. Rob Apter
7. Lee Evans
8. Albie Morgan
14. Elliot Embleton
9. Kyle Joseph
19. Dom Ballard
Substitutions:
5. Matthew Pennington (for Lawrence-Gabriel 60)
16. Jordan Rhodes (for Ballard 60)
17. Josh Onomah (for Embleton 61)
11. Ashley Fletcher (for Morgan 83)
Unused Substitutes:
1. Richard O’Donnell, 26. Zac Ashworth, 10. Sonny Carey.
SkyBet League One Results:
THURSDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2024:
Shrewsbury Town (21st) 0-2 Exeter City (5th)
Doyle 9
Magennis 64
SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2024:
Reading (13th) 4-1 Crawley Town (22nd)
Mbengue 20
Forster 30
Wing 40
Savage 65
Smith 73
Wycombe Wanderers (3rd) 3-1 Peterborough United (15th)
Jones 50
Kone 63
Kone 67
Kone pen 72
Blackpool (14th) 1-2 BARNSLEY (8th)
Keillor-Dunn 27
Casey 68
Roberts 90+2
Bolton Wanderers (11th) 2-1 Burton Albion (24th)
Collins 61
Williams 63
Orsi 66
Cambridge United (23rd) 2-0 Wigan Athletic (17th
Kachunga 5
Tickle og 22
Charlton Athletic (12th) 1-1 Stockport County (9th)
Barry pen 12
Edmonds-Green 66)
Huddersfield Town (6th) 3-1 Bristol Rovers (18th)
Pearson 34
Marshall 38
Radulovic 52
Hutchinson 69
Lincoln City (7th) 1-3 Birmingham City (1st)
Cadamarteri 1
Anderson 14
Willumsson 52
Anderson 79
Mansfield Town (4th) 0-1 Stevenage (10th)
Young 32
Northampton Town (19th) 1-0 Leyton Orient (20th)
McGeehan 48
Rotherham United (16th) 0-1 Wrexham (2nd)
Mullin 1
Barnsley lie in 8th place in Sky Bet League One with 18 points from 11 games. We are Goal Difference off the Play-Offs, 5 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 7 points off First Place and 10 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 20/10/24
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Twelve: Barnsley v Charlton Athletic, Tuesday 22nd October 2024. Kick Off: 7:45pm.
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Thirteen: Shrewsbury Town v Barnsley, Saturday 26th October 2024. Kick Off: 3pm