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Fleetwood Town vs Barnsley: match report

Fleetwood Town hosted Barnsley at Highbury Stadium on Tuesday 6 October 2026, in the EFL Trophy (round 3). Andrew Miller is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Fleetwood Town 4-1 Barnsley. Goals: Ronan Coughlan 59' (pen) for Fleetwood Town; Will Davies 62' for Fleetwood Town; Aaron Loupalo-Bi 67' for Fleetwood Town; Rylan Brownlie 81' for Barnsley; Noah Sawkins 87' for Fleetwood Town. Attendance: 487.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 13' Yellow card: Rafaele Cirino (Fleetwood Town)
  • 40' Yellow card: Mikey Lane (Fleetwood Town)
  • 59' Penalty: Ronan Coughlan (Fleetwood Town)
  • 62' Goal: Will Davies (Fleetwood Town)
  • 67' Goal: Aaron Loupalo-Bi (Fleetwood Town)
  • 72' Yellow card: Josh Robertson (Fleetwood Town)
  • 81' Goal: Rylan Brownlie (Barnsley)
  • 87' Goal: Noah Sawkins (Fleetwood Town)
Match stats (contains the result)
31.4%Possession68.6%
11Shots28
7Shots on target7
4Corners13
11Fouls13
2Offsides3
6Saves3
3Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Fleetwood Town 3-5-2

Coach: Matt Lawlor

  1. 22 James Pradic GK
  2. 26 Shaun Rooney DEF
  3. 32 Kayden Hughes DEF
  4. 5 Finley Potter DEF
  5. 29 Raffaele Cirino MID
  6. 30 Mikey Lane MID
  7. 35 Sean Costelloe MID
  8. 28 Josh Robertson MID
  9. 36 Jesse Dempsey MID
  10. 19 Ronan Coughlan FWD
  11. 9 Will Davies FWD

Bench

  • 34 Oliver Bellizia GK
  • 6 Rhys Bennett DEF
  • 15 Adam Murphy MID
  • 23 Liam Roberts MID
  • 43 Noah Sawkins FWD
  • 20 Aaron Loupalo-Bi FWD
  • 41 Muhsi Mathis de Karim Bamba MID

Barnsley 4-2-3-1

Coach: Daniel Stendel

  1. 25 Rogan Ravenhill GK
  2. 12 Jubril Okedina DEF
  3. 6 Connor O'Riordan DEF
  4. 5 Jack Shepherd DEF
  5. 2 Arley Kay DEF
  6. 48 Luca Connell MID
  7. 45 Vimal Yoganathan MID
  8. 13 Clayton Taylor FWD
  9. 32 Rylan Brownlie FWD
  10. 19 Reyes Cleary FWD
  11. 39 Leo Farrell FWD

Bench

  • 51 Kieren Flavell GK
  • 4 Sam Gale DEF
  • 46 O'Rian Reid MID
  • 44 Tayo Dunne MID
  • 41 Kieran Graham FWD
  • 36 Luke Alker FWD
  • 17 Amani Richards FWD
Previous meetings
  • Wednesday 13 August 2025: Barnsley 2-2 Fleetwood Town
  • Saturday 17 February 2024: Fleetwood Town 1-2 Barnsley
  • Saturday 28 October 2023: Barnsley 2-2 Fleetwood Town
  • Thursday 29 December 2022: Barnsley 2-1 Fleetwood Town
  • Saturday 1 October 2022: Fleetwood Town 0-1 Barnsley