Cardiff City v Barnsley

Last Updated : 26-Jan-2026 by Robert Miles

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Last six Cardiff v Barnsley results:

07/08/2021 (Championship) DREW

Cardiff (Marlon Pack 54) 1-1 Barnsley (Toby Sibbick 69)

03/11/2020 (Championship) LOST

Cardiff (Junior Hoilett 4, Joe Ralls Pen 45, Harry Wilson 77) 3-0 Barnsley

07/12/2019 (Championship) LOST

Cardiff (Aden Flint 20, Danny Ward 68, Lee Tomlin 90) 3-2 Barnsley (Conor Chaplin 17, Lee Peltier og 48)

06/03/2018 (Championship) LOST

Cardiff (Callum Paterson 31, Marko Grujic 46) 2-1 Barnsley (Oli McBurnie 60)

17/12/2016 (Championship) WON

Cardiff (Sean Morrison 3, Peter Whittingham 79, Anthony Pilkington 89) 3-4 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 19, 32, Josh Scowen 43, Ryan Williams 90)

09/04/2013 (Championship) DREW

Cardiff (Ben Turner 59) 1-1 Barnsley (Stephen Foster 90)

 

Overall Record:

Cardiff Wins: 29

Barnsley Wins: 14

Draws: 14

Cardiff Goals: 100

Barnsley Goals: 63

At Cardiff (Cardiff City Stadium/Ninian Park):

Cardiff Wins: 16

Barnsley Wins: 6

Draws: 6

Cardiff Goals: 55

Barnsley Goals: 30

 

First Met: Barnsley 0-2 Cardiff, Saturday 12th February 1921. Att: 17,000. (Second Division)

Biggest Win: Barnsley 4-0 Cardiff, Saturday 7th February 1931. Att: 5,399. (Second Division)

Biggest Defeat: Cardiff 7-0 Barnsley, Saturday 7th December 1957. Att: 8,941. (Second Division)

Last Home Win: Barnsley (Carl Dickinson 90) 1-0 Cardiff, Saturday 21st November 2009. Att: 11,903. (Championship)

Last Away Win: Cardiff (Sean Morrison 3, Peter Whittingham 79, Anthony Pilkington 89) 3-4 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 19, 32, Josh Scowen 43, Ryan Williams 90) Saturday 17th December 2016. Att: 14,754. (Championship)

Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Mads Andersen 20, Cauley Woodrow 52) 2-2 Cardiff (Sheyi Ojo 58, Kieffer Moore 68), Wednesday 27th January 2021. Att: 0. (Championship)

Last Away Draw: Cardiff (Marlon Pack 54) 1-1 Barnsley (Toby Sibbick 69), Saturday 7th August 2021. Att: 17,431 (Championship)

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff (Uche Ikpeazu 71), Wednesday 2nd February 2022. Att: 11,432. (Championship)

Last Away Defeat: Cardiff (Junior Hoilett 4, Joe Ralls pen 45, Harry Wilson 77) 3-0 Barnsley, Tuesday 3rd November 2020. Att: 0 (Championship)

 

Last Away Meeting:

Saturday 7th August 2021 (Championship)

Cardiff City Stadium attendance: 17,431

Referee: Stephen Martin

Cardiff 1-1 Barnsley

Cardiff:

1. Dillon Phillips

2. Mark McGuinness

5. Aden Flint

16. Curtis Nelson

3. Joel Bagan

38. Perry Ng

8. Joe Ralls

21. Marlon Pack

26. Ryan Giles

7. Leandro Bacuna

19. James Collins

Substitutions:

15. Ryan Wintle (for Ralls 65)

10. Kieffer Moore (for Bacuna 76)

29. Mark Harris (for Collins 86)

Unused Substitutes:

25. Alex Smithies, 4. Sean Morrison, 37. Sam Bowen, 27. Rubin Colwill.

Manager: Mick McCarthy (23rd January 2021 – 23rd October 2021) – 273 days, 38 matches

 

Barnsley:

40. Brad Collins

5. Liam Kitching

20. Toby Sibbick

30. Michal Helik

3. Ben Williams

 7. Callum Brittain

4. Callum Styles

21. Romal Palmer

28. Dominik Frieser

14. Carlton Morris

9. Cauley Woodrow  

Substitutes:

10. Josh Benson (for Palmer 63)

22. Clarke Oduor (for Frieser 72)

15. Jasper Moon (for Williams 76)

Unused Substitutes:

1. Jack Walton, 24. Aapo Halme, 2. Jordan Williams, 46. Cameron Thompson.

Manager: Markus Schopp (1st July 2021 – 1st November 2021) – 123 days, 16 matches

 

League positions after the game:

Cardiff: 11th P: 1 W: 0 D: 1 L: 0 F: 1 A: 1 GD: 0 Points: 1

Barnsley: 8th P: 1 W: 0 D: 1 L: 0 F: 1 A: 1 GD: 0 Points: 1

 

Still at respective clubs:

Cardiff: 4

Bagan, Ng, Wintle, Colwill

 

Barnsley: 0

 

Managers since this game (including caretakers): 

Cardiff: 8

Steve Morrison (23rd October 2021 – 18th September 2022) – 330 days, 45 matches

Mark Hudson (19th September 2022 – 14th January 2023) – 117 days, 18 matches

Dean Whitehead (15th January 2023 – 26th January 2023) – 11 days, 2 matches

Sabri Lamouchi (27th January 2023 – 2nd June 2023) – 126 days, 18 matches

Erol Bulut (1st July 2023 – 22nd September 2024) – 449 days, 58 matches

Omer Riza (23rd September 2024 – 19th April 2025) – 208 days, 40 matches

Aaron Ramsey (19th April 2025 – 30th June 2025) – 72 days, 3 matches

Brian Barry-Murphy (1st July 2025 – present)

 

Barnsley: 8

Jo Laumann (1st November 2021 – 21st November 2021) – 20 days, 2 matches

        

Poya Asbaghi (17th November 2021 – 24th April 2022) – 158 days, 28 matches

 

Martin Devaney (25th April 2022 – 14th June 2022) – 50 days, 3 matches

 

Michael Duff (1st July 2022 – 30th June 2023) – 364 days, 58 matches

 

Neill Collins (10th July 2023 – 22nd April 2024) – 287 days, 52 matches

 

Martin Devaney (23rd April 2024 – 22nd May 2024) - 29 days, 3 matches

 

Darrell Clarke (23rd May 2024 – 12th March 2025) – 293 days, 44 matches

 

Conor Hourihane (12th March 2025 – present)

 

 

This Season:

Last six 2025-2026 results:   

 

Cardiff:

24/01/26 (League One) DREW

Cardiff (Joel Colwill 45) 1-1 Stockport (Kyle Wootton 10)

17/01/26 (League One) WON

Bradford (Jenson Metcalfe 59) 1-2 Cardiff (David Turnbull 14, Calum Chambers 24)

10/01/26 (League One) DREW

Leyton Orient (Dom Ballard 12) 1-1 Cardiff (Yousef Salech 33)

04/01/26 (League One) WON

Cardiff (Calum Chambers 24) 1-0 Wigan

01/01/26 (League One) DREW

Wycombe (Caolan Boyd-Munce 30) 1-1 Cardiff (Chris Willock 6)

29/12/25 (League One) WON

Cardiff (Callum Robinson 64, Yousef Salech 82) 2-1 Stevenage (Phoenix Patterson 57)

W: 3 D: 3 L: 0 F: 8 A: 5 GD: +3

League One record: W: 17 D: 5 L: 5 F: 46 A: 27 GD: +19 Points: 56 Pos: 1st        

 

Barnsley:

24/01/26 (League One) DREW

Reading (Haydon Roberts 32, Jack Marriott 84) 2-2 Barnsley (David McGoldrick 38, Adam Phillips 67)

17/01/26 (League One) WON

Barnsley (David McGoldrick 27, 90) 2-1 Blackpool (Ashley Fletcher 74)

12/01/26 (FA Cup Third Round) LOST

Liverpool (Dominik Szoboszlai 9, Jeremie Frimpong 36, Florian Wirtz 84, Hugo Ekitike 90) 4-1 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 40)

01/01/26 (League One) DREW

Wigan (Dara Costelloe 6) 1-1 Barnsley (Adam Phillips 69)

29/12/25 (League One) LOST

Barnsley 0-2 Lincoln (Tom Hamer 8, Adam Reach 72)

26/12/25 (League One) LOST

Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 2, Davis Keillor-Dunn 13) 2-3 Mansfield (Louis Reed pen 25, Stephen McLaughlin 58, Aaron Lewis 83)

W: 1 D: 2 L: 3 F: 8 A: 13 GD: -5

League One record: W: 9 D: 6 L: 8 F: 37 A: 36 GD: +1 Points: 33 Pos: 15th

   

Cardiff last time out:

Cardiff 1–1 Stockport

13. Nathan Trott

38. Perry Ng

4. Gabriel Osho

12. Calum Chambers

3. Joel Bagan 

11. Ollie Tanner

6. Ryan Wintle 

27. Joel Colwill

18. Alex Robertson

45. Cian Ashford

22. Yousef Salech

Substitutions:

47. Callum Robinson (for Salech 40)

8. Omari Kellyman (for Colwill 68) 

16. Chris Willock (for Tanner 68)

39. Isaak Davies (for Robertson 86)

Unused Substitutes:

30. Harry Tyrer, 2. Will Fish, 44. Ronan Kpakio.

 

Other Fixtures:

Tuesday 27th January

Blackpool v Stockport County

Bolton Wanderers v Burton Albion

Huddersfield Town v Luton Town

Lincoln City v Bradford City

Plymouth Argyle v Mansfield Town

Port Vale v AFC Wimbledon

Rotherham United v Northampton Town

Stevenage v Peterborough United

Wycombe Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

Doncaster Rovers v Leyton Orient

Reading v Exeter City