Liverpool v Barnsley

Head to Head

Last six Liverpool v Barnsley results:     

16/02/2008 (FA Cup Fifth Round) WON

Liverpool (Dirk Kuyt 32) 1-2 Barnsley (Stephen Foster 57, Brian Howard 90)

22/11/1997 (Premier League) WON

Liverpool 0-1 Barnsley (Ashley Ward 35)

12/01/1982 (League Cup Quarter-Final) DREW

Liverpool 0-0 Barnsley

27/03/1959 (Second Division) LOST

Liverpool 3-2 Barnsley

26/04/1958 (Second Division) DREW

Liverpool 1-1 Barnsley

09/03/1957 (Second Division) LOST

Liverpool 2-1 Barnsley

Overall Record:

Liverpool Wins: 14

Barnsley Wins: 5

Draws: 4

Liverpool Goals: 36

Barnsley Goals: 23

At Anfield:

Liverpool Wins: 6

Barnsley Wins: 2

Draws: 4

Liverpool Goals: 21

Barnsley Goals: 12

First Met: Barnsley St Peters 1-2 Liverpool, Saturday 2^nd February 1895. Att: 4,000 (FA Cup First Round)

Biggest Win: Barnsley 4-1 Liverpool, Saturday 27^th October 1956. Att: 14,035 (Second Division)

Biggest Defeat: Barnsley 0-5 Liverpool, Saturday 10^th March 1956. Att: 13,778. (Second Division)

Last Home Win: Barnsley 2-1 Liverpool, Saturday 14^th December 1957. Att: 15,296 (Second Division) 

Last Away Win: Liverpool (Dirk Kuyt 32) 1-2 Barnsley (Stephen Foster 57, Brian Howard 90), Saturday 16^th February 2008. Att: 42,449 (FA Cup Fifth Round)

Last Home Draw: N/A

Last Away Draw: Liverpool 0-0 Barnsley, Tuesday 12^th January 1982. Att: 33.707 (League Cup Quarter-Final)

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley (Neil Redfearn 37, pen 85) 2-3 Liverpool (Karl-Heinz Riedle 44, 59, Steve McManaman 90), Saturday 28^th March 1998. Att: 18,667 (Premier League)

Last Away Defeat: Liverpool 3-2 Barnsley, Friday 27^th March 1959. Att: 52,546 (Second Division)

Last Away Meeting:

Saturday 16^th February 2008:

Anfield attendance: 42,449

Referee: Martin Atkinson

Liverpool 1-2 Barnsley                                                       

Liverpool:

Charles Itandje            

Sami Hyypiä  

Jamie Carragher 

John Arne Riise

Steve Finnan 

Xabi Alonso (Y)

Lucas Leiva    

Ryan Babel     

Yossi Benayoun

Dirk Kuyt        

Peter Crouch

Substitutions:

Harry Kewell (for Babel 69)

Steven Gerrard (for Lucas 75)

Unused substitutes:

David Martin, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jermaine Pennant/

Manager: Rafael Benitez (1^st July 2007 – 30^th June 2010) – 2190 days, 350 matches

Barnsley:

Luke Steele    

Dennis Souza

Stephen Foster

Bobby Hassell              

Rob Kozluk     

Anderson Silva            

Brian Howard              

Martin Devaney          

Diego León     

Daniel Nardiello         

István Ferenczi

Substitutions:

Kayode Odejayi (for Nardiello 55)

Marciano Bruma (for Kozluk 60) (Y)

Jamal Campbell-Ryce (for Leon 71)

Unused substitutes:

Sam Togwell, Michael Coulson.         

Manager: Simon Davey (22^nd November 2006 – 29^th September 2009) – 1042 days, 138 matches

Managers since this game (including caretakers):

Liverpool: 5

Roy Hodgson (1^st July 2010 – 7^th January 2011) – 190 days, 31 matches

Kenny Dalglish (8^th January 2011 – 16^th May 2012) – 494 days, 74 matches

Brendan Rodgers (1^st July 2012 – 4^th October 2015) – 1190 days, 166 matches

Jurgen Klopp (8^th October 2015 – 30^th June 2024) – 3188 days, 489 matches

Arne Slot (1^st July 2024 – present)

Barnsley: 24

Mark Robins (9^th September 2009 – 30^th June 2011) – 659 days, 92 matches

Keith Hill (1^st July 2011 – 29^th December 2012) – 547 days, 74 matches

David Flitcroft (30^th December 2012 – 30^th November 2013) – 335 days, 44 matches

Micky Mellon (1^st December 2013 – 18^th December 2013) – 17 days, 3 matches

Danny Wilson (17^th December 2013 – 12^th February 2015) – 422 days, 63 matches

Mark Burton (12^th February 2015 – 25^th February 2015) -13 days, 3 matches

Lee Johnson (25^th February 2015 – 6^th February 2016) – 346 days, 51 matches

Paul Heckingbottom (6^th February 2016 – 5^th February 2018) – 730 days, 105 matches

Paul Harsley (6th February 2018 - 16th February 2018) – 10 days, 1 match

Jose Morais (16th February 2018 - 6th May 2018) – 79 days, 15 matches

Daniel Stendel (1^st July 2018 - 8th October 2019) – 464 days, 66 matches

Adam Murray (8^th October 2019 – 27^th November 2019) – 50 days, 5 matches

Gerhard Struber (20^th November 2019 – 5^th October 2010) – 320 days, 39 matches

Adam Murray (7^th October 2020 – 24^th October 2020) – 17 days, 3 matches

Valerien Ismael (25^th October 2020 – 30^th June 2021) – 248 days, 44 matches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conor Hourihane (12^th March 2025 – present)

This Season:

Last six 2025-2026 results:   

Liverpool:

08/01/26 (Premier League) DREW

Arsenal 0–0 Liverpool

04/01/26 (Premier League) DREW

Fulham (Harry Wilson 17, Harrison Reed 90) 2-2 Liverpool (Florian Wirtz 57, Cody Gakpo 90)

01/01/26 (Premier League One) DREW

Liverpool 0-0 Leeds

27/12/25 (Premier League) WON

Liverpool (Ryan Gravenberch 41, Florian Wirtz 42) 2-1 Wolves (Santiago Bueno 51)

20/12/25 (Premier League) WON

Tottenham (Richarlison 83) 1-2 Liverpool (Alexander Isak 56, Hugo Ekitike 66)

13/12/25 (Premier League) WON

Liverpool (Hugo Ekitike 1, 60) 2-0 Brighton

W: 3 D: 3 L: 0 F: 8 A: 4 GD: +4

Premier League: W: 10 D: 5 L: 6 F: 32 A: 28 GD: +4 Points: 35 Pos: 4^th         

Barnsley:

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)

20/12/25 (League One) LOST

Exeter (Ilmari Niskanen 41, Jayden Wareham 61, Reece Cole 73) 3-0 Barnsley

13/12/25 (League One) WON

Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 10, Jon Russell 77, Davis Keillor-Dunn 85) 3-2 Leyton Orient (Dom Ballard pen 30, Ollie O’Neill 38)

09/12/25 (League One) LOST

Lincoln (Reeco Hackett 36, 71, Tom Bayliss 68) 3-1 Barnsley (Davis Keillor-Dunn 67)

W: 1 D: 1 L: 4 F: 7 A: 14 GD: -7

League One record: W: 8 D: 5 L: 8 F: 33 A: 33 GD: 0 Points: 29 Pos: 17^th

Liverpool last time out:

Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool

1. Alisson

12. Conor Bradley

5. Ibrahima Konate 

4. Virgil van Dijk

6. Milos Kerkez

30. Jeremie Frimpong

38. Ryan Gravenberch

8. Dominik Szoboszlai

10. Alexis Mac Allister 

18. Cody Gakpo

7. Florian Wirtz

Substitutions:

2. Joe Gomez (for Bradley 90+5)

Unused Substitutes:

25. Giorgi Mamardashvili, 28. Freddie Woodman, 47. Calvin Ramsay, 26. Andy Robertson, 42. Treymaurice Nyoni, 17. Curtis Jones, 14. Federico Chiesa, 73. Rio Ngumoha.

Other Fixtures:

Friday 9th January:

Milton Keynes Dons v Oxford United

Port Vale v Fleetwood Town

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic

Wrexham v Nottingham Forest

Saturday 10th January:

Cheltenham Town v Leicester City

Everton v Sunderland

Macclesfield v Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Shrewsbury Town

Boreham Wood v Burton Albion

Burnley v Millwall

Doncaster Rovers v Southampton

Fulham v Middlesbrough

Ipswich Town v Blackpool

Manchester City v Exeter City

Newcastle United v AFC Bournemouth

Salford City v Swindon Town

Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford

Stoke City v Coventry City

Bristol City v Watford

Cambridge United v Birmingham City

Grimsby Town v Weston-super-Mare

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

Charlton Athletic v Chelsea

Sunday 11th January:

Derby County v Leeds United

Portsmouth v Arsenal

Hull City v Blackburn Rovers

Norwich City v Walsall

Sheffield United v Mansfield Town

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

West Ham United v Queens Park Rangers

Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion