Barnsley will definitely have to settle for the play-offs as their automatic promotion hopes were ended by a home to defeat to Ipswich who cemented second place and can seal a return to the Championship this weekend
This result ended the Reds run of nine successive home victories and was the first time in 10 Oakwell matches that they had failed to score – ironically that was also a 3-0 defeat to a promotion rival, Bolton Wanderers on the 2nd January.
These two games plus the defeat at Derby back in August are the only occasions the Reds have been two goals behind at half time in the league this season.
It is the third time they have lost 3-0 at home in League One this season – also doing so against Wycombe Wanderers in August.
This was Barnsley’s fifth home defeat in the league in total this season and they have failed to score in all of them.
Indeed they have now failed to net in eight of their 11 league defeats overall this season.
It is the first time Barnsley have lost three third tier games by at least three goals since 1979-1980.
Barnsley have conceded the opening goal in 13 of their 44 league games so far this season and have failed to win any (D2 L11)
The game swung on two Ipswich goals in the last two minutes of the first half, only the third time this season the Reds have conceded in the last five minutes of the first half (also doing so at Plymouth and at home to MK Dons)
Ipswich should have been 3-0 up after 55 minutes but Nathan Broadhead saw his penalty saved by Harry Isted, the sixth penalty conceded in the league by the Reds this season and the first one not converted.
Indeed it is the first time an opponent has not scored a penalty since the final game of last season when Jack Walton denied West Brom’s Karlan Grant a hattrick.
The Tractor Boys did eventually get their third though through ex red Conor Chaplin who has bagged home and away against Barnsley this season – he and his team-mate Sam Morsy in the reverse fixture are the only ex Reds to net against them this season.
The three goals conceded saw Barnsley break the 40 goal mark for league goals conceded this season – they only conceded 39 in their last League One campaign, however this is the only time in the last 45 years that they have conceded less than 40 goals in a season.
Josh Benson was booked in injury time, the 13th time Barnsley have had a player yellow carded in the 90th minute or later this season (all comps)
Benson is the 14th yellow card for a Barnsley substitute this season (all comps)
Barnsley Team:
1. Harry Isted
12. Bobby Thomas
6. Mads Andersen (c)
5. Liam Kitching
2. Jordan Williams
30. Adam Phillips
3. Jon Russell
8. Herbie Kane
7. Nicky Cadden
9. James Norwood
44. Devante Cole
Substitutes:
10. Josh Benson (for Russell 58)
31. Slobodan Tedic (for Norwood 58)
16. Luke Thomas (for Phillips 69)
17. Barry Cotter (for Williams 82)
47. Max Watters (for Cole 82)
Unused Substitutes:
26. Ziyad Larkeche, 40. Brad Collins.
Ipswich Team:
1. Christian Walton
34. Harry Clarke
6. Luke Woolfenden
15. Cameron Burgess
3. Leif Davis
25. Massimo Luongo
5. Sam Morsy (c)
7. Wes Burns
10. Conor Chaplin
33. Nathan Broadhead
27. George Hirst
Substitutions:
21. Greg Leigh (for Davis 76)
9. Freddie Ladapo (for Hirst 84)
11. Marcus Harness (for Broadhead 84)
19. Kayden Jackson (for Burns 84)
12. Dominic Ball (for Luongo 85)
Unused Substitutes:
29. Kyle Edwards, 31. Vaclav Hladky.
Match Reports:
Sky Bet League One Results:
TUESDAY 25TH APRIL 2023:
BARNSLEY (4th) 0-3 Ipswich Town (2nd)
Broadhead 44
Hirst 45+2
Chaplin 82
Bolton Wanderers (5th) 0-1 Accrington Stanley (22nd)
Hamilton 42
Lincoln City (10th) 0-1 Burton Albion (16th)
Ahadme 79
Oxford United (19th) 4-0 Cheltenham Town (17th)
Goodrham 38
Joseph 52
Browne 60
Browne 65
Plymouth Argyle (1st) 2-0 Bristol Rovers (15th)
Ennis 51
Gillesphey 56
Barnsley lie in 4th place in Sky Bet League One with 85 points from 44 games. We are 12 points inside the Play-Offs, 9 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 10 points off First Place and 44 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 26/4/23
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Forty Five: Milton Keynes Dons v Barnsley, Saturday 29th April 2023 Kick Off: 3pm
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Forty Six: Barnsley v Peterborough United, Sunday 7th May 2023. Kick Off: 12noon