Barnsley’s promising start to the season continued as they made it four wins from their opening six league games – their best start to a campaign for seven seasons when they also won four of the first six League One games in 2018-2019.
It is only the second time it has occurred in the last 22 years with the prior occasion to 2018 being in 2003 however this season is the first time in that time that four wins and six have also been accompanied with a defeat.
Davis Keillor-Dunn opened the scoring after just nine minutes, the first time he has scored the opening goal in a game since the 29th March at Wigan when he scored a minute earlier than yesterday.
He went on to grab a brace, his 23rd goal in just 52 appearances for the club and the third time he has grabbed a brace for the club but the first time at Oakwell.
Of the 20 different matches DKD has netted for Barnsley they have now gone on to win 14 (70%)
His opener is the earliest Barnsley have scored in a match since the aforementioned Wigan game at the end of March and he has now scored after seven, eight and nine minutes for Barnsley with the only player to have scored before the tenth minute for the Reds since the start of last season being Adam Phillips from the penalty spot after four minutes against Stockport last September.
Captain Luca Connell was also on the scoresheet, incredibly the first time Irishman has netted in 43 appearances, last finding the net in a 2-1 win at Burton on the 21st September 2024. He only netted twice last season.
Barnsley were aided by the first half red card for Huddersfield goalkeeper Owen Goodman, the first opposition keeper to be sent off against Barnsley for 12 years, the last being Blackpool’s Matt Gilks in February 2013.
In that time only one Barnsley goalkeeper has been shown a red and that was Ross Turnbull against Leyton Orient back in December 2014.
Barnsley held a 2-0 half time lead for the first time in seven home games, last occurring against Bolton in April when they went on to win 4-1 and was their final home victory of 2024-2025.
That Bolton win was one of only six from 23 home league last season, they have won two of their opening three in 2025-2026.
That was also the last time Barnsley had been 3-0 up in a match prior to yesterday.
Three of Barnsley’s four league victories so far this season have seen them net three goals with their goals for tally of 11 the joint best in the division so far this season along with Cardiff, Huddersfield and Mansfield.
Barnsley are unbeaten in their opening three home league games of a season for the first time since 2018-2019 when they went throughout the entire league season at home without losing with that campaign also the last time they started a home season unbeaten in five in all competitions.
This win ended a run of five successive defeats against Huddersfield in all competitions.
It is a first league victory in four meetings.
Each of the last four meetings (all comps) had seen Huddersfield net twice with this the first clash in 13 that one side has scored more than two (since Huddersfield’s 5-0 win March 2014)
It is the first time Barnsley have netted three times against the Terriers since the second leg of the League One Play-Offs in May 2006 (a 3-1 win at Huddersfield) whilst it is the first time at Oakwell since a 4-2 win in January 2005.
This was Barnsley’s 30th win against Huddersfield from 83 meetings (36%)
The Reds have however now only lost one of the last seven Oakwell clashes (W4 D2)
Joe Taylor’s goal for Huddersfield just three minutes before the end of the 90 means Huddersfield have scored in each of their last 16 visits to Oakwell with the Reds last home clean sheet against the Terriers coming 29 years ago in a 3-0 victory in March 1996.
This was Barnsley’s fourth 3-1 win over Huddersfield with the only three coming in May 2006, August 1996 and March 2001.
Huddersfield scored with their only shot on target, the first time an opponent has done this since Bolton in April.
Barnsley Team:
1. Murphy Cooper
27. Tennai Watson
5. Jack Shepherd
32. Josh Earl
14. Nathanel Ogbeta
7. Caylan Vickers
30. Jonathan Bland
8. Adam Phillips
48. Luca Connell
10. David McGoldrick
40. Davis Keillor-Dunn
Substitutes:
22. Patrick Kelly (for Bland 69)
23. Neil Farrugia (for McGoldrick 69)
6. Mael de Gevigney (for Ogbeta 89)
Unused Substitutes:
51. Kieran Flavell, 3. Jon Russell, 45. Vimal Yoganathan, 19. Reyes Cleary.
Huddersfield Team:
1. Owen Goodman
7. Lynden Gooch
20. Josh Feeney
5. Joe Low
23. Sean Roughan
10. Marcus Harness
4. Ryan Ledson
8. Ben Wiles
16. Herbie Kane
11. Ruben Roosken
26. Alfie May
Substitutions:
22. Lee Nicholls (for Roosken 38)
2. Lasse Sorensen (for Gooch 45)
9. Joe Taylor (for May 45)
18. Davis Kasumu (for Kane 71)
24. Leo Castledine (for Wiles 74)
Unused Substitutes:
3. Murray Wallace, 36. Cameron Ashia.
Sky Bet League One Results
Saturday 30th August 2025
Cardiff City (1st) 4-0 Plymouth Argyle (21st)
Wintle 41
Willock 44
Colwill 50
Davies 90+1
Doncaster Rovers (5th) 1-0 Rotherham United (19th)
Bailey 26
BARNSLEY (4th) 3-1 Huddersfield Town (6th)
Keillor-Dunn 9
Connell 44
Keillor-Dunn 85
Taylor 87
Blackpool (20th) 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (14th)
Sharman-Lowe og 13
Burstow 61
Bradford City (3rd) 3-2 AFC Wimbledon (12th)
Browne 25
Wright 32
Stevens 53
Pointon 61
Swan 83
Burton Albion (18th) 0-3 Luton Town (7th)
Nordas 18
Alli 45
Nelson 59
Exeter City (11th) 3-0 Peterborough United (24th)
Wareham 31
Magennis 65
Magennis 68
Leyton Orient (16th) 0-1 Northampton Town (15th)
Hoskins 58
Lincoln City (9th) 1-1 Mansfield Town (10th)
Bradley 17
Moriah-Welsh 82
Reading (17th) 1-0 Port Vale (23rd)
Lane 66
Stevenage (2nd) 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers (22nd)
Campbell 34
Wigan Athletic (13th) 1-1 Stockport County (8th)
Fevrier 4
Saydee 78
Barnsley lie in 4th place in Sky Bet League One with 13 points from 6 games. We are 1 point inside the Play-Offs, 2 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 3 points off First Place and 10 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 31/8/25
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Seven: Barnsley v Reading, Saturday 13th September 2025. Kick-Off: 3pm
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Eight: Blackpool v Barnsley, Saturday 20th September 2025. Kick-Off: 12:30pm
