Barnsley’s hopes of survival have taken a massive hit following a 2-0 defeat at fellow relegation rivals Derby - a result which saw the Rams overtake them in the table however the Reds remain six points from safety.
This defeat means Barnsley will not complete a league double this season – the first time this has occurred since 2013-2014.
Barnsley have now failed to score in eight of their 18 away league games this season (matching their total from 23 games last season) whilst their total of 12 away league goals is the third lowest tally in the division after Derby (11) and Peterborough (9)
This was the first time in seven league matches that Barnsley were behind at half time but the 11th time this season.
Former Manchester United youngster Ravel Morrison grabbed both goals, his first league goals since 12th April 2014 when he netted for QPR against Nottingham Forest in the Championship and his first brace since 15th March 2014 for QPR against Yeovil.
Morrison is the first player to score a brace against Barnsley since Bristol City’s Andreas Weimann in October and is the fourth player to net twice in a game against the Reds this season (Morrison, Weimann, Lys Mousset, Jordan Zemura
Barnsley have played 13 matches since their last draw (all comps) – W4 L9 – their longest run without a stalemate since a run of 20 last season between 27th October 2020 and 23rd January 2021 (W12 L8)
For the second game in a row no yellow cards were shown to an opposing player in a Barnsley match and it has occurred in three of the last four matches.
Clarke Oduor came on in the 70th minute, his first appearance for the club since 29th December 2021.
Barnsley have now lost six of their last seven visits to Pride Park (W1) with the 2-0 success last season their only victory there in the last nine.
Indeed they have only won two of their last 19 games at Derby (W2 D4 L13) whilst each of their last six defeats seeing them concede at least two goals on each occasion.
Barnsley had the same amount of shots as Derby (9-9) the third time this season the Reds have had the same amount of shots as their opponents (also at Cardiff 10-10 and at Blackpool 13-13)
There were only 17 fouls in the game, the lowest in a Barnsley match for 14 games (12 at home to Huddersfield in December)
Barnsley Team:
40. Brad Collins
7. Callum Brittain
30. Michal Helik
6. Mads Andersen
26. Remy Vita
17. Claudio Gomes
33. Matty Wolfe
4. Callum Styles
27. Amine Bassi
28. Domingos Quina
14. Carlton Morris
Substitutes:
10. Josh Benson (for Wolfe 61)
22. Clarke Oduor (for Gomes 70)
5. Liam Kitching (for Brittain 84)
Unused Substitutes:
1. Jack Walton, 21. Romal Palmer, 24. Aapo Halme, 44. Devante Cole.
Derby Team:
31. Ryan Allsop
41. Eiran Cashin
33. Curtis Davies
36. Festy Ebosele
2. Nathan Byrne
8. Max Bird
5. Krystian Bielik
32. Malcolm Ebiowei
10. Tom Lawrence
11. Ravel Morrison
48. Luke Plange
Substitutions:
26. Lee Buchanan (for Ebiowei 65)
38. Jason Knight (for Morrison 79)
42. Liam Thompson (for Bielik 79)
Unused Substitutes:
21. Kelle Roos, 16. Richard Stearman, 17. Louie Sibley, 13. Colin Kazim-Richards.
Derby assistant boss Liam Rosenior said:
"I'm delighted with the players and so is Wayne, yes we've got young players and we're working hard but some of the football we played today was absolutely magnificent.
"I felt as a coaching staff we were unlucky [of late], we went away to Luton and were in the game, they're in a great run of form and we stayed in the game with them.
"Then against Cardiff we dominated the game and didn't take the chances, but we've really worked on that in the last couple of days and spoken about it.
"We scored two magnificent goals and I think the fans really enjoyed it."
Match Reports:
Sky Bet Championship Results
FRIDAY 4TH MARCH 2022
Huddersfield Town 3-0 Peterborough United
Sinani 3
Lees 7
Lees 72
Sheffield United 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Sharp 69
Yates 90+5
SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2022
Fulham (1st) 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (4th)
Kebano 25
Wilson 35
Bristol City (19th) 1-2 Birmingham City (18th)
Chong 2
Gordon 13
Scott 48
Derby County (22nd) 2-0 BARNSLEY (23rd)
Morrison 22
Morrison 47
Hull City (20th) 0-2 West Bromwich Albion (13th)
Grant 13
Grant pen 48
Middlesbrough (6th) 2-1 Luton Town (8th)
McNair pen 17
Watmore 87
Cornick 90+6
Preston North End (12th) 2-1 AFC Bournemouth (3rd)
Lowe 50
Archer 54
Riis Jakobsen 89
Queens Park Rangers (5th) 1-2 Cardiff City (17th)
Gray 38
Davies 70
Colwill 74
Reading (21st) 0-1 Millwall (10th)
Cooper 37
Stoke City (15th) 0-1 Blackpool (14th)
Bowler 86
Swansea City (16th) 3-1 Coventry City (11th)
Paterson 12
Obafemi 40
Obafemi 48
Hamer 84
Barnsley lie in 23rd place in the Sky Bet Championship with 23 points from 34 games. We are 32 points off the Play-Offs, 39 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 50 points off First Place and 6 points inside the Relegation Zone.
Up to 06/03/22
Next Up:
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Thirty Five: Barnsley v Stoke City, Tuesday 8th March 2022. Kick-Off: 7:45pm
On The Road:
Sky Bet Championship Matchday Thirty Eight: Sheffield United v Barnsley, Saturday 19th March 2022. Kick-Off: 12:30pm