Barnsley made it into the Third Round of the FA Cup for the first time in three years as they put the horror show of the midweek Vertu Trophy exit behind them with only their third clean sheet of the season.
Two of the shut-outs have come in 1-0 wins at Peterborough after also winning by this scoreline at the Weston Homes Stadium in the league back in August.
This was Barnsley's first FA Cup away clean sheet since a 3-0 win at non-league Horsham in a First Round replay in 2023-2024 and their first against league opposition since a 0-0 draw in the Third Round at Blackpool in 2016-2017.
Barnsley have now won one away FA Cup tie in each of the last four years, last failing to win an away tie in 2021-2022 when they suffered a Fourth Round 1-0 defeat at Huddersfield.
Since returning to League One in 2022 Barnsley have played 191 matches in all competitions with this only the 13th 1-0 win, nine of which have come away.
This was Barnsley's first away win in the FA Cup against an opponent in the same division since a Third Round win at Bolton in 2022-2023 and the first with a clean sheet since a 1-0 win at Hull City in the Fourth Round of 2012-2013.
This is the second time Barnsley have won 1-0 at Peterborough this season, the first time Barnsley have beaten the same opponent on their patch twice in a season since 2018-2019 when they won 4-2 at Southend in the Second Round of the FA Cup and then returned to Roots Hall three months later to win 3-0 in League One.
A substitute has scored in three of Barnsley's last four away games with Patrick Kelly being the scorer on two of those occasions.
It is also the second year in a row a substitute has scored in the FA Cup following Adam Phillips netting at Port Vale in the First Round.
There were two players making their first appearances for a significant period of time, Fabio Jalo entered the field for the first time since the 21st April (ironically also against Peterborough) whilst Georgie Gent appeared for the first time since the 1st March against Lincoln and played the full game for the first time since the 4th January v Crawley.
The winning goal was set up, on a plate, by Neil Farrugia, his third assist of the season - only Reyes Cleary (6) has set up more in 2025-2026.
Barnsley had five players booked, their most in a game this season and most since the 28th January at Wycombe - 42 games ago.
It is their most in a FA Cup game since a 2-1 First Round win at Bolton in 2022-2023 (also 5)
Barnsley had two substitutes booked (Kelly and Connell) for the first time since the opening day at Plymouth (Bland and Russell)
Two of the yellows (for Connell and Kelly) occurred in second half injury time, the second time this season Barnsley have received two bookings after 90 minutes - also at home to Bolton in August.
This was Barnsley’s 20th win against Peterborough meaning both sides have beaten the other on 20 occasions, with eight draws.
The Reds have won three of the past four meetings and are unbeaten in five.
Barnsley have won 1-0 twice at Posh this season, the only times they have won by this scoreline there whilst also winning 1-0 at Oakwell in December 1993, March 2012 and April 2016.
The away side has scored exactly one goal in each of the last three meetings whilst the home side has not scored more than once in any of the last four and have managed it only once in the last ten.
This was the first ever FA Cup meeting between Barnsley and Peterborough however is the fifth cup meeting overall with Barnsley winning three (D1 L1)
Barnsley have now won three successive meetings at the Weston Homes Stadium and are unbeaten in seven visits (W5 D2)
It isn’t their best run at the home of the Posh however as they won four successive visits between November 2002 and December 2011.
Overall the Reds have won nine of their 15 visits in the 21st Century, remarkable considering they lost each of their first six.
In both meetings this season Peterborough had seven shots and only one on target.
Barnsley Team:
1. Murphy Cooper
30. Jonathan Bland
6. Mael de Gevigney
18. Jake Rooney
17. Georgie Gent
11. Fabio Jalo
8. Adam Phillips
23. Neil Farrugia
3. Jon Russell
7. Caylan Vickers
40. Davis Keillor-Dunn
Substitutes:
22 Patrick Kelly (for Jalo 45)
8. Adam Phillips (for Connell 45)
27. Tennai Watson (for Rooney 59)
39. Leo Farrell (for Keillor-Dunn 66)
Unused Substitutes:
12. Jackson Smith, 45. Vimal Yoganathan, 29. Connor Barratt, 19. Reyes Cleary, 31. Kieran Graham.
Peterborough Team:
1. Alex Bass
33. James Dornelly
12. Tom Lees
26. David Okagbue
23. Harley Mills
17. Kyrell Lisbie
4. Archie Collins
28. Matthew Garbett
16. Ben Woods
11. Declan Frith
19. Gustav Lindgren
Substitutions:
8. Brandon Khela (for Woods 61)
27. Harry Leonard (for Lindgren 67)
10. Abraham Odoh (for Frith 67)
24. Jimmy-Jay Morgan (for Garbett 67)
Unused Substitutes:
21. Vincente Reyes, 30. Peter Kioso, 2. Carl Johnston, 7. Klaidi Lolos, 22.Donay O’Brien-Brady.
FA Cup Results
Friday 5th December:
Salford City 4-0 Leyton Orient
Cahill og 23
Cesay 61
Borini 87
N’Mai 90+1
Saturday 6th December
Accrington Stanley 2-2 Mansfield Town (Mansfield win 3-1 on pens)
Heath 27
Evans 53
Madden 102
McAdam 105+2
Chelmsford City 0-2 Weston-super-Mare
Britton 62, 88
Cheltenham Town 6-2 Buxton
Sodje 13
Hutchinson 29
Ward 45+2
Cundy 58
Thomas 62
Hutchinson 74
Archer 79
Thomas 90
Exeter City 4-0 Wycombe Wanderers
Aitchison 39
Aitchison 59
Higgins 80
Wareham 90+7
Fleetwood Town 2-2 Luton Town (Fleetwood win 4-2 on pens)
Ennis 63
Yates 73
Ennis 83
Mengi 90+3
Grimsby Town 4-0 Wealdstone
Kabia 7
Green 15
Walker 23
Kabia 53
Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Oldham Athletic
Tomlinson 42
Kelly 57
Hannant 76
Mendez-Laing 90+2
Peterborough United 0-1 BARNSLEY
Kelly 73
Port Vale 1-0 Bristol Rovers
Waine 47
Stockport County 0-0 Cambridge United (Cambridge win 5-4 on pens)
Swindon Town 4-0 Bolton Wanderers
Drinan pen 8
Snowdon 55
Drinan 76
Drinan 86
Wigan Athletic 2-2 Barrow (Wigan win 4-3 on pens)
Carragher 13
Earing 65
Canavan 85
Aimson 89
Sutton United 1-2 Shrewsbury Town
Jennings 69
Kabia 90+1
Marquies 92 ET
Chesterfield 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
Bonis 31
Bailey 34
Senior 90
Sunday 6th December
Slough Town 1-3 Macclesfield
Elliott pen 68
Makowski pen 86
Edmondson 93 ET
Griffiths 120+7 ET
Boreham Wood 3-0 Newport County
King 32
Booty 35
Rush 59
Gateshead 0-2 Walsall
Kanu pen 25
Flint 49
Blackpool 4-1 Carlisle United
Bloxham 14
Fletcher 34
Banks 38
Armstrong 51
Fletcher 57
League One results:
Cardiff City (1st) 3-2 Huddersfield Town (8th)
Salech 6
Castledine 51
Salech 62
Davies 86
Taylor 89
Plymouth Argyle (23rd) 0-1 Bradford City (2nd)
Sarcevic pen 57
Barnsley lie in 10th place in Sky Bet League One with 25 points from 15 games. We are 3 points off the Play-Offs, 9 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 10 points off First Place and 9 points above the Relegation Zone.
Up to 7/12/25
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Sixteen: Lincoln City v Barnsley, Tuesday 9th December 2025. Kick-Off: 7:45pm
At Oakwell:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Seventeen: Barnsley v Leyton Orient, Saturday 13th December 2025. Kick-Off: 3pm
