Barnsley v Leicester City

Head to Head

Last six Barnsley v Leicester results:

11/03/2014 (Championship) LOST

Barnsley 0-3 Leicester (Jamie Vardy 21, 62, Danny Drinkwater 58)

01/04/2013 (Championship) WON

Barnsley (Michael Keane og 4, Chris O’Grady 40) 2-0 Leicester

10/09/2011 (Championship) DREW

Barnsley (Jacob Butterfield 38) 1-1 Leicester (Andy King 46)

06/11/2010 (Championship)  LOST

Barnsley 0-2 Leicester (Miguel Vitor 18, Andy King 85)

26/10/2010 (Championship) WON

Barnsley (Hugo Colace 77) 1-0 Leicester

19/04/2008 (Championship) LOST

Barnsley 0-1 Leicester (Iain Hume 72)

Overall Record:

Barnsley Wins: 26

Leicester Wins: 52

Draws: 32

Barnsley Goals: 116

Leicester Goals: 170

At Oakwell:

Barnsley Wins: 17

Leicester Wins: 20

Draws: 18

Barnsley Goals: 69

Leicester Goals: 69

First Met: Barnsley 3-4 Leicester Fosse, Saturday 7^th October 1905. (Second Division)

Biggest Wins: 

Barnsley 3-0 Leicester Fosse, Saturday 6^th December 1913.  (Second Division)

Barnsley 3-0 Leicester, Saturday 17^th December 1988. Att: 6,477 (Second Division)

Biggest Defeats: 

Leicester 6-0 Barnsley, Saturday 28^th February 1925. Att: 20,000 (Second Division)

Leicester 6-0 Barnsley, Saturday 16^th November 1946. Att: 28,524 (Second Division)

Last Home Win: Barnsley (Michael Keane og 4, Chris O’Grady 40) 2-0 Leicester, Monday 1^st April 2013. Att: 10,429 (Championship)

Last Away Win: Leicester (Lloyd Dyer 15) 1-2 Barnsley (Andy Gray 12, 34), Saturday 14^th January 2012. Att: 22,116 (Championship)

Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Jacob Butterfield 38) 1-1 Leicester (Andy King 46, Saturday 10^th September 2011. Att: 10,862 (Championship)

Last Away Draw: Leicester (Anthony Knockaert 9, Jamie Vardy 90) 2-2 Barnsley (Stephen Dawson 27, Reuben Noble-Lazarus 39), Saturday 8^th December 2012. Att: 23,579 (Championship)

Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-3 Leicester (Jamie Vardy 21, 62, Danny Drinkwater 58), Tuesday 11^th March 2014. Att: 12,539 (Championship)

Last Away Defeat: Leicester (Dave Nugent 50, pen 62) 2-1 Barnsley (Jason Scotland 73), Saturday 28^th September 2013. Att: 21,591 (Championship)

Last Home Meeting:

Tuesday 11^th March 2014 (Championship)

Oakwell Stadium attendance: 12,539

Referee: Mark Heywood

Barnsley 0-3 Leicester

Barnsley:

1. Luke Steele

3. Peter Ramage

6. Martin Cranie

4. Tom Kennedy

12. Jack Hunt

11. Martin Woods

8. Stephen Dawson

21. Jacob Mellis

42. Paddy McCourt

16. Dale Jennings

10. Chris O'Grady

Substitutes:

5. Lewin Nyatanga (for Ramage 54)

22. Jean-Yves M'voto (for Cranie 11)

9. Nick Proschwitz (for McCourt 45)

Unused Substitutes:

31. Iain Turner, 19. Tomasz Cywka, 14. Liam Lawrence, 24. Reuben Noble-Lazarus.

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

Leicester:

1. Kasper Schmeichel

5. Wes Morgan

27. Marcin Wasilewski

15. Jeffrey Schlupp

2. Ritchie De Laet

4. Danny Drinkwater

8. Matty James

26. Riyad Mahrez

24. Anthony Knockaert

9. Jamie Vardy

35. David Nugent

Substitutes:

7. Dean Hammond (for Knockaert 78)

22. Gary Taylor-Fletcher (for Vardy 67)

39. Chris Wood (for Nugent 65)

Unused Substitutes:

18. Liam Moore, 10. Andy King, 28. Kevin Phillips.

Manager: Nigel Pearson (15^th November 2011 – 30^th June 2015) – 1,323 days, 182 matches

League positions after the game:

Barnsley: 23^rd P: 34 W: 6 D: 11 L: 17 F: 31 A: 59 GD: -28 Points: 29

Leicester: 1^st P: 34 W: 24 D: 5 L: 5 F: 65 A: 32 GD: +33 Points: 77

Still at respective clubs:

Barnsley: 0

Leicester: 0

Managers since this game (including caretakers):           

Barnsley: 20

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 – 30^th June 2026) – 474 days, 66 matches

Daniel Stendel (1^st July 2026 – present)

Leicester: 16

Claudio Ranieri (13^th July 2015 – 23^rd February 2017) – 591 days, 81 matches

Craig Shakespeare (24^th February 2017 – 17^th October 2017) – 234 days, 26 matches

Michael Appleton (17^th October 2017 – 25^th October 2017) – 8 days, 2 matches

Claude Puel (25^th October 2017 – 24^th February 2019) – 487 days, 67 matches

Mike Stowell/ Adam Sadler (24^th February 2019 – 26^th February 2019) - 2 days, 1 match

Brendan Rodgers (27^th February 2019 – 2^nd April 2023) – 1,495 days, 204 matches

Mike Stowell/ Adam Sadler (3^rd April 2023 – 10^th April 2023) - 7 days, 2 matches

Dean Smith (11^th April 2023 – 30^th June 2023) – 80 days, 8 matches

Enzo Maresca (1^st July 2023 – 30^th June 2024) – 365 days, 53 matches

Steve Cooper (1^st July 2024 – 24^th November 2024) – 146 days, 15 matches

Ben Dawson (25^th November 2024 – 30^th November 2024) – 5 days 1 match

Ruud Van Nistelrooy (1^st December 2024 – 27^th June 2025) – 208 days, 27 matches

Marti Cifuentes (15^th July 2025 – 25^th January 2026) – 194 days, 31 matches

Andy King (25^th January 2026 – 17^th February 2026) – 23 days, 4 matches

Gary Rowett (18^th February 2026 – 30^th June 2026) – 132 days, 14 matches

Russell Martin (1^st July 2026 – present)

This Season:

Last six 2026-2027 results:   

Barnsley:

15/09/26 (EFL Cup Third Round) DREW

Peterborough (Harry Leonard 19, Danny Ormerod 27, 88) 3-3 Barnsley (Cameron McGeehan 1, Reyes Cleary 40, 74) 

12/09/26 (League One) LOST

Plymouth (Oliver Irow 1, Ronan Curtis 22, Aribim Pepple 50) 3-0 Barnsley

05/09/26 (League One) LOST

Barnsley (Cameron McGeehan pen 17) 1-5 Stevenage (Oliver Sanderson 43, Dan Kemp 52, 66, Terence Vancooten 57, Michael Mellon 90)

02/09/26 (League One) WON

Barnsley (Cameron McGeehan 61, Amani Richards 87) 2-1 Blackpool (Josh Bowler 65)

29/08/26 (League One) WON

Leyton Orient (Nicholas Oyekunle 85) 1-3 Barnsley (Mackenzie Kirk 15, Cameron McGeehan pen 64, Reyes Cleary 76) 

25/08/26 (EFL Cup Second Round) WON

Barnsley (Reyes Cleary 29, Tyrese Noslin 31, Corey O’Keefe 38) 3-2 Crewe (Adrien Thibaut 21, Joel Ewusi 89)

W: 3 D: 1 L: 2 F: 12 A: 15 GD: -3

League One record: W: 2 D: 1 L: 3 F: 6 A: 11 GD: -5 Points: 7 Pos: 18^th

Leicester:

12/09/26 (League One) WON

Stockport (Jack Diamond 22, Oliver Norwood 57, Kyle Wootton 61) 3-4 Leicester (Liam Cullen 11, Emil Riis 30, 48, John Lundstram 52)

05/09/26 (League One) LOST

Leicester 0-4 Oxford (Mark Harris 8, 60, Mo Missanga 57, Jamie McDonnell 77)

01/09/26 (League One) WON

Leicester (Will Alves 45, Harry Howell 45) 2-0 Plymouth

29/08/26 (League One) DREW

MK Dons 0-0 Leicester

25/08/26 (EFL Cup Second Round) LOST

Ipswich (Sindre Egeli 62, Marcelino Nunez 71 90) 3-1 Leicester (Olabade Aluko 67)

22/08/26 (League One) LOST

Leicester (Wes Burns 42) 1-2 Burton (Matthew Dennis 5, Kgaogelo Chauke 25)

W: 2 D: 1 L: 3 F: 8 A: 12 GD: -4

League One: W: 2 D: 2 L: 2 F: 8 A: 10 GD: -2 Points: 8 Pos: 13^th     

Leicester last time out:

Stockport 3-4 Leicester   

29. Alex McCarthy

2. Jayden Joseph

16. Warren O’Hora

15. Harry Souttar

33. Luke Thomas

25. Louis Page 

11. Liam Cullen

36. Sammy Braybrooke

6. John Lundstram

37. Will Alves

17. Emil Riis

Substitutions:

14. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (for Braybrooke 70)

23. Tom Watson (for Riis 76)

32. Olabade Aluko (for O’Hora 86)

24. Ilari Kangasniemi (for Alves 86)

7. Wes Burns (for Cullen 86)

Unused Substitutes:

21. Franco Ravizzoli, 20. Harry Howell.

Other Fixtures:

Thursday 17^th September:

AFC Wimbledon v Milton Keynes Dons

Saturday 19^th September:

Burton Albion v Mansfield Town

Blackpool v Plymouth Argyle

Bromley v Huddersfield Town

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

Luton Town v Bradford City

Oxford United v Cambridge United

Peterborough United v Doncaster Rovers

Reading v Notts County

Sheffield Wednesday v Stockport County

Wigan Athletic v Wycombe Wanderers