Barnsley’s fourth defeat in five league outings saw them drop to
their lowest position in the football pyramid since the opening day of the
2022-2023 season.
A 1-0 defeat at Plymouth following relegation from the
Championship saw them sit in 21st in League One however they occupy
a relegation sport in the third tier in a later month than August for the first
time since spending every day between the 24th October 2015 and 27th
December 2015 there. Obviously that season would see Barnsley stage a remarkable
recovery to finish sixth and win promotion via the play-offs.
This defeat extended an horrendous run which has seen them fail to
win any of their last eight matches in all competitions (D2 L6), their worst
run since failing to win of their final nine Championship games of 2021-2022
(D2 L7) whilst it their worst run as a League One team since a run of nine
League One games without a win between 17th March 2015 and 25th
April 2015 (D6 L3)
They have gone five league games without a win (D1 L4) for the
first time since a run of six between 10th March and 6th
April this year (D4 L2)
Barnsley have now won only nine of the 35 league games they have
played in 2026 (26%) losing 14.
Barnsley have lost four games in a row (all comps) for the first
time since September 2025.
Barnsley have scored exactly one goal in three successive games
for the first time since the final three games of last season.
For the second game in a row Barnsley opened the scoring before
going on to lose, the first time this has happened in successive games for 12
years, last occurring in October 2014 (1-2 defeat to Peterborough and 2-3 v
Notts County)
Cambridge’s winner came in injury time, the first time Barnsley
have lost due to a goal scored after 90 minutes or later for 13 months since
losing 1-0 at Blackpool due to a goal scored on 90+8.
Barnsley have led at half time in
successive league games for the first time since November 2025 (v Luton and
Stockport)
Reyes Cleary and Arley Kay were
yellow carded before half time, the first time two Barnsley players have been
booked in the first half since the 25th April at Luton.
Conor O’Riordan was then yellow
carded in the first minute of the second half, the earliest Barnsley have
received three bookings since the 18th April 2025 at Leyton Orient
when they had three by the 40th minute, and earliest at Oakwell
since the 7th December 2024 against Birmingham (three after 38
minutes)
Jack Shepherd who has now been
yellow carded in three of his five appearances this season is the Red’s 20th
yellow card received in the 90th minute or later since the start of
last season.
Shepherd has now received 28
yellow cards in 126 appearances for Barnsley, Bradford and Cheltenham (22% of
his appearances)-he has also been sent off three times.
Five Barnsley players were yellow
carded in a game for the first time since the 25th April at Luton.
There has been eight yellow
cards in total in each of Barnsley’s last two home league games.
The Reds have now conceded 17
goals in League One this season – only three teams have conceded more.
They have only scored nine
themselves and again only three teams have scored less.
It is the first time since 2021
they have still been in single figures for goals scored on the 17th
October and the first time ever at this level.
Barnsley have now conceded 10 second half goals (all
comps) since they last conceded before half time.
The Reds have kept only one clean sheet this season (from 14
matches in all competitions) and have kept only two in the last 19 stretching
back to April.
They have staggeringly kept only three clean sheets in their past
42 League One games.
This game
continued the club record run of home games without a clean sheet (all comps),
it now stands at 24 matches. They have only managed one in their last 45
stretching back to February 2025.
Barnsley have
failed to win any of their last four meetings with Cambridge after winning five
in a row prior.
The home team has
scored exactly one goal in each of the last three clashes and has not scored
more than one in any of the last five.
This was only
Cambridge’s third ever win at Oakwell (from 14) visits, two of which have come
in their last three trips.
They are unbeaten
in three visits to Oakwell, their best run of form at this ground.
Barnsley’s
opponents have won 11 corners in each of the last two games.
Barnsley and their
opponent won the same amount of corners for the first time 11 outings since both
the Reds and Doncaster won four.
Barnsley:
25. Rogan Ravenhill
11. Tyrese Noslin
6. Connor O’Riordan
5. Jack Shepherd
2. Arley Kay
32. Rylan Brownlie
8. Cameron McGeehan
45. Vimal Yoganathan
22. Patrick Kelly
19. Reyes Cleary
7. Tobi Adeyemo
Substitutes:
46. O’Rian Reid (for Yoganathan 82)
17. Amani Richards (for Brownlie 83)
13. Clayton Taylor (for Adeyemo 85)
Unused Substitutes:
1. Cieran Slicker, 4. Sam Gale, 12. Jubril Okedina, 30. Jonathan Bland.
Cambridge
Team:
1. Jake Eastwood
2. Liam Bennett
15. Cathal Heffernan
6. Kelland Watts
22. Zak Bradshaw
4. Dominic Ball
10. Ben Knight
17. Pelly Mpanzu
8. Owen Moxon
7. Isaac Heath
14. Gassan Ahadme
Substitutions:
44. Ra’ees Bangura-Williams (for Moxon 45)
19. Shayne Lavery (for Heath 45)
38. George Hoddle (for Ball 66)
9. Louis Appere (for Ahadme 77)
5. Patrick Bauer (for Lavery 90+2)
Unused
Substitutes:
13.
Gabriel Breeze, 29. Sam Curtis.
Sky Bet League One Results
Thursday 15th October
Mansfield Town (13th) 1-1
Oxford United (8th)
Lynch
34
Smith
82
Saturday 17th October
MK Dons (18th) 2-1 Luton
Town (16th)
Gilbey
25
Clark 70
Collins
pen 79
Peterborough United (19th)
2-2 Burton Albion (10th)
Edwards
2
Webster 30
Arubi 89
Garbett
90+6
BARNSLEY (21st) 1-2
Cambridge United (5th)
Yoganathan
41
Knight 52
Lavery 90+1
Bradford City (1st) 2-0
Stevenage (12th)
Sarcevic
pen 79
Swan
87
Leicester City (14th) 2-1
Doncaster Rovers (17th)
Lundstram
45+1
Doyle
61
O’Hora og 84
Leyton Orient (9th) 2-0
Blackpool (20th)
Forrester
31
Scarlett
pen 76
Plymouth Argyle (4th) 0-2
Huddersfield Town (3rd)
Sanches Fernandes 6
Radulovic 55
Sheffield Wednesday (6th) 5-0
AFC Wimbledon (15th)
Bannan
38
Keillor-Dunn
39
Gray
45
Slattery
56
Keillor-Dunn
85
Stockport County (2nd) 1-0
Bromley (22nd)
Wootton
19
Wigan Athletic (24th) 1-0
Reading (7th)
Hogan
71
Wycombe Wanderers (11th) 2-0
Notts County (23rd)
Sanders
og 44
Onyedinma
86
Barnsley lie in 21st place
in Sky Bet League One with 8 points from 9 games. We are 10 points off the Play-Offs,
11 points off the Automatic Promotion Places, 12 points off First Place and Goal
Difference inside the Relegation Zone.
Up to 19/10/26
Next Up:
On The Road:
Sky Bet League One Matchday Ten: Luton Town v Barnsley, Tuesday 20th October 2026. Kick-Off 7:45pm
At Oakwell:
Sky
Bet League One Matchday Twelve: Barnsley v Oxford United, Saturday 31st
October 2026. Kick-Off 3pm
