Championship · ENG · Round 1

Ipswich Town
4 - 2 Full time
Barnsley

Portman Road

Lineups

Ipswich Town4-2-2-2
BB33Bialkowski
LC4Chambers
AW15Webster
CB6Berra
JK3Knudsen
CS8Skuse
KB17↓46'Bru
TB7↓46'Bishop
FS20Sears
DM10⚽↓81'McGoldrick
DM9Murphy
AD1Davies
AY17Yiadom
MR4Roberts
AM26Mawson
AW3White
RK40↓73'Kent
JS6Scowen
CH8⚽Hourihane
AH7Hammill
TB20↓73'Bradshaw
SW9↓4'Winnall
Barnsley4-4-2

Ipswich Town substitutes

28 Conor Grant 6.2 ↑46'
18 Grant Ward 9.5 ⚽×3↑46'
11 Brett Pitman ↑81'
1 Dean Gerken
22 Jonathan Douglas
14 Paul Digby
5 Tommy Smith

Coach: Mick McCarthy

Barnsley substitutes

15 Marley Watkins 7.6 ⚽↑4'
10 George Moncur 5.5 ↑73'
23 Stefan Payne 5.8 ↑73'
11 Elliot Lee
2 James Bree
12 Lewin Nyatanga
13 Nick Townsend

Coach: Paul Heckingbottom

Match events

4'↑ Marley Watkins ↓ Sam Winnall⇄
20'Teddy Bishop
27'Marley Watkins
37'Kevin Bru
42'Ryan Kent
Second half
46'↑ Conor Grant ↓ Kevin Bru⇄
46'↑ Grant Ward ↓ Teddy Bishop⇄
46'Grant Ward assist: Daryl Murphy 1 - 0⚽
49'Conor Hourihane assist: Marley Watkins 1 - 1⚽
58'Conor Hourihane
61'Grant Ward 2 - 1⚽
63'David McGoldrick (penalty) 3 - 1⚽
73'↑ George Moncur ↓ Tom Bradshaw⇄
73'↑ Stefan Payne ↓ Ryan Kent⇄
74'Marley Watkins assist: Conor Hourihane 3 - 2⚽
81'↑ Brett Pitman ↓ David McGoldrick⇄
84'Grant Ward 4 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionChampionship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 6 August 2016, 14:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Ipswich Town wins7Draws1Barnsley wins

13 past meetings on record. Biggest Ipswich Town win: Ipswich Town 1–0 Barnsley (2018). Biggest Barnsley win: Barnsley 0–3 Ipswich Town (2023).

25 Apr 2023Barnsley 0 - 3 Ipswich TownLeague One
27 Aug 2022Ipswich Town 2 - 2 BarnsleyLeague One
10 Apr 2018Ipswich Town 1 - 0 BarnsleyChampionship
12 Aug 2017Barnsley 1 - 2 Ipswich TownChampionship
11 Mar 2017Barnsley 1 - 1 Ipswich TownChampionship
8 Feb 2014Barnsley 2 - 2 Ipswich TownChampionship
1 Nov 2013Ipswich Town 1 - 1 BarnsleyChampionship
19 Jan 2013Ipswich Town 1 - 1 BarnsleyChampionship
29 Sep 2012Barnsley 1 - 1 Ipswich TownChampionship
31 Mar 2012Ipswich Town 1 - 0 BarnsleyChampionship
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10 Dec 2011Barnsley 3 - 5 Ipswich TownChampionship
12 Feb 2011Barnsley 1 - 1 Ipswich TownChampionship
13 Nov 2010Ipswich Town 1 - 3 BarnsleyChampionship