MATCH THREAD: BARNSLEY v CARDIFF CITY " MATCH THREAD

BARNSLEY v CARDIFF CITY
Tuesday 10th March, 7.45pm
Sky Bet League One - Match 36
Oakwell 




Cardiff City: Trott; Ng, Chambers (c), Lawlor, Scanlon; Wintle, Robertson; R.Cowill, Willock, Tanner; Kellyman

Subs: Fish, Bagan, Kpakio, J.Colwill, Turnbull, Ashford, Robinson






Cardiff City have sold 900 tickets for Tuesday's away game at Barnsley.

Digital tickets are being used for this game.

You can also pay on the night.




ITS PAY ON THE NIGHT FOR CARDIFF FANS



"Yousef Salech is back with us but not in contention for this game.”

“Isaak Davies is definitely out, slight hamstring issue so he'll be out for two or three weeks."

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About Barnsley

Barnsley are in their fourth successive season at this level, having been relegated from the Championship in 2022.

Last season they finished 12th.

They are currently 12th, with 47 points from 33 games.

Club Connections

Several players have played for both teams.

This includes Michael Chopra and Stephen McPhail.

The Opposition's Manager

Conor Hourihane has been Barnsley manager since March 2025.

It is his first managerial job.

He made over 100 league appearances for them as a player.

Opposition Dangerous Players

David McGoldrick has 13 league goals this season.

Reyes Cleary was linked with Championship clubs in January. He has 12 league assists.

Referee

TBC.

Head To Head - Last Five Meetings

We are unbeaten in our last five against Barnsley.

That includes the 4-0 home win in January.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Barnsley: Goodman, O'Keeffe, De Gevigney, O'Connell, Shepherd, Connell, Yoganathan, McGoldrick, Phillips, Cleary, Bradshaw

Cardiff City: Trott, Kpakio, Osho, Fish, Bagan, Wintle, Robertson, Colwill, Tanner, Kellyman, Colwill

Last Game

We lost 2-0 at home to Lincoln on Saturday.

On the same day, Barnsley won 2-1 at home to Exeter.

Match Odds

Barnsley - 12/5
Cardiff City - 10/11
Draw - 11/4

Predictions

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We really need a win after yesterday, lose and it's 3 defeats in the last 4 which then becomes a bit of an issue, I will back the lads to bounce back with a 3-1 win

ITS PAY ON THE NIGHT FOR CARDIFF FANS

CARFIFF NEED NOTHING LESS THAN A WIN

Cardiff City are Still without Striker Salech

Without Striker Isaak Davies

Please just win boys. You've come too far to not see this through.

Barnsley weren't particularly great at home, barring a good striker that they sold in the Jan window.

Let's get that focus back and the steely confidence that we've seen for most of this season...and let's go!!!

Osho & Tanner should not be in the starting 11 if we want a win.

A must win as the remaining games, be a tough night up there for sure.

0-2 win for the BLUEBIRDS COME ON CITY!!!

After losing 1-0 to Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday evening, Barnsley returned to winning ways by beating Exeter 2-1 at Oakwell Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Although Conor Hourihane's side sit eight points behind Huddersfield Town, who currently occupy the final playoff place, the Tykes do have three games in hand on the Terriers, as well as many of the teams around them.

What has prevented Barnsley from pushing further up the League One table so far has undoubtedly been their leaky defence, as despite there being only three other sides hitting the back of the net on more occasions, only two teams have conceded more than the South Yorkshire side's 55 goals after 33 games.

Having not won back-to-back matches since November 8, Barnsley will be looking to begin a promotion charge on Tuesday evening by winning consecutive matches ahead of a fixture run in which their following five games are all against sides below them in the league table.

However, claiming all three points against Cardiff will be no easy feat, with the Tykes losing seven of their previous nine matches against the Welsh side, the most recent of which being a 4-0 drubbing at the Cardiff City Stadium earlier in the season.

11 CCFC FIXTURES REMAIN:





Tue Mar 10 Barnsley v Cardiff City

Sat Mar 14 Exeter City (A)

Tue Mar 17 Wycombe Wanderers (H)

Sat Mar 21 Blackpool (H)

Sat Mar 28 Huddersfield Town (A)



Fri Apr 3 Port Vale (H)

Mon Apr 6 Peterborough United (A)

Sat Apr 11 Bolton Wanderers (H)

Sat Apr 18 Reading (A)

Sat Apr 25 Northampton Town (H)



Sat May 2 Mansfield Town v Cardiff City Crowd Away Support

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BBM:

“I’m very disappointed with the result against Lincoln.”

“Every time we’ve had a setback this season, we’ve always bounced back and we’ll try and make it right on Tuesday."

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Barnsley FC v Cardiff City: Conor Hourihane says Saturday 'suffering' should serve Reds well -

A win was just what Barnsley needed headed into the daunting task posed by a visit from Cardiff City on Tuesday, but Conor Hourihane thinks a bit of "suffering" will have served them well too.
Despite taking a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes at home to Exeter City on Saturday, Jayden Wareham's second-half goal meant the Reds had to hold on for victory.

Now they face a Cardiff side who won January's reverse fixture 4-0, and will be smarting from the 2-0 defeat at home to Lincoln City which cost them top spot in League One for the first time since November.

"They're a really good side, we've been watching them over the last couple of days," said coach Hourihane.

"We're in a decent place, we've won three in four, our home form seems to be in a decent place this year in the main.

"It's one of the games we're going to have to be at our very best to get a result, but one we're looking forward to as well."

He believes the workout the Grecians gave his team will serve them well, but stressed the need for help from a crowd who showed anger at the running of the club at the weekend by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch.

"We showed a good side of ourselves in terms of playing some good stuff to score a couple of goals early," he said of Saturday's performance. "Can we show our attacking output a little bit more and continue to do that?

"But at times on Tuesday night we'll suffer. We suffered against Exeter and that will breed confidence because we saw that out.

"There'll be patches on Tuesday where we need to see certain phases of the game out and we'll need the crowd to get with us as well to give the lads energy at the right times."

Barnsley are hopeful centre-back Jack Shepherd recovers from the knee problem which took him off on Saturday.

1-2 City..

Looking forward to it tonight, a great chance to put saturday behind us and carry on our push back to the championship

Cardiff City: Trott; Ng, Chambers (c), Lawlor, Scanlon; Wintle, Robertson; R.Cowill, Willock, Tanner; Kellyman

Subs: Fish, Bagan, Kpakio, J.Colwill, Turnbull, Ashford, Robinson

BLUEBIRDS

Scanlon sent tumbling

Barnsley look to probe the Cardiff defence from the off.

McGoldrick tries to latch on to a pass but catches Scanlon, who's sent tumbling.

Freekick.

Wintle arches a cross in from midfield, but it's straight into the arms of the Barnsley goalkeeper.

Didn’t anyone tell the Barnsley supporters the game kicked off at 7:45 pm?

The ground looks empty except for the one stand?

Perhaps they’re doing a BBC Wales (Swansea) and grouping everyone together, so they look fuller on TV?

LATEST SCORE BARNSLEY 0 - 0 CARDIFF CITY (5 mins)

Cardiff produce a nice looking move down the right-hand side, but Tanner's cross is out for a goal kick.

Another cross comes in

From Colwill this time.

No one there to meet it, but Cardiff will keep the ball and look to build again.

Decent start from the visitors so far.

Barnsley giving us plenty of space and time.

Robertson nearly plays Kellyman in

His through-ball is just about cut out, however, by a red shirt.

Some decent signs from Scanlon

Both he and Willock linking up quite nicely in these opening exchanges.

Chambers deals with the danger

Comes across to win a throw for ihis team as Bradshaw looks to get on the end of O'Connell's ball down the left.

Yes Rubin

1nil

GOAL! BLUEBIRDS!

Well supplied by Ollie Tanner and well finished by Rubin Colwill!

Hopefully, some ‘humble pie’ in the process of being eaten right now!

LATEST SCORE BARNSLEY 0 - 1 CARDIFF CITY (10 mins)

Rubin makes it look simple