LINCOLN. Barnsley prevailed over Lincoln City to win 2-1. It was Barnsley to strike first with a goal of Sam Cosgrove at the 13′. Then Marc Roberts scored again for Barnsley in the 47′ minute. Eventually, Ben House reduced the distance for Lincoln City (70′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the LNER Stadium stadium in Lincoln on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 9,768 spectators.​ The referee was Martin Coy with the support of Thomas Harty and Jon Block. The 4th official was . The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.26 degrees Celsius or 70.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lincoln City had a superior ball possession 55% while Barnsley was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lincoln City had a more offensive attitude with 35 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyway, Barnsley was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Lincoln City shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Barnsley shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Lincoln City didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Barnsley received 2 yellow cards (Sam Cosgrove and Jon Russell).

Standings

After playing this match, Lincoln City stays with 3 points to occupy the 12th place in the table. On the opposite side, Barnsley has 3 points (13th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Lincoln City will host Mansfield Town on the 24th of August with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Mansfield Town (8 draws).

Barnsley will host Northampton Town on the 24th of August with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Barnsley (2 draws).

Lincoln City – Formation

Lincoln City started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Michael Skubala decided to play with the following team: George Wickens (6.6), Adam Jackson (6.3), Paudie O’Connor (7.8), Sean Roughan (7.1), Ethan Erhahon (7.1), Tendayi Darikwa (7.6), JJ McKiernan (6.4), Tom Bayliss (7.2), Dylan Duffy (7.2), Ben House (7.6) and Jovon Makama (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Conor McGrandles, Dom Jefferies, Tom Hamer (6.8), Jack Moylan (6.3), Robert Street (6.7), Zachary Jeacock and Freddie Draper (6.6).

Substitutions

Lincoln City made 4 changes: JJ McKiernan for Jack Moylan (53′), Adam Jackson for Tom Hamer (75′), Jovon Makama for Freddie Draper (75′) and Ben House for Robert Street (85′).

Player of the match: Paudie O’Connor​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lincoln City was Paudie O’Connor.

His rating is 7.8 with 50 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 18.

Barnsley – Formation

Barnsley started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Darrell Clarke played with: Gabriel Slonina  (8.0), Maël de Gevigney (6.8), Donovan Pines (6.9), Marc Roberts (8.0), Barry Cotter (7.7), Adam Phillips (6.6), Matthew Craig (6.7), Luca Connell (7.3), Josh Earl (6.8), Max Watters (6.6) and Sam Cosgrove (7.7).

They had on the bench: Jon Russell (6.5), Corey O’Keeffe, Kyran Lofthouse (6.7), Georgie Gent (6.6), Aiden Marsh (6.4), Ben Killip and Kacper Lopata.

Substitutions

Barnsley made 4 changes: Max Watters for Aiden Marsh (56′), Barry Cotter for Kyran Lofthouse (78′), Matthew Craig for Jon Russell (57′) and Adam Phillips for Georgie Gent (88′).

Player of the match: Gabriel Slonina ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Barnsley was the goalkeeper: Gabriel Slonina . His rating is 7.96. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Charlton Athletic – Leyton Orient – 1-0
• Shrewsbury Town – Peterborough United – 1-4
• Blackpool – Stockport County – 0-3
• Cambridge United – Crawley Town – 0-1
• Huddersfield Town – Stevenage – 2-1
• Lincoln City – Barnsley – 1-2
• Mansfield Town – Burton Albion – 3-3
• Northampton Town – Exeter City – 2-1
• Reading – Wigan Athletic – 2-0
• Rotherham United – Bristol Rovers – 0-0
• Wycombe Wanderers – Birmingham City – 2-3