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Barnet — Fleetwood Town: 3:1, League Two

League Two
Barnet W22 Aug · Away Shrewsbury · 3:1D29 Aug · Home Cheltenham · 2:2D1 Sep · Away Exeter City · 1:1D5 Sep · Away Chesterfield · 3:3W12 Sep · Home Accrington ST · 2:1W19 Sep · Home Fleetwood Town · 3:1
3:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Fleetwood Town D1 Sep · Home Oldham · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Shrewsbury · 2:0D12 Sep · Away Newport County AFC · 1:1W16 Sep · Home Sheffield United · 1:0L19 Sep · Away Barnet · 1:3L22 Sep · Away Oldham · 0:1
Venue: The Hive Stadium City: London

In the League Two game on 19 September 2026, Barnet beat Fleetwood Town 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:4, corners 5:6.

Match report

Barnet beat Fleetwood Town 3-1 in League Two's seventh round on Saturday afternoon. The hosts stayed top of the table while the visitors slipped further away from them. And here's the thing — you don't need a highlight reel to see who won this one.

Kabongo Tshimanga gave Barnet the lead with a penalty ten minutes in. Will Davies equalised for Fleetwood before the break, then Charlie Lakin and Idris Kanu put the hosts ahead for good. By then the match had settled into a rhythm neither side could shake.

Barnet played the second half a man up after Nnamdi Ofoborh was sent off in the eighty-fifth minute. The red card came on the back of a yellow, and Fleetwood had to weather the storm for the final quarter. Eight substitutions in total, with Barnet making five and Fleetwood four.

Fleetwood dominated possession at 57 per cent but could not break through. Barnet registered six shots on target to their four, and the accuracy figures tell the story — 46 per cent versus 27 per cent. Big chances created: zero for both sides. Cup football has its own rules, but this was League Two, and the better side took their points.

The result keeps Barnet clear at the summit with 15 points from seven games. Fleetwood remain eleventh with 10, a gap that now looks wider. They were overrun in midfield when Ofoborh left, and that is the sort of thing that decides matches.

Prepared from match data

Video

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Key numbers

Possession, % 43 – 57.00
Shots on target 6 – 4
Shots off target 4 – 5
Attacks 60 – 62

Match events

  1. 10' 1:0 Barnet Penalty Kabongo Tshimanga
  2. 36' 1:1 Fleetwood Town Goal Will davies
  3. 43' 1:1 Fleetwood Town Yellow card Shaun Rooney
  4. 60' 2:1 Barnet Goal Charlie Lakin
  5. 62' 3:1 Barnet Goal Idris Kanu assist: Kabongo Tshimanga
  6. 63' 3:1 Fleetwood Town Substitution Will davies off: Ched Evans
  7. 64' 3:1 Fleetwood Town Substitution Ronan Coughlan off: Aaron Loupalo-Bi
  8. 69' 3:1 Barnet Yellow card Oisin Gallagher
  9. 73' 3:1 Barnet Substitution Oisin Gallagher off: Nnamdi Ofoborh
  10. 75' 3:1 Barnet Yellow card Idris Kanu
  11. 76' 3:1 Fleetwood Town Substitution Adam Murphy off: Josh Robertson
  12. 76' 3:1 Fleetwood Town Substitution R. Bennett off: Conor Haughey
  13. 77' 3:1 Barnet Substitution Idris Kanu off: J Maskell
  14. 78' 3:1 Barnet Substitution Tom Knowles off: Isiah Noel Williams
  15. 85' 3:1 Barnet Yellow card Nnamdi Ofoborh
  16. 85' 3:1 Barnet Red card Nnamdi Ofoborh
  17. 90+1' 3:1 Barnet Substitution Kabongo Tshimanga off: Damola Ajayi
  18. 90+5' 3:1 Fleetwood Town Yellow card Ched Evans

Statistics

43 Possession, % 57.00
6 Shots on target 4
4 Shots off target 5
0 Big chances 0
60 Attacks 62
5 Corners 6
20 Fouls 19
19 Free kicks 20
7 Offsides 3
3 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
4 Goal kicks 8
26 Throw-ins 29
All statistics
3 Blocked shots 6
40 Clearances 25
134 Failed passes 135
3 Goalkeeper saves 2
0.46 Shot accuracy 0.27
2 Shots from outside the box 6
11 Shots inside the box 9
13/1776% Tackles 9/9100%
254 Total passes 329

Line-ups

Barnet

Starting XI
# Player number
13 Matthew Cox 13
3 Romoney Crichlow-Noble 3
4 Danny Collinge 4
5 Adam Nicholas Senior 5
6 Michael Issac Williams 6
7 Tom Knowles 7
8 Charlie Lakin 8
11 Idris Sheka Kanu 11
14 Brandon Comley 14
22 Oisín Gallagher 22
20 Kabongo Tshimanga 20
Substitutes
# Player number
12 Will Wright 12
10 Nathan Nnamdi Ugochukwu Benjam Asigboro Ofoborh 10
23 Jake Kenny Reeves 23
9 J. Maskell 9
17 D. Ajayi 17
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Fleetwood Town

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Jay Lynch 1
5 F. Potter 5
6 Rhys Bennett 6
26 Shaun Antony Rooney 26
3 Danny Andrew 3
4 Harrison Neal 4
10 Mark Helm 10
14 Lewis McCann 14
15 Adam Murphy 15
9 Will Davis 9
19 Ronan Liam Coughlan 19
Substitutes
# Player number
22 James Pradic 22
16 Conor Hogan 16
29 Raffaele Cirino 29
27 Crispin MacLean 27
28 J. Robertson 28
17 Chedwyn Michael Evans 17
20 Aaron Bradley Loupalo-Bi 20
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Recent form

Barnet

W22 Aug · Away Shrewsbury · 3:1D29 Aug · Home Cheltenham · 2:2D1 Sep · Away Exeter City · 1:1D5 Sep · Away Chesterfield · 3:3W12 Sep · Home Accrington ST · 2:1W19 Sep · Home Fleetwood Town · 3:1

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Fleetwood Town

D1 Sep · Home Oldham · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Shrewsbury · 2:0D12 Sep · Away Newport County AFC · 1:1W16 Sep · Home Sheffield United · 1:0L19 Sep · Away Barnet · 1:3L22 Sep · Away Oldham · 0:1

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