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Doncaster — Barnsley, League One

League One
Doncaster D29 Aug · Away Stevenage · 2:2D1 Sep · Home Notts County · 1:1L5 Sep · Home Plymouth · 2:3L8 Sep · Home Huddersfield · 1:3L12 Sep · Away AFC Wimbledon · 0:1W19 Sep · Away Peterborough · 2:0
0:0
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Barnsley W2 Sep · Home Blackpool · 2:1L5 Sep · Home Stevenage · 1:5L12 Sep · Away Plymouth · 0:3D15 Sep · Away Peterborough · 3:3D19 Sep · Home Leicester · 1:1L22 Sep · Home Leeds United U21 · 3:4
Venue: Eco-Power Stadium City: Doncaster

In the League One game on 22 August 2026, Doncaster beat Barnsley 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 3:1, fouls 13:11.

Match report

Dонкастер and Барнсли played out a goalless draw in League One on Saturday evening. The result left the hosts rooted to twentieth place with four points from four games, while the visitors moved up to fifth with seven points. Neither side created enough to justify their possession advantage, and by then it was clear this would be a match decided by patience rather than brilliance. The twenty-first minute always finds me looking away from the ball — watching the space behind the midfield line instead. That's where this game lived. Донкастер sat deeper, accepting Барнсли's pressure without trying to force play. The visitors had fifty-nine per cent of possession but struggled to turn it into anything meaningful. Three shots on target against six off target tells you everything about their frustration. «And here's the thing» — the coaching staff decisions told more of the story than the scoreline. Донкастер brought on Makenzie Kirk in the sixty-eighth minute, followed by George Broadbent and Hakeeb Adelakun together at seventy-three. Барнсли responded with Luke Alker and Alfie May for their last two changes. Neither manager found a way back into a game that was slipping away from both sides. The statistics paint a picture of a match drifting rather than building. Донкастер completed seventy-two per cent of their passes across 266 attempts, while Барнсли managed seventy-two per cent from 383. The visitors created three big chances, yet registered zero. That's not a formula for winning. «To be fair», the home side's goalkeeper had one save to make. Барнсли's keeper was called into action three times. Both kept their heads when the game demanded it, and both left with a point they had little right to expect. The table says nothing yet — fifth place with seven points is no guarantee, and twentieth with four points is no disaster. What matters is that neither side found a way to break the other down.Football documentaries always show the goals, but the real game was played in the spaces between.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 41 – 59
Shots on target 3 – 1
Shots off target 6 – 6
Big chances 3 – 0

Match events

  1. 61' 0:0 Doncaster Yellow card Jordan Thomas
  2. 63' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution Jordan Thomas off: Leon Ayinde
  3. 68' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Makenzie Kirk off: Noah Philip Town
  4. 73' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution George Broadbent off: Isaac Hutchinson
  5. 73' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution Hakeeb Adelakun off: Bayley McCann
  6. 75' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Amani Richards off: Reyes Cleary
  7. 83' 0:0 Barnsley Yellow card Josh Earl
  8. 86' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Luke Alker off: Clayton Taylor
  9. 88' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution Alfie May off: Brandon Hanlan

Statistics

41 Possession, % 59
3 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 6
3 Big chances 0
86 Attacks 97
4 Corners 4
13 Fouls 11
11 Free kicks 13
6 Offsides 3
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
12 Goal kicks 11
24 Throw-ins 26
All statistics
28/4464% Aerial duels 16/4436%
35 Backward passes 44
3 Blocked shots 6
35 Clearances 34
6/1638% Crosses 5/2322%
9/1656% Dribbles 8/1747%
119 Failed passes 107
1 Goalkeeper saves 3
11 Interceptions 12
10 Key passes 6
21/8824% Long passes 21/6333%
43 Passes into the final third 89
182 Passes in the opposition half 245
100 Passes in own half 161
0.25 Shot accuracy 0.08
5 Shots from outside the box 8
7 Shots inside the box 5
14/2167% Tackles 7/1644%
266 Total passes 383

Line-ups

Doncaster

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Tommy Simkin 1
2 Jamie Michael Sterry 2
6 John-Alan McGrath 6
12 Neill Byrne 12
23 Jack Christopher Senior 23
4 Owen John Edward Bailey 4
8 George Broadbent 8
19 J. Thomas 19
22 Robbie Gotts 22
10 Alfie May 10
47 Hakeeb Adeola Jerome Abiola Ayinde Adelakun 47
Substitutes
# Player number
42 Joshua Clarke 42
25 Bayley McCann 25
27 Seán Grehan 27
20 Darren Robert Russell Robinson 20
21 Isaac Hutchinson 21
9 Brandon Alex Graham Hanlan 9
11 L. Ainde 11
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Barnsley

Starting XI
# Player number
25 Rogan Ravenhill 25
2 A. Kay 2
4 Sam Gale 4
11 T. Nossin 11
32 Josh Earl 32
8 Cameron Alexander McGeehan 8
17 Amani Richards 17
22 Patrick Kelly 22
48 Luca John Connell 48
9 MaKenzie Kirk 9
36 Luke Alker 36
Substitutes
# Player number
51 Kieran Flavell 51
5 Jack Shepherd 5
7 Corey James John O'Keeffe 7
34 Noah Philip Town 34
30 J. Blend 30
13 Clayton John Taylor 13
19 Reyes Demar Uriah Cleary 19
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