Doncaster 0:0 Barnsley: result and stats

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

🟨 61' Jordan Thomas — Yellow card ⇄ 63' Jordan Thomas — Substitution ⇄ 68' Makenzie Kirk — Substitution ⇄ 73' George Broadbent — Substitution ⇄ 73' Hakeeb Adelakun — Substitution ⇄ 75' Amani Richards — Substitution 🟨 83' Josh Earl — Yellow card ⇄ 86' Luke Alker — Substitution ⇄ 88' Alfie May — Substitution

Match events

61' 0:0 Doncaster Yellow card Jordan Thomas
63' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution Jordan Thomas off: Leon Ayinde
68' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Makenzie Kirk off: Noah Philip Town
73' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution George Broadbent off: Isaac Hutchinson
73' 0:0 Doncaster Substitution Hakeeb Adelakun off: Bayley McCann
75' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Amani Richards off: Reyes Cleary
83' 0:0 Barnsley Yellow card Josh Earl
86' 0:0 Barnsley Substitution Luke Alker off: Clayton Taylor
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

44 Aerial duels 44

35 Backward passes 44

3 Blocked shots 6

35 Clearances 34

16 Crosses 23

16 Dribbles 17

119 Failed passes 107

1 Goalkeeper saves 3

11 Interceptions 12

10 Key passes 6

88 Long passes 63

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

28 Aerial duels won 16

6 Successful crosses 5

9 Successful dribbles 8

21 Successful long passes 21

14 Successful tackles 7

147 Successful passes 276

21 Tackles 16

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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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Huddersfield	4	3	1	0	10
2	Sheffield Wednesday FC	4	3	0	1	9
3	Blackpool	4	2	1	1	7
4	Burton Albion	4	2	1	1	7
5	Barnsley	4	2	1	1	7
6	Cambridge United	4	2	1	1	7
7	Luton	4	2	1	1	7
8	Leyton Orient	4	2	0	2	6
9	Stockport County	4	2	0	2	6
10	Notts County	4	1	3	0	6

Doncaster — Barnsley, League One

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