Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Barnsley

J. Russell 59'

A. Phillips 68'

Rotherham

A. Martha 19'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

2nd Round

August 26, 2025 6:45pm

Oakwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Key stats

Ball Possession

62%

38%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Barnsley 4-2-3-1

Rotherham 5-3-2

Goalkeeper

C. Dawson

6.9

Defenders

N. Farrugia

8.3

A. Martha

7.7

J. Shepherd

7.9

R. James

6.9

Connor Barratt

7.7

S. Raggett

6.7

M. de Gevigney

6.9

D. Hall

6.5

Marvin Marvellous Kaleta

5.6

Midfielders

Vimal Yoganathan

6.2

D. Yearwood

6.7

Jonathan Bland

7.2

L. Kelly

6.9

Caylan Vickers

6.9

S. McWilliams

7.2

J. Russell

7.3

R. Cleary

6.7

Forwards

D. Keillor-Dunn

6.3

K. Etete

6.7

J. Hugill

6.7

Other

Murphy Joseph Cooper

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Highest rating

8.3

N. Farrugia

7.7

A. Martha

Match Summary

On August 26, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Barnsley faced off against Rotherham at Oakwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The game concluded with Barnsley securing a victory. With 62% possession, Barnsley versus Rotherham's 38% and shots on goal at 4 to 8. Barnsley had 86% successful passes (of 537 passes) over Rotherham which had 74% successful passes (of 320 passes). The outstanding efforts by N. Farrugia and A. Martha played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

5-3-2

Cooper

Gevigney

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
59/67

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/11

Barratt

7.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
66/71

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/12

Shepherd

7.9

Played:
70Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
53/59

Won duels:
7/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Farrugia

8.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
30/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Bland

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
49/59

Won duels:
8/10

Dribbles:
2/2

Yoganathan

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
33/34

Won duels:
1/10

Cleary

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/15

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/7

Dribbles:
0/2

Russell

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
20/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Vickers

6.9

Played:
81Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/35

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/2

Keillor-Dunn

6.3

Played:
70Min

Accurate passes:
15/20

Won duels:
0/2

Etete

6.7

Played:
52Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/6

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Hugill

6.7

Played:
80Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
8/18

Won duels:
12/26

Yearwood

6.7

Played:
80Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/25

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Kelly

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
28/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

McWilliams

7.2

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
13/15

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Martha

7.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
27/29

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
6/14

Dribbles:
2/5

James

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
33/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/10

Raggett

6.7

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
15/20

Won duels:
3/3

Hall

6.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/35

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Kaleta

5.6

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
10/16

Won duels:
0/6

Dribbles:
0/3

Dawson

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
3 of 5

Accurate passes:
28/48

Won duels:
1/2

Substitutes

Coach

Conor Geraroid Hourihane

Kelly

6.7

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Farrell

6.3

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
4/7

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
0/3

Earl

7.3

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
4/4

Ogbeta

7.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
25/26

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Phillips

7.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
23/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Graham

Flavell

Coach

Matthew Hamshaw

Holmes

6.6

Played:
10Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
1/1

Powell

6.7

Played:
10Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
1/2

Rafferty

6.2

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
9/10

Gore

6.2

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
8/11

Won duels:
1/7

Dribbles:
0/2

Sherif

6.2

Played:
38Min

Accurate passes:
2/5

Won duels:
1/5

Clarke

Richardson

McGuckin

Cann

Stats

Ball Possession

Barnsley: 62%

Rotherham: 38%

Total Shots

Barnsley: 15

Rotherham: 13

Shots on Goal

Barnsley: 4

Rotherham: 8

Corner Kicks

Barnsley: 2

Rotherham: 3

Offsides

Barnsley: 1

Rotherham: 6

Fouls

Barnsley: 10

Rotherham: 12

Yellow Cards

Barnsley: 2

Rotherham: 2

Red Cards

Barnsley: 0

Rotherham: 0

Total Passes

Barnsley: 537

Rotherham: 320

Goals Prevented

Barnsley: 0

Rotherham: 0

Passes Accuracy

Barnsley: 464 (86%)

Rotherham: 236 (74%)

Barnsley vs Rotherham

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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