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Barnsley

Saturday 2 August 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-2 · Referee Declan Bourne

Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley: stats, form and bet builder picks

Neither side had played a League One game this season before this match, so there are no figures yet.

Overview

Lineups

Form

Table

Match stats

Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley, full match

53%

Possession

47%

1.30

Expected goals (xG)

1.21

15

Shots

12

3

Shots on target

7

9

Corners

5

9

Fouls

18

2

Yellow cards

5

0

Red cards

1

2

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

13'

Own goal

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu BAR

30'

Goal

Adam Phillips BAR

35'

Yellow card

David McGoldrick BAR

45+4'

Yellow card

Bradley Ibrahim PLY

45+4'

Yellow card

Jack Shepherd BAR

45+4'

Yellow card

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu PLY

49'

Yellow card

Jonathan Bland BAR

50'

Goal

Caleb Watts PLY

63'

Second yellow

Jack Shepherd BAR

70'

Yellow card

Jon Russell BAR

86'

Goal

Davis Keillor-Dunn BAR

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Plymouth Argyle

3-1-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Luca Ashby-Hammond

DEFENDERS

29

MIDFIELDERS

6

Malachi Boateng

23

Bradley Ibrahim

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu

FORWARDS

10

17

SUBSTITUTES

8

18

Barnsley

4-1-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

Murphy Cooper

DEFENDERS

5

MIDFIELDERS

45

48

FORWARDS

SUBSTITUTES

51

19

22

30

Referee: Declan Bourne

3 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

5.3

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

5.3

Red cards per game

0.33

Fouls per game

23.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.33

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Form

Home / Away

All games

Plymouth Argyle

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Barnsley

Last 5 games before this match

No games before this match yet.

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Plymouth Argyle and Barnsley haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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