English Carabao Cup

Barnsley vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2025-26 English Carabao Cup, Third Round

· English Carabao Cup
Barnsley
    FT
    0 - 6
    Brighton & Hove Albion
    • 9': Diego Gómez
    • 21': Diego Gómez
    • 33': Diego Gómez
    • 68': Diego Gómez
    • 87': Harry Howell
    • 89': Yasin Ayari

    About

    Barnsley are hosting Brighton & Hove Albion at Oakwell, Barnsley, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English Carabao Cup.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Murphy Cooper (Barnsley). Assisted by Diego Gómez with a through ball.
    • 4': Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 4': Reyes Cleary (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Diego Coppola (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Baleba.
    • 9': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Watson.
    • 10': Foul by Neil Farrugia (Barnsley).
    • 10': Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 11': Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 13': Vimal Yoganathan (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 14': Nathanael Ogbeta (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 15': Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Jake Rooney (Barnsley).
    • 15': Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 15': Reyes Cleary (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 15': Vimal Yoganathan (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 17': Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 17': Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luca Connell with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 20': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Maël de Gevigney.
    • 20': Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
    • 21': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Watson following a fast break.
    • 27': Foul by Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 27': Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Foul by Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 28': Jack Shepherd (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 29': Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 3. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal.
    • 37': Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 37': Vimal Yoganathan (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 37': Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vimal Yoganathan following a set piece situation.
    • 41': Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 41': Luca Connell (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nathanael Ogbeta.
    • 44': Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 44': Foul by Reyes Cleary (Barnsley).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 45'+2': Nathanael Ogbeta (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
    • 45': Second Half begins Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 3.
    • 45': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charlie Tasker replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.
    • 46': Attempt blocked. Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Gómez.
    • 46': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 46': Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 46': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 50': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 50': Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 53': Attempt saved. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Murphy Cooper (Barnsley). Assisted by Stefanos Tzimas.
    • 53': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Murphy Cooper.
    • 53': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Carlos Baleba.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Diego Coppola (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Murphy Cooper (Barnsley). Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
    • 54': Foul by Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 54': Murphy Cooper (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley).
    • 55': Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Maël de Gevigney.
    • 56': Attempt saved. Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal by Murphy Cooper (Barnsley). Assisted by Joël Veltman.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
    • 56': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Jack Shepherd.
    • 57': Substitution, Barnsley. Jonathan Bland replaces Luca Connell.
    • 58': Substitution, Barnsley. Josh Earl replaces Jack Shepherd.
    • 58': Substitution, Barnsley. Connor Barratt replaces Nathanael Ogbeta.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Tom Watson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
    • 60': Foul by Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 60': Jonathan Bland (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 61': Davis Keillor-Dunn (Barnsley) hits the bar with a right footed shot from more than 35 yards.
    • 61': Foul by Jon Russell (Barnsley).
    • 61': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 62': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 62': Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 63': Jonathan Bland (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Stefanos Tzimas (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 64': Foul by Neil Farrugia (Barnsley).
    • 64': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jan Paul van Hecke replaces Joël Veltman.
    • 65': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Stefanos Tzimas.
    • 66': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 66': Maël de Gevigney (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 66': Substitution, Barnsley. Adam Phillips replaces Davis Keillor-Dunn.
    • 67': Jonathan Bland (Barnsley) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box following a set piece situation.
    • 68': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 4. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck with a through ball.
    • 70': Foul by Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 70': Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Adam Phillips (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 72': Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 72': Neil Farrugia (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 74': Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Charlie Tasker.
    • 74': Attempt missed. Jon Russell (Barnsley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Phillips with a cross following a corner.
    • 75': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Harry Howell replaces Diego Gómez.
    • 77': Foul by Charlie Tasker (Brighton and Hove Albion).
    • 77': Reyes Cleary (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Foul by Jon Russell (Barnsley).
    • 79': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Substitution, Barnsley. Tennai Watson replaces Jake Rooney.
    • 83': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Tennai Watson.
    • 83': Attempt saved. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner by Murphy Cooper (Barnsley). Assisted by James Milner.
    • 84': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tom Watson is caught offside.
    • 85': Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Harry Howell.
    • 87': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 5. Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Watson following a fast break.
    • 89': Goal! Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 6. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Diego Coppola.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 6.
    • 0': Match ends, Barnsley 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 6.

    Game Information

    Competition: English Carabao Cup

    Venue: Oakwell
    Location: Barnsley, England
    Attendance: 7,790

    Line-Ups

    BAR Barnsley (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Murphy Cooper (GK)
    5 Jack Shepherd
    18 Jake Rooney
    14 Nathanael Ogbeta
    6 Mael Durand De Gevigney
    3 Jonathan Russell
    45 Vimal Yoganathan
    48 Luca Connell
    40 Davis Kellior-Dunn
    19 Reyes Cleary
    23 Neil Farrugia
    Barnsley Substitutes:
    Adam Phillips, Jonathan Bland, Kieran Flavell, Robson Woodcock, Connor Barratt, Joshua Earl, Tennai Watson, Kieran Graham, Leo Farrell.

    BHA Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    23 Jason Steele (GK)
    21 Olivier Boscagli
    42 Diego Coppola
    34 Joël Veltman
    24 Ferdi Kadioglu Yellow Card
    18 Danny Welbeck
    20 James Milner
    17 Carlos Baleba Yellow Card
    9 Stefanos Tzimas Yellow Card
    14 Tom Watson
    25 Diego Gómez
    Brighton & Hove Albion Substitutes:
    Jan Paul van Hecke, Charlie Tasker, Tom McGill, Lewis Dunk, Harry Howell, Yasin Ayari, Kaoru Mitoma, Charalambos Kostoulas, Georginio Rutter.

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