Reds come from behind to win at Fleetwood

29/09/18

Barnsley won 3-1 at Fleetwood Town to move up two places in League One to fifth.

The hosts took the lead through former Oakwell youth player Harrison Biggins but the Reds led 2-1 at half-time thanks to Jacob Brown’s first career goal and a fine strike by Kieffer Moore. Mamadou Thiam came off the bench to secure the win in injury-time.

Head coach Daniel Stendel made one change to the side that was due to play Burton Albion a week earlier before the game was called off. Victor Adeboyejo, who would have made his first start against Burton, was replaced by Mike Bahre, who played behind Moore with George Moncur and Brown on the wings.

Adam Jackson, making his first appearance in League One, nodded wide twice from set pieces by Alex Mowatt who almost scored twice from two intended crosses but goalkeeper Alex Cairns got the ball away.

At the other end, Wes Burns forced a simple save out of Adam Davies then Ched Evans headed over a free-kick from close range but it was the hosts who took the lead on 19 minutes.

James Husband powered down the left wing and fired in a low cross which was tapped into the empty net from close range by Biggins whose father Wayne used to play for Barnsley.

The Reds had looked sloppy early on but responded well to the goal and levelled after half an hour. Brown ran onto a good ball by Mowatt and, after a scramble involving goalkeeper Cairns and a defender, he tapped into the open net for 1-1.

It was 2-1 ten minutes later when Moore picked up the ball just outside the box and fired a powerful effort into the bottom left corner for his seventh goal of the season.

The second half was a dull event, with Fleetwood only really threatening from free-kicks as Biggins almost netted another but just missed the ball stretching at the back post while both Burns and Cian Bolger headed wide. Goalkeeper Davies dropped a cross in his box then had to scramble back to tip Lewie Coyle’s lobbed effort over the bar.

Barnsley barely threatened except Mowatt from two wayward Mowatt long-range efforts. But the visitors made it 3-1 in injury-time on the counter-attacker when Adeboyejo played in Mamadou Thiam who lashed hone from a tight angle on the left of the box.

AS IT HAPPENED

15:00pm

Looks like George Moncur on the left wing with Mike Bahre behind Moore
15:02pm

2 First shot on target is from Fleetwood's Wes Burns who cuts in from the left and shoots straight at Adam Davies from 20 yards. Easy stop
15:03pm

It's a very sunny September day here near the seaside
15:04pm

Both sides are essentially playing five across midfield with Ched Evans and Kieffer Moore up front at either end
15:04pm

4 Mowatt's free-kick from the left is headed by Adam Jackson but easily gathered by the home goalkeeper Alex Cairns when it was bouncing well wide anyway
15:05pm

This is Jackson's first ever action in League One after playing in the lower division with Hartlepool then the Championship with Barnsley who have kept him on the bench this season until today
15:06pm

The pitch was heavily watered before the game and spray is flicking up with every step and every kick of the ball
15:07pm

Barnsley have started to play some nice football, with Moncur and Bahre linking up well, but it was 40 yards from the home goal and the move eventually breaks down
15:08pm

Barnsley have lost the ball a couple of times already in their half of the right with Jacob Brown and Dimitri Cavare at fault, but their team-mates have bailed them out
15:08pm

9 George Moncur's left-wing free-kick is headed away by a defender at the back post
15:09pm

9 Mowatt's corner almost drifts all the way in at the near post but his former Leeds club-mate Alex Cairns, in goal for the hosts, kicks it away awkwardly then falls into his net as the ball is cleared
15:10pm

That one almost snuck in as Cairns' view was obscured by Jacob Brown's front post run
15:11pm

11 Tommy Spurr puts the ball behind and Barnsley have a corner
15:12pm

12 Mowatt's corner from the right is very high and met at the back post by Adam Jackson who is at a tight angle and heads it into the side netting
15:14pm

Daniel Stendel is standing on the edge of his technical area, shielding his eyes from the sun with his hand while Joey Barton is sitting down next to assistant Clint Hill most of the time
15:15pm

15 Ryan Taylor's left-wing corner goes over everyone in the Barnsley box and out for a goal-kick
15:17pm

17 Brown gives away a free-kick on the left wing which Taylor curls in and Evans heads over at the near post, having very little time to react six yards out
15:18pm

GOAL!

Harrison Biggins
15:19pm

Good work by Ched Evans on the right and he sends in a low cross which Biggins taps into the open net
15:20pm

It's a massive moment for Biggins, who gets his first league goal against the club who released him as a youngster and who his dad Wayne used to play for
15:21pm

That was way too easy for Fleetwood to cut through the Reds who were totally exposed on their rank flank which had looked weak all game
15:22pm

22 Mowatt's deep free-kick almost sneaks in but Cairns tips the cross out of his top corner . The resulting corner is then cleared
15:23pm

Barnsley have been pretty lively since going behind, spending a lot of time in the home half without cutting Town open
15:23pm

That goal by Biggins is the first ever scored by a Fleetwood player here against Barnsley
15:24pm

Falling behind has certainly dampened the away end's spirits after they were very loud before. The home fans are now the ones singing the most
15:26pm

26 Tommy Spurr's long throw is cleared. Fleetwood clearly trying to get as many set pieces into the away box as possible
15:28pm

Approaching the half hour and it is the hosts who look the more dangerous in attack, helped by Barnsley giving the ball away a lot
15:30pm

30 Moore wins a header but only after he had barged a home player to the floor, for which he concedes a free-kick
15:32pm

GOAL!

Jacob Brown
15:32pm

The 20-year-old scores his first for Barnsley!
15:34pm

It was a tap-in into the empty net after he powers his way past a defender and the goalkeeper in a scrappy piece of play, following a great pass over the top by Mowatt
15:35pm

YELLOW CARD

Jacob Brown is the first player booked after sliding in on Wes Burns
15:36pm

So the two scorers used to play together for Barnsley under 18s and have both netted their first league goals
15:36pm

SUB ON

Cian Bolger
15:36pm

SUB OFF

Tommy Spurr, the Fleetwood centre-back limps off
15:38pm

38 Decent move by Fleetwood on their right sees Jackson put the ball behind for a corner
15:38pm

39 The corner flicks off an attacker's head but goes all the way out for a goal kick on the other side
15:41pm

GOAL!

Kieffer Moore with a brilliant strike into the bottom left corner from 20 yards
15:42pm

A great powerful shot, his seventh goal of the season. And the away fans are absolutely loving it now
15:43pm

Another cheer from the Barnsley supporters as Adam Davies races out of his box to the left and blasts it out the ground into one of the streets nearby
15:43pm

44 Moore looks really confident now, he comes in from the left wing and is tripped over, giving Barnsley a free-kick 25 yards out,.
15:44pm

45 Moncur's free-kick is blazed well over from out on the left
15:46pm

Jacob Brown is down in some pain and being treated after accidentally being tackled by his team-mate Alex Mowatt
15:46pm

He's up now as Barnsley defend a throw in
16:00pm

Brown's goal
16:01pm

Second half underway
16:01pm

The pitch has taken another heavy dousing from the sprinklers at half-time
16:03pm

Brown after scoring
16:04pm

A quiet start to the second half, with both teams now shooting towards their own fans
16:06pm

Dani Pinillos is heavily tackled by Lewie Coyle then makes the point to the linesman that it is the second time the home right-back has come in with lunges like that. Both times he got the ball and no foul was given
16:07pm

52 Ryan Taylor's right-wing free-kick is headed at the back post by Wes Burns and it nestles on the roof of the net
16:11pm

55 Evans is played down the left into the box and his low cross is deflected wide for a corner
16:11pm

56 A foul is given as the corner comes on and Adam Davies clears his kick up to Cairns at the other end
16:14pm

58 George Moncur shoots from 25 yards out but it is a weak, low effort which trickles well wide
16:14pm

Fleetwood's fans are trying to get behind their team, with a loud drum beat and some singing. But they are behind approaching the hour mark
16:16pm

Now there is a flare up in the area between the two sets of coaching staff. Daniel Stendel and Joey Barton pointing at each other. Coach Christopher Stern is booked for his part in it
16:18pm

Fleetwood looked annoyed that Barnsley didn't kick the ball out for an injured player
16:20pm

Joey Barton's getting quite peeved on the bench now, regularly complaining to the fourth official like just now when Kieffer Moore won a free-kick on halfway
16:20pm

No much penalty area action in this second half which is getting very scrappy and bad-tempered.
16:20pm

YELLOW CARD

Dani Pinillos booked for kicking the ball away after free-kick given to hosts
16:21pm

66 The free-kick is cleared by another one is awarded seconds later on the other side, the left
16:22pm

67 The ball goes all the way over the Reds defence and is just missed by Biggins at the back post
16:23pm

67 The corner is cleared, Bahre leads a counter and Husband seems to commit a backpass to his goalkeeper but it is not given to the fury of the away end
16:23pm

Fleetwood make their second change of the day, with midfield Jason Holt being replaced by striker Chris Long
16:24pm

SUB OFF

George Moncur, who has not had his best game
16:24pm

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Mamadou Thiam takes up his place on the left wing
16:26pm

70 Mowatt lets fly from 30 yard but his shot drifts high and wide of the top left corner
16:27pm

The quality in this half has been very low. Fleetwood are still trying to break through that Barnsley backline with a few intricate moves but they are not getting them right
16:27pm

Kyle Dempsey, a former Barnsley transfer target, is coming on for goal-scorer Harrison Biggins
16:28pm

73 Barnsley win a corner on the right wing which Mowatt will take
16:29pm

It is punched away by the goalkeeper then Pinillos shoots well wide from 40 yards
16:32pm

YELLOW CARD

Kyle Dempsey is booked after bringing down Dougall who was set to lead a counter attack
16:33pm

Fleetwood have attacked a lot more than their visitors in this half but their final pass or cross has really let them down so far and the Barnsley defence have not really been threatened
16:33pm

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Mike Bahre is cheered off by the away fans
16:34pm

SUB ON

Victor Adeboyejo comes on
16:35pm

80 Evans' cross deflected off Pinillos then Davies turns it behind
16:36pm

Two corners in a row for the hosts and Barnsley are under pressure
16:36pm

81 Ross Wallace's corner is headed well wide by Cian Bolger
16:37pm

82 Burns' low cross from the right wing is easily caught by Davies
16:38pm

Barnsley are now playing a 4-4-2 with Adeboyejo up front alongside Moore
16:40pm

Into the 85th minute of what could be a valuable away win for the Reds
16:41pm

85 Davies claims a Lewie Coyle cross at the second attempt after initially fumbling
16:42pm

86 Mowatt tries again from long-distance, this tine curling over the bar from about 25 yards out
16:43pm

SUB OFF

Jacob Brown is cheered off after scoring his first goal
16:43pm

SUB ON

Cameron McGeehan comes on
16:45pm

89 Adam Davies comes to the edge of the box to claim a cross but drops it then scrambles back to tip Coyle's lob over the bar. The corner is poor and cleared by McGeehan at the near post
16:46pm

90 Moore unleashes another low long-range shot but this time it is saved by Cairns diving low to his right
16:47pm

We are now more than a minute into the four added minutes awarded
16:48pm

YELLOW CARD

Kieffer Moore is booked after sliding in on a Fleetwood defender
16:49pm

GOAL!

Mamadou Thiam secures the win !
16:50pm

Barnsley break through Adeboyejo plays in Thiam and the finish from the left of the box is smashed home
16:51pm

FULL-TIME: Fleetwood 1, Barnsley 3.

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