Peterborough 0 - 1 Barnsley - Match Report

The Super Reds continued their excellent start to the season with a 1-0 win at Peterborough United on Tuesday evening.

Caylan Vickers opened the scoring just before half-time then the Reds kept their first clean sheet in 19 matches going all the way back to February.

Barnsley now have ten points from four league matches while Peterborough have lost all their games.

Tennai Watson and Patrick Kelly made their full league debuts in place of the benched Jono Bland and the suspended Vimal Yoganathan.

Peterborough started the game on top with Carl Johnston shooting over from just outside the box. Jack Shepherd then gifted the ball to Cian Hayes whose low cross from the left was well-cleared by Josh Earl.

Adam Phillips played in Vickers on the right of the box on 14 minutes, but his chipped effort was caught by the keeper.

Kelly then shot over from just inside the box after Luca Connell won the ball then Phillips cut into the box and pulled it back.

Peterborough should have taken the lead on 38 minutes, but Murphy Cooper produced a fine save to deny Klaidi Lolos who was ten yards out after Kyrell Lisbie laid the ball off to him in the box.

Connell then lost the ball to Lisbie who sprinted down the right and crossed low, but Bradley Ihionvien could not reach the ball only a few yards out.

The reds’ goal arrived on 45 minutes when Vickers cut in from the right wing, beating two defenders, and shot from just outside the box, with defender David Okagbue heading into his own net.

The Reds could have scored again before the break as Phillips won the ball on the right of the box but saw a pull-back intercepted. From the resulting Connell corner, Shepherd saw a shot saved off the line by Brandon Khela.

Phillips almost doubled the lead two minutes into the second half but he shot just wide of the bottom right corner after Vickers was picked out by a superb Nathanael Ogbeta pass and pulled the ball back.

Peterborough had a good spell and almost levelled when Bradley Ihionvien headed down a cross from the right and Brandon Khela volleyed onto the bar under pressure from Kelly. That followed a sloppy spell from Barnsley who lost possession often.

Connell’s effort from a 25-yard free-kick was then spilt onto the right post by Vincente Reyes in the Peterborough goal.

McGoldrick then missed two glorious chances within a minute. First, he hit the base of the left post from the right of the box after collecting a Vickers pass then, after Kelly won the ball and Connell put him clean through, he shot wide of the bottom right corner.

Substitute Bland saw a 25-yard shot saved then Phillips was played clean through by Earl deep in stoppage time but denied one-on-one.

In the final seconds of the 98th minute, Gustaf Lindgren turned over from a few yards out from a James Dornelly cross.

Barnsley (4-2-3-1): Cooper; Watson, Shepherd, Earl, Ogbeta (Bland 77), Connell, Kelly (Russell 84); Vickers (Cleary 90), Phillips, Keillor-Dunn; McGoldrick,

Unused: Flavell, Farrugia, Barratt, Farrell.

Yellow cards: Watson, Earl, Cleary.

Goal: Vickers 45.

Peterborough (4-2-3-1): Reyes; Dornelly, Nevett, Okagbue, Johnston; Collins (Lindgren 77) , Khela; Hayes (Frith 58mins), Lolos (O’Brien-Brady 66), Lisbie (Odoh 66); Ihionvien.

Unused: Smith, Mills, Mendonca, .

Yellow cards: Dornelly.

Another victory for Barnsley who remain unbeaten this season.

COYR