Match ends, Scunthorpe United 2, Barnsley 0.
ScunthorpeScunthorpe United2BarnsleyBarnsley0
Scunthorpe United eased to victory over Barnsley, whose losing streak in League One was extended to six games.
Tykes keeper Nick Townsend's awful attempted clearance gifted Tom Hopper his first goal of the season.
And the Iron doubled their lead after Gary McSheffrey drilled home Scott Wiseman's pinpoint cross.
Barnsley's day went from bad to worse as former Scunthorpe striker Sam Winnall had his penalty saved by Luke Daniels after a foul by Murray Wallace.
Scunthorpe United manager Mark Robins told BBC Radio Humberside:
"I thought we were good. I thought we deserved the three points in the end. I thought it was a hard-fought game and I thought we were made to work all the way through the game.
"We've got a goalkeeper to thank for a couple of really, really top saves.
"I think the penalty save was a good save, but there were others during the game that we've got to thank him for.
"Game management in the second half was good and towards the end of the game we had our best spell of possession I would say because we kept the ball away from them."
Line-ups
Scunthorpe
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Daniels
- 2Wiseman
- 5Mirfin
- 23M WallaceBooked at 44mins
- 3Laird
- 12Bishop
- 18King
- 19RoweBooked at 78mins
- 9MaddenBooked at 78mins
- 22HopperSubstituted forHendersonat 59'minutes
- 28McSheffreySubstituted forWilliamsat 81'minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 4McAllister
- 7Williams
- 10van Veen
- 11Henderson
- 13Anyon
- 17Lolley
- 33Clarke
Barnsley
Formation 5-3-2
- 13TownsendBooked at 79mins
- 32Wabara
- 4Roberts
- 26Mawson
- 5Nyatanga
- 3SmithSubstituted forTempletonat 90+1'minutes
- 7ScowenBooked at 77mins
- 19Pearson
- 34IsgroveSubstituted forMarisat 85'minutes
- 12SmithSubstituted forWilkinsonat 74'minutes
- 9Winnall
Substitutes
- 1Davies
- 2Bree
- 11Jackson
- 16Maris
- 17Abbott
- 18Wilkinson
- 29Templeton
- Referee:
- Stuart Attwell
- Attendance:
- 4,147
Match Stats
Home TeamScunthorpeAway TeamBarnsley
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home7
- Away7
- Corners
- Home6
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away12
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 2, Barnsley 0.
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Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Barnsley).
Booking
Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United).
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Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Barnsley. Matthew Templeton replaces George Smith.
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Attempt saved. George Maris (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Barnsley. George Maris replaces Lloyd Isgrove.
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Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
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Attempt saved. Josh Scowen (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt saved. David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Alfie Mawson.
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Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by George Smith.
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Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by George Smith.
Substitution
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Luke Williams replaces Gary McSheffrey.
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Darius Henderson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Marc Roberts (Barnsley).
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Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
