Scunthorpe United 2-0 Barnsley

Gary McSheffrey previously had spells at Birmingham City and Coventry

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:

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Robins on Scunthorpe v Barnsley

"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."

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Line-ups

Scunthorpe

• 1Daniels
• 2Wiseman
• 5Mirfin
• 23WallaceBooked 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

• 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

Posted at

Match ends, Scunthorpe United 2, Barnsley 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+8'

Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 2, Barnsley 0.

Posted at 90'+7'

Murray Wallace (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+7'

Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Barnsley).

Booking

Posted at 90'+2'

Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Luke Williams (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 90'+2'

Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+1'

Substitution, Barnsley. Matthew Templeton replaces George Smith.

Posted at 85'

Attempt saved. George Maris (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Barnsley. George Maris replaces Lloyd Isgrove.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Luke Daniels.

Posted at 84'

Attempt saved. Josh Scowen (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Alfie Mawson.

Posted at 83'

Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by George Smith.

Posted at 82'

Corner, Scunthorpe United. Conceded by George Smith.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Luke Williams replaces Gary McSheffrey.

Posted at 81'

Darius Henderson (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Marc Roberts (Barnsley).

Posted at 80'

Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Sam Winnall (Barnsley).

Booking

Posted at 79'

Nick Townsend (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Booking

Posted at 78'

Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Booking

Posted at 78'

Tommy Rowe (Scunthorpe United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 77'

Tommy Rowe (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Josh Scowen (Barnsley).

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Barnsley. Conor Wilkinson replaces Michael Smith.

Posted at 74'

Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Luke Daniels.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Sam Winnall (Barnsley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 70'

Sam Winnall (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Gary McSheffrey (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 59'

Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Darius Henderson replaces Tom Hopper because of an injury.

Posted at 55'

Tom Hopper (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 55'

Foul by Marc Roberts (Barnsley).

Posted at 52'

Foul by Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United).

Posted at 52'

Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 51'

Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 51'

Foul by Josh Scowen (Barnsley).

Posted at 50'

Attempt saved. David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

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