Down To Ten
Accrington ST
Accrington ST played the closing 16 minutes a man down after a 74′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 74′
- Player
- Devon Matthews
League Two · Matchday 6
Barnet
C. Lakin 57', 72'
2 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Accrington ST
C. Caton 27'
League Two
Matchday 6Barnet2–1Accrington ST
1.79
Expected goals
0.85
27′57′72′74′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: BAR 1.79, AS 0.85.
Match report
Barnet 2-1 Accrington ST
Barnet edged out Accrington ST 2-1 at The Hive Stadium in League Two. Caton opened the scoring for Accrington ST on 27', Lakin levelled for Barnet on 57' and Lakin added his second on 72'.
Expected goals finished Barnet 1.79, Accrington ST 0.85. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Barnet held 61.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Matthews was sent off on 74', leaving Accrington ST 16 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Accrington ST graded out for box occupation — 6 of 8 shots in the box and 0.11 xg per shot. Accrington ST graded out for cynical press — 19 fouls and 6 yellow cards.
Charlie Lakin came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for Barnet from 2 goals, 3 key passes and 4 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 28 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Accrington ST conceding the most free-kicks (19).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
61%Possession39%
15Shots8
1.79xG0.85
What the numbers say
4 readsComeback Win
Barnet
Barnet went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–1
Box Occupation
Accrington ST
Accrington ST kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 6 of 8
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.11
Cynical Press
Accrington ST
Accrington ST broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 19 fouls and 6 bookings.
- Fouls
- 19
- Yellow cards
- 6
- Red cards
- 1
Timeline
🟨6'
Tyler Walton
Foul
🟨16'
Josh Woods
Foul
⚽27'
C. Caton
🟨29'
Joseph Anderson
Foul
Half-time
D. Ajayi ↑ N. Ofoborh ↓
🔄46'
🔄46'
A. Henderson ↑ C. Caton ↓
🟨55'
Devon Matthews
Foul
C. Lakin — assist: A. Senior
⚽57'
R. Crichlow ↑ T. Knowles ↓
🔄63'
J. Reeves ↑ O. Gallagher ↓
🔄63'
🔄64'
J. Catesby ↑ S. Whalley ↓
🔄64'
C. Warren ↑ T. Walton ↓
C. Lakin
⚽72'
🟨74'
Devon Matthews
Foul
🟥74'
Devon Matthews
Foul
🔄76'
S. Conneely ↑ A. Borland ↓
🔄76'
C. Stockton ↑ J. Woods ↓
🟨81'
Connor O'Brien
Foul
J. Maskell ↑ K. Tshimanga ↓
🔄88'
I. Noel-Williams ↑ I. Kanu ↓
🔄88'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueThe Hive Stadium, London
CompetitionLeague Two
Season2026
RoundMatchday 6
StatusMatch Finished