Barnsley 1-0 Norwich City: Styles goal earns Tykes FA Cup fifth round spot

Callum Styles gave Barnsley a deserved win over Norwich to set up a potential FA Cup fifth-round tie against Chelsea.

The midfielder struck after 56 minutes as the hosts upset the form guide to defeat the Championship leaders.

Norwich came to life late on with Przemyslaw Placheta rattling the bar before Styles made a goal-saving block to deny Emi Buendia.

But the hosts held on to progress to the next round where they will host Chelsea or Luton, who play on Sunday.

The teams went into the game in contrasting form with Barnsley losing their last two and the Canaries flying high at the top of the Championship after winning their last three.

But the hosts made an electric start with Cauley Woodrow and Romal Palmer both testing Tim Krul on his 100th Norwich appearance.

Norwich were forced to soak up plenty of pressure and Michal Helik tested Krul again, before Styles went close and Dominik Frieser saw his dipping volley saved.

The Canaries, without Teemu Pukki and Todd Cantwell, seemed to have weathered the early storm and Max Aarons flashed a long-distance effort over the bar after 38 minutes, but that was the closest they came in the first half.

Barnsley finally made the breakthrough their efforts deserved after 56 minutes when the Canaries failed to deal with Callum Brittain's cross, allowing Styles to swivel before firing low past Krul.

Tykes top scorer Woodrow squandered a fine opportunity to double the lead on the hour when he mistimed his attempt to connect with Frieser's inviting cross.

Norwich eventually found some rhythm as Placheta saw his drive cannon back off the bar, before Styles prevented second-half substitute Buendia from equalising with just over 10 minutes left.

But Barnsley goalkeeper Brad Collins ended the game with his clean sheet intact, Norwich bowing out of the competition after mustering just one shot on target.

Barnsley head coach Valerien Ismael told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"We deserved to win and we are in the next round, that was our purpose. We got the job done and it's a great feeling for the guys.

"It will give us confidence and we will see that it is normal for us to compete at this level. If you don't score the second goal it will be tight until the end and in cup games you need luck on your side.

"We kept Norwich contained and it was exactly our game plan. It was an excellent job. The FA Cup is special and that's why we take the competition very seriously. Whoever our opponent is we will be ready."

Canaries head coach Daniel Farke told BBC Radio Norfolk:

"It was definitely not our best performance and congratulations to Barnsley, they deserved to win. Barnsley away is a difficult game at any time especially at this time of year when the pitch is that bad.

"They totally went for this game they started with more or less their best starting line-up and we decided today we needed to rotate a bit more than we would have done for a league game.

"But it was still a strong starting line-up on the pitch and we wanted to go into the next round. I don't want to criticise my team too much, we had chances to equalise, it was possible to win this game and for that we are disappointed."

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Line-ups

Barnsley

Formation 3-4-3

40Collins
20SibbickSubstituted forSollbauerat 64'minutes
30Helik
6Andersen
7Brittain
27Mowatt
21PalmerSubstituted forKaneat 45'minutes
4Styles
28FrieserSubstituted forMillerat 79'minutes
9WoodrowSubstituted forSchmidtat 79'minutes
29AdeboyejoSubstituted forChaplinat 57'minutes

Substitutes

1Walton
8Kane
11Chaplin
19Schmidt
22Oduor
25Miller
26Sollbauer
34Moon
44Omar

Norwich

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Krul
2Aarons
5Hanley
34Gibson
19Sørensen
27TetteySubstituted forSkippat 63'minutes
7RuppSubstituted forVrancicat 77'minutes
25HernándezSubstituted forBuendíaat 64'minutes
10DowellSubstituted forMartinat 77'minutes
11Placheta
9HugillSubstituted forOmotoyeat 65'minutes

Substitutes

8Vrancic
17Buendía
20Skipp
24Martin
26Mumba
44Omobamidele
50Barden
53Omotoye

Referee:: John Brooks

Match Stats

Home TeamBarnsleyAway TeamNorwich

Possession: Home29%; Away71%

Shots: Home16; Away6

Shots on Target: Home10; Away1

Corners: Home9; Away7

Fouls: Home15; Away4

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Match ends, Barnsley 1, Norwich City 0.
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Second Half ends, Barnsley 1, Norwich City 0.

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Max Aarons (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Callum Styles (Barnsley).
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Offside, Norwich City. Ben Gibson tries a through ball, but Grant Hanley is caught offside.
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Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Grant Hanley.
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Attempt blocked. Conor Chaplin (Barnsley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick Schmidt.
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Attempt blocked. Jacob Sørensen (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Przemyslaw Placheta.
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Hand ball by George Miller (Barnsley).
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Foul by Tyrese Omotoye (Norwich City).
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Mads Andersen (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Max Aarons (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Conor Chaplin (Barnsley).
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Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Herbie Kane (Barnsley).
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Oliver Skipp (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by George Miller (Barnsley).
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Jacob Sørensen (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Alex Mowatt (Barnsley).
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Corner, Barnsley. Conceded by Tim Krul.

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Comment posted by The Shodster, at 18:29 23 Jan
Probably safe in Championship, so let's go win the FA Cup and give the teams who think they have a right to win it a good hiding. YOU REDS.
Comment posted by bevc1603, at 18:03 23 Jan
Yay! I can comment on my own team for a change! Great performance today from the Reds. Loving how we're playing football at the moment.
Comment posted by Ook the Librarian, at 18:03 23 Jan
Well played Barnsley. Think Farke put out what he had. Given our injuries and Covid absentees he was right to maybe not play our strongest side. Promotion is the priority #OTBC
Comment posted by wibbler, at 18:37 23 Jan
Poor performance from city.
Placheta had a big chance to show what he is capable of today.
Unfortunately he did just that and was shockingly poor. Should have scored two goals. His crosses were awful and dithers too much in possesion. Not a championship standard player.
Comment posted by BigStan, at 18:06 23 Jan
Good result for Barnsley, who are probably safe from relegation and just that bit short of the top teams, so a cup run would be great. I can understand why Norwich want to focus on the league. Not much between the teams when we played in the league a couple of weeks ago, other than the 2 or 3 Premiership quality players that Norwich have who didn't start today.
Comment posted by Ray, at 20:52 23 Jan
Not happy
I’m not a Norwich supporter but I have a ‘soft spot’ for the Canaries
I cliche I know but Norwich can now concentrate on the league and getting promoted back to the Premier League because it is only a matter of time
In closing Barnsley who have been inconsistent in the league deserve credit for the performance and the result
Comment posted by lomasd004, at 19:21 23 Jan
Well done Barnsley. It might not have been the best City 11, but it was still a strong side that was good enough to win, but they didn't, so fair play.
Comment posted by paul Shropshire, at 17:27 23 Jan
🐑🐖🐂. Ooooh arrrr weaker team seelecttted.... Obviarse we gonna loooze.... Premier league is that taargettt, see.
Reply posted by Steve, at 17:45 23 Jan
Steve replied:
Coh that paul shropyshire, he dunt noo wot 'ees talkin' bout, do e
Comment posted by David, at 08:50 24 Jan
The technique needed to beat us is not rocket science. High press and don't give us any time on the ball. Not many many teams can keep that up for 90 mins and full credit to Barnsley. Just shows we are still not ready for the Prem.
Comment posted by lee , at 23:59 23 Jan
Come on you yellows !
Comment posted by Ray, at 21:09 23 Jan
When Norwich played in the Premier League last season I just think it came too soon and another season in the Championship might have been a good thing but.....
The Canaries must aim to be promoted again hopefully as champions this time to stay in the Premier League
Comment posted by kennycanuck, at 18:00 23 Jan
Norwich 71% possession, 1 on target.
Weird or what.
Up the Tykes
Reply posted by Alan, at 23:50 23 Jan
Alan replied:
199 back passes to the keeper, the busiest player on the pitch
Comment posted by John H, at 19:18 24 Jan
I am Barnsley bred and buttered but in early 70s worked in NWI for Air Anglia and fixed flights for the NWI team to get around the country,think of the geography.The Tykes are safe and can beat Chelsea but I hope NWI get back up also.
Comment posted by In My Eyes, at 08:07 24 Jan
Tranmere gave Barnsley a better game than Norwich......
Comment posted by Dr Foxtrot, at 21:04 23 Jan
Last time Barnsley played Chelsea they got to the semi-final but hey, with sad Frank in charge we could be playing Luton. 😂
Comment posted by Dangerclose, at 19:57 23 Jan
Well done, Callum. Bury's finest!
Comment posted by Nomad1967, at 19:20 23 Jan
Teams like Barnsley!!
Comment posted by Essex_Canary, at 18:10 23 Jan
Job done, minutes under the fringe squad players coming back from injury, a bit of a rest for those we could afford not to start and we’re out of a competition we are never going to win so we can concentrate on the only thing that’s a priority this season!
Comment posted by Canary F1, at 19:20 23 Jan
Only the league matters.
Comment posted by Paul, at 17:29 23 Jan
Not much of a surprise given the team Farke put out.