UEFA Nations event
Cardiff City U21 and Barnsley U21 meet in Professional Development League U21 — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
Professional Development League U21 · England · 18.08.2026 · kick-off 13:00 UTC
How Cardiff City U21 and Barnsley U21 have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Cardiff City U21:
Date Event Score 14.08.2026 Cardiff City U21 vs Bournemouth U21 4 - 1 20.04.2026 Cardiff City U21 vs Hull City U21 1 - 2 14.04.2026 Colchester United U21 vs Cardiff City U21 1 - 1
Barnsley U21:
Date Event Score 14.04.2026 Sheffield Wednesday U21 vs Barnsley U21 4 - 0 10.04.2026 Barnsley U21 vs Colchester United U21 4 - 0 07.04.2026 Crewe Alexandra U21 vs Barnsley U21 5 - 2
When Cardiff City U21 and Barnsley U21 have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score 02.12.2025 Barnsley U21 vs Cardiff City U21 1 - 1 15.04.2025 Cardiff City U21 vs Barnsley U21 1 - 0 01.09.2023 Cardiff City U21 vs Barnsley U21 2 - 1
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Cardiff City U21 — 23
Barnsley U21 — 27
Goals conceded so far:
Cardiff City U21 — 19
Barnsley U21 — 28
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Cardiff City U21 vs Barnsley U21
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
