Barnsley returned to winning ways on Wednesday night, beating Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 at Oakwell.
Callum Styles opened the scoring for the Tykes, sidestepping his man inside the penalty area, before firing a low, unstoppable shot into the bottom corner.
Aapo Halme inadvertently gave the visitors a chance to level after he brought down Garath McCleary in the box just after half time.
Joe Jacobson place the spot kick into the roof of the net giving ‘keeper Jack Walton no chance, levelling the game.
However, McCleary turned from hero to villain after he tripped Luke Thomas in the penalty area.
Cauley Woodrow converted from the spot, squeezing the ball past the goalkeeper.
The result means that Barnsley sit in 16th place, ten points above the relegation zone.
Both South Yorkshire sides that played on Tuesday night lost by two goals to nil away from home, with Rotherham United not be able to hold off highflying Watford, and Sheffield Wednesday falling to defeat against Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town.
Watford piled the pressure onto the Millers early doors, before scoring in just the fourth minute when Christian Kabasele turned in a flick-on from a corner.
The game was pretty much wrapped up after 15 minutes, when Wes Harding failed to deal with a cross, before Troy Deeney capitalised on the mistake, prodding in from close range.
Kyle Vassell did have a chance in the second half to give the Millers a chance of getting back into the game, however his half volley from a tight angle was well saved by Ben Foster.
Rotherham find themselves in 20th place in the table, one point off the relegation zone.
Elsewhere, the Owls produced one of their worst performances this season according to Tony Pulis, losing 2-0 to Huddersfield.
Josh Koroma gave the hosts the lead early in game, sidestepping Dominic Iorfa and firing low into the corner.
The Terriers doubled their lead through a superb free-kick from Isaac Mbenza, which Joe Wildsmith could not stop despite getting a touch before the ball nestled in the top corner.
Huddersfield had a chance to put the icing on the cake minutes into the second half, but Juninho Bacuna fired the spot kick wide after Iorfa brought down the midfielder.
Wednesday never got going, only creating one clear chance which came in the dying minutes for Jordan Rhodes, who fired the ball straight at the ‘keeper.
The result keeps the Owls at the foot of the table, four points off safety.
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