Paul Heckingbottom will 'hate' being banned from the dug-out for tomorrow's derby, but insists it won't have any negative impact on his players.

The Reds head coach has been fined after going into the Wolverhampton Wanderers' dugout during at Oakwell on January 31. He has also received a one-game touchline ban so will be further back in the West Stand tomorrow, communicating with assistant Jamie Clapham via an earpiece. He will be able to deliver the pre-match and half-time team talks.

Heckingbottom accepted the FA charge, after an altercation with a Wolves member of staff who tried to hide the ball from Josh Scowen. He said: "It was just instinct after I saw Scowy running towards the ball. It's like looking after your kids. I will always protect my players.

"But when I saw him turn away and hide the ball, Scowy was out of there and I was in there.  It was a bad reaction to someone taking the micky. "I was wrong. You can't do that."

Heckingbottom was also sent to the stands at Hillsborough in December after Sheffield Wednesday staff came into his technical area. He said: "We have had good conversations with referees this season but one area I think needs to be improved is the rules around technical areas because they are not clear. I've fallen foul of it twice."

Yesterday was the first time Heckingbottom led training this week as he was at Wembley for the disciplinary hearing on Monday then had a board meeting on Tuesday after a video analysis session with the players. He is confident the team will be fine without him on the sidelines but is frustrated to have to take a backseat for a match he has been thinking about since Barnsley lost in injury-time at Huddersfield in August.

Heckingbottom said: "It will probably be only me that suffers. I will hate it.  It's no different to any other match. Half of the players ignore you on the pitch anyway. We don't give running commentary as staff anyway. We only talk to each other when there are things to discuss and that will be the same with the earpiece. Claps has been really good since he came in and the lads have responded well to him.

"I have tried to get all my frustrations out before the game, but I'm not looking forward to having to be in the stands. It makes it worse that it's a big derby game with a big crowd and it's a game I have been thinking about a lot since they scored against us in the 96th minute. I thought I had made a mistake with the starting line-up in that game and then their winning goal came as the result of a substitution I made to try to win the game. I wanted to replay the game straight away so I am looking forward to playing them again."

The Terriers – who have won their last six Championship matches – are four points off the automatic promotion places, and 15 ahead of ninth-placed Barnsley. In all competitions, they have won 13 of their last 17 matches since November and have lost only one – at Sheffield Wednesday on January 14.

Heckingbottom said: "Huddersfield have done really well this season.  They have got a clear way they want to play, like we have, but what they have had is consistent players and not having to change their team much like we have.  They score a lot of late goals and that shows they have a winning mentality."

Barnsley failed to score in three of their last four matches and have won only one of five since their last derbies against Leeds United and Rotherham in late January. The Reds have the fourth best away record in the league while only leaders Newcastle have more wins or goals on the road this season.

But Barnsley have the 19th best home record while no side in the top four divisions of English football have conceded more in their own stadium this season. Heckingbottom's side have won just once at Oakwell in 2017 and only 23 of their 49 points have come there. He said: "It's just about the points, it doesn't matter where they come. Games against teams at the top or bottom, home and away, they all pose different questions. It's sometimes down to what form the opposition is in at that time and what they are chasing. As it stands, we have had better opportunities for points away than at home."

With season ticket holders able to buy two extra tickets for £10 each thanks to a special offer which expires at 5pm today, the Reds are hoping that the attendance for this Yorkshire derby will be about 18,000. Huddersfield are expected to bring about 5,000 away fans.