Barnsley are a win away from promotion after a 2-1 success over Blackpool which completed an unbeaten league season at Oakwell. 

The visitors took the lead after a quarter of an hour then Cauley Woodrow levelled before the break and Liam Lindsay’s first League One goal of the season secured the win. 

Portsmouth drew 1-1 at Sunderland, which leaves third-placed Pompey four points behind the Reds while fourth-placed Sunderland are six behind. Both sides have games in hand on Tuesday but will be not be able to catch Barnsley as long as Daniel Stendel’s side win at Bristol Rovers on the final day.  If both fail to win in midweek, the Reds will be promoted with a game to spare. 

The Reds could also win the title after drawing level on points with Luton Town who lost 2-1 at Burton Albion, but still have a better goal difference by four.

Daniel Stendel kept the team which won 3-0 at Plymouth Argyle on Monday and they finished their home campaign with 15 wins and eight draws from 23 games. 

After a quiet start to the game, the visitors took the lead on 15 minutes. A cross from the right was cleverly nudged on by Armand Gnanduillet to Harry Pritchard whose 15-yard shot from the left of the box took a large deflection and nestled in the bottom left corner. 

Barnsley responded very well to going behind and were well on top for the remainder of the first half.  Mamadou Thiam missed a huge change to level just three minutes later when he headed Jordan Williams’ cross over the bar five yards out in a central position. 

Ethan Pinnock headed one of several early Cameron McGeehan corners wide well while, at the other end, Gnanduillet dragged a low shot well off-target in the box. McGeehan then fired a 22-yard shot just wide of the bottom left corner after a clever pass by Mike Bahre before Blackpool’s Ben Heneghan headed well over the bar. 

Thiam then missed a superb chance when Alex Mowatt’s excellent 40-yard pass put him clean through on goal on the left of the box but goalkeeper Christopher Mafoumbi produced a good one-on-one save. 

Barnsley eventually levelled on 39 minutes when, after a long passing move down the left wing, the ball fell to Woodrow just outside the box and he turned before shooting into the bottom left corner from 20 yards for his 19th goal of the season. 

The Reds were dealt a blow just before half-time when Jacob Brown was brought off with an injury and replaced by Kieffer Moore. That meant Bahre moved from behind the striker to right wing and Moore joined Woodrow up front. 

Thiam volleyed a difficult chance over the bar from just inside the box in first half injury-time but Barnsley went in at the break having been the better team. 

Early in the second half, Bahre headed a Mowatt cross just over the bar from eight yards out then Thiam forced Mafoumbi into another good save as he clawed a 25-yard shot out of his top left corner. 

The Reds took the lead just before the hour-mark when Lindsay headed in McGeehan’s impressive left-sided corner at the near post five yards out. 

Woodrow then had two excellent chances to make it 3-1, firing wide on the turn inside the box from Thiam’s low left-wing cross then blazing over on the right of the box after Blackpool lost the ball deep in their half. 

Blackpool’s Pritchard tried to score his second of the match when a corner was cleared to him on 75 minutes but his 20-yard shot lacked power and Davies saved with ease. 

Moore then produced an incredible miss with ten minutes remaining, volleying a McGeehan corner over the bar from four yards out with the goal gaping and no one marking him. 

Barnsley team: Davies; J Williams, Pinnock, Lindsay, Pinillos; Brown (Moore 44mins), Mowatt, McGeehan, Thiam (Hedges 87); Bahre (Styles 90+3); Woodrow. Unused: Walton, Jackson, Fryers, Green.  Goals: Woodrow 39, Lindsay 59.  Blackpool (4-2-3-1): Mafoumbi; Nottingham, Tilt, Heneghan, Bola; Evans (Feeney 59mins), Spearing; Thompson, Pritchard (Long 85), Kirby (Delfouneso HT); Gnanduillet.  Unused: Boney, Anderton, Guy, Ryan. Yellow cards: Evans. Goals: Pritchard 15. 

AS IT HAPPENED
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    1 Barnsley push forward early after Cauley Woodrow is fouled on the half way line and the referee gives the advantage. Williams, Brown and McGeehan exchange some neat passes and Mike Bahre receives the ball. He lays it off to Alex Mowatt to strike, but it's well cleared.
  • 15:07pm
     
    3 A Blackpool free kick from deep is knocked down by Armand Gnanduillet in the box, but it's cleared and Jacob Brown leads the counter down the right. His ball through is collected comfortably by the keeper.
  • 15:08pm
     
    5 Harry Pritchard with an excellently improvised clearance in the visitors' penalty area. As he fell backwards he somehow flicked the ball away with an acrobatic overhead kick.
  • 15:09pm
     
    6 Nya Kirby is pressured well by Jordan Williams, who wins the ball and sprints down the right wing. He wins a throw deep into the visitors' half, but the Reds can't do anything with it and it's out for a goal kick.
  • 15:11pm
     
    8 Alex Mowatt attempts a right footed cross from the right side of the box, and the Reds get a corner as it's deflected out.
  • 15:12pm
     
    9 Mowatt attempts the corner, but the wind blows the corner flag into the path of his foot and he somehow kicks both the flag and ball and the ball barely moves. A peculiar moment, and the ref lets the midfielder retake the corner - but it's cleared well away.
  • 15:14pm
     
    11 With just over ten minutes gone, there has been little to shout about for either side.
  • 15:15pm
     
    12 Sunderland are 1-0 up at home to Portsmouth. Tom Flanagan with the goal. If the scoreline remains that way, Barnsley's promotion aim is entirely in their hands - a win at Bristol Rovers will see them go up.
  • 15:18pm
     
    GOAL!
    15 Harry Pritchard scores with a heavily deflected left-footed strike, after the ball was laid off by Armand Gnanduillet.
  • 15:20pm
     
    17 Mamadou Thiam is inches wide from an immediate equaliser after a great cross from the right by Jordan Williams, heading over the bar from close range.
  • 15:23pm
     
    20 Mike Bahre twists and turns in the box and gets a left-footed shot away which is blocked. Barnsley corner, and the Reds are showing an excellent response to going 1-0 down.
  • 15:25pm
     
    22 Another Barnsley corner as Dani Pinillos' cross is blocked. Cameron McGeehan whips it in and Ethan Pinnock rises to get his head on it, but the centre back's effort goes wide. The Reds keep knocking on the door.
  • 15:29pm
     
    25 Some more sustained pressure from Barnsley, with Mike Bahre again showing some lovely footwork on the edge of the box to glide past several defenders. It ends with nothing as Jacob Brown's cross into the box is too strong, and goes out for a goal kick,
  • 15:32pm
     
    28 Barnsley play the ball around the Blackpool box and Cameron McGeehan receives it in a central position. He takes it onto his right and fires towards goal from the edge of the box, but it creeps outside the far post.
  • 15:34pm
     
    30 Jordan Thompson's free kick is whipped into Barnsley's penalty area, but Ben Heneghan heads over the bar.
  • 15:35pm
     
    32 Another cross attempt from Dani Pinillos after he and Mamadou Thiam combine well on the left. His first cross is blocked and he improvises with a volleyed attempt, which sails out of play.
  • 15:38pm
     
    34 Barnsley get a free kick near the half way line as the referee pulls back play. They're not happy about it, as Jacob Brown - who received the ball during the period of advantage, was clipped by Curtis Tilt.
  • 15:39pm
     
    36 Barnsley have dominated the half after going a goal down. Alex Mowatt gets two chances to clip the ball into the box, nearly finding the run of Cauley Woodrow with the second.
  • 15:40pm
     
    37 A long ball by Alex Mowatt is collected well by Mamadou Thiam who was surging into the box. His strike from a tight angle is well saved by Christoffer Mafoumbi, and Barnsley will wonder how they aren't yet level.
  • 15:42pm
     
    GOAL!
    39 Cauley Woodrow with a powerful low strike from outside the box finally gets Barnsley back into it.
  • 15:44pm
     
    40 There's a break in play now as Jacob Brown receives treatment in the centre circle. He's finally back on his feet but looks to have taken a heavy knock to his calf.
  • 15:45pm
     
    41 That goal from Cauley Woodrow makes him Barnsley's top scorer in all competitions with 19 goals. He and Kieffer Moore are tied on league goals, with 16 apiece.
  • 15:46pm
     
    43 Barnsley are absolutely battering Blackpool now, as both Mike Bahre and then Alex Mowatt have shots blocked. Cameron McGeehan takes a crack from well out, but it's smothered by Christoffer Mafoumbi.
  • 15:47pm
     
    SUB OFF
    Jacob Brown
  • 15:47pm
     
    SUB ON
    Kieffer Moore
  • 15:48pm
     
    44 Jacob Brown can't continue as he goes to ground again. The young forward really didn't want to go off, but he gets an outstanding response from the home fans as he makes way for Kieffer Moore.
  • 15:48pm
     
    ADDED TIME
    3 minutes added time
  • 15:49pm
     
    45+1 Kieffer Moore is immediately called into action as he attacks Alex Mowatt's corner. The ball is cleared and Moore is again alive in the box, knocking the ball down for Mamadou Thiam whose strike sails over the bar.
  • 15:51pm
     
    HALF-TIME: Barnsley 1, Blackpool 1. After the shock of going behind, the Reds have dominated the first half at Oakwell and are unlucky to go into half-time level.
  • 16:06pm
     
    The Barnsley players are first out of the tunnel ahead of the second half.
  • 16:08pm
     
    SUB OFF
    Nya Kirby
  • 16:08pm
     
    SUB ON
    Nathan Delfouneso
  • 16:09pm
     
    Blackpool start the second half with one change to their side, Dlefouneso taking up position on the left wing.
  • 16:10pm
     
    46 An early chance for the Reds as Alex Mowatt goes down in the box, claiming for a penalty. The ref says nothing doing, and the midfielder, returning to his feet, collects the ball and takes a crack at goal - which is blocked.
  • 16:13pm
     
    49 A flowing attacking move by Barnsley as Mike Bahre, Kieffer Moore and Cauley Woodrow exchange one-touch passes before Woodrow gets a shot away, which is blocked for a corner.
  • 16:14pm
     
    50 Mike Bahre heads narrowly over from the near post after Alex Mowatt's delivery into the box from the corner.
  • 16:14pm
     
    51 Antony Evans is played through on goal by Nathan Delfouneso, but the pass is overhit and Adam Davies collects.
  • 16:16pm
     
    52 Mamadou Thiam forces a good save from Christoffer Mafoumbi, as his curling strike from the edge of the box looked destined for the top corner.
  • 16:18pm
     
    54 Barnsley win another corner as Mamadou Thiam's left-footed cross along the ground is blocked. Barnsley have started this half as they finished the first.
  • 16:20pm
     
    55 Mamadou Thiam cuts back and cross the ball into Cauley Woodrow, but it's at an awkward height and the forward struggles to get his head to it. If he'd have left it, Kieffer Moore - who was stood behind his strike partner - might have been able to control it.
  • 16:21pm
     
    YELLOW CARD
    Antony Evans booked after kicking the ball away as he was called offside.
  • 16:22pm
     
    GOAL!
    58 Liam Lindsay with a powerful header from Cameron McGeehan's corner.
  • 16:24pm
     
    60 Another Cameron McGeehan corner finds Cauley Woodrow at the back post, but the striker fires wide. The Reds have had so many corners this game without really threatening - except from the goal that put them ahead, of course.
  • 16:26pm
     
    62 Cauley Woodrow receives the ball on the left wing and gets past Michael Nottingham with some neat touches. He gets a chance to fire towards goal, but it's high and wide.
  • 16:33pm
     
    68 The pace of the game has slowed considerably in the last five minutes or so, but the Reds continue to be forward-thinking with their play. No concrete chances for either side, though.
  • 16:33pm
     
    70 Mamadou Thiam fires the ball low into the box and it finds its way to Cauley Woodrow, whose shot on the turn is narrowly wide of the far post.
  • 16:34pm
     
    71 Cauley Woodrow again! The striker fires over after getting the run on the Blackpool defence and getting space to advance into the box.
  • 16:37pm
     
    74 Harry Pitchard with a shot from outside the box, after Jordan Thompson's corner was cleared by Ethan Pinnock. It's an easy save for Adam Davies, though.
  • 16:40pm
     
    76 Kieffer Moore receives the ball on the right wing and plays an inch-perfect ball to Cauley Woodrow on the opposite side. The striker advances, but he makes the wrong decision in trying to find Mamadou Thiam in the box. He probably should've gone for goal there.
  • 16:41pm
     
    78 Jay Spearing is getting treatment for cramp, which gives the players a chance to regroup on the sideline.
  • 16:42pm
     
    79 Cauley Woodrow is found by Cameron McGeehan who was driving through the centre of the pitch after being played in by Kieffer Moore. The striker goes down in the box, but he's told to get to his feet.
  • 16:43pm
     
    80 Barnsley get a corner and McGeehan sends it to Kieffer Moore on the six-yard line. The striker gets an acrobatic volley in, but it's inches over the bar. Great chance.
  • 16:45pm
     
    82 Blackpool get two chances to cross from opposite sides of the pitch. First Harry Pritchard gets his head to a cross from the left, then Michael Nottingham's cross from the right sails out of play.
  • 16:47pm
     
    SUB OFF
    Harry Pritchard
  • 16:47pm
     
    SUB ON
    Chris Long
  • 16:50pm
     
    SUB OFF
    Mamadou Thiam
  • 16:50pm
     
    SUB ON
    Ryan Hedges
  • 16:51pm
     
    Today's attendance is 14,703 with 524 Blackpool fans.
  • 16:53pm
     
    89 Kieffer Moore breaks for Barnsley and runs down the left. He turns it to Ryan Hedges who was in the box, and the winger manages to get a cross in. Unfortunately, no one can get on the end of it.
  • 16:53pm
     
    ADDED TIME
    3 minutes added time
  • 16:55pm
     
    SUB OFF
    Mike Bahre
  • 16:55pm
     
    SUB ON
    Callum Styles
  • 16:56pm
     
    90+3 Mike Bahre, just announced as man of the match, gets a standing ovation as he walks off the pitch to be replaced by Callum Styles.
  • 16:56pm
     
    90+3 The Reds look to have the game sewn up and are keeping the ball in the corner.
  • 16:57pm
     
    FULL-TIME: Barnsley 2, Blackpool 1. A solid performance sees Barnsley go into the final fixture of the season in a commanding position.

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