Barnsley 1-0 Nottingham Forest

Dale Jennings' first goal for Barnsley was enough to earn all three points against Nottingham Forest and move the Tykes off the foot of the table.

The midfielder, who signed from Bayern Munich last summer, scored with a well-struck shot early in the second half.

Djamel Abdoun hit a post for Forest in the first half, while Jamie Mackie headed wide from close range.

Defeat for Billy Davies' side was their third in succession, having previously lost against Burnley and Wigan.

Manager Davies was forced to watch from the stands due to a five-match touchline ban for abusing a referee.

His opposite number Danny Wilson, guided his team to a fifth game without defeat at home and they remain two points away from safety.

They took control of this game early, though. Jennings threatened to open the scoring in the sixth minute but goalkeeper Karl Darlow was equal to his long-range attempt.

At the other end, Abdoun struck the foot of a post with a 25-yard half volley and then crossed to Mackie, who should have scored with a free header.

The deadlock was broken shortly after the break when Jennings cut in from the left and drove the ball past the outstretched arm of Darlow.

Jamie Paterson twice came close to bringing the visitors back onto level terms but shot narrowly wide from distance before heading straight at Tykes goalkeeper Luke Steele.

The hosts had their backs against the wall as the game reached its climax and Steele did well to save Abdoun's curling free-kick in injury time.

Barnsley manager Danny Wilson: "At the end, when they're throwing everything at us, we had to defend resolutely and I think everybody did, not just the back four.

"We didn't see the true us last week, over the last few months we've showed better resilience than we did last week but I think we went a long way to putting it right today.

"We responded very, very well and I have to say the fans were as good as we were today; absolutely top class, getting behind us."

Nottingham Forest deputy manager David Kelly: "It's different with the gaffer not being there because he's the leader, he's the focal point of the team.

"Communication was a little bit difficult with the phones; phones don't really work in football grounds. But we had conversations going on.

"It's not the same when he is not there, we miss him. We miss him as a staff, we miss him as a playing group but such is the ban.

"I'm just a little bit disappointed we couldn't break them down, they defended for their lives."

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Line-ups

Barnsley

• 1SteeleBooked at 64mins
• 12HuntBooked at 61mins
• 4Kennedy
• 11WoodsSubstituted forFrimpongat 77'minutes
• 3Ramage
• 6Cranie
• 7O'BrienSubstituted forLawrenceat 90+5'minutes
• 8DawsonBooked at 74mins
• 10O'Grady
• 21MellisBooked at 85mins
• 16Jennings

Substitutes

• 5Nyatanga
• 9Proschwitz
• 14Lawrence
• 15Frimpong
• 19Cywka
• 31Turner
• 42McCourt

Nottm Forest

• 1Darlow
• 15HalfordSubstituted forMoussiat 75'minutes
• 13FoxBooked at 29mins
• 28Majewski
• 16Lascelles
• 32GomisBooked at 9mins
• 12MackieSubstituted forHendersonat 58'minutes
• 18Jara
• 31CoxSubstituted forDerbyshireat 70'minutes
• 21Paterson
• 39Abdoun

Substitutes

• 3Harding
• 5Collins
• 6Moussi
• 9Henderson
• 14Greening
• 27Derbyshire
• 29de Vries

Referee:

Keith Stroud

Attendance:

12,157

Match Stats

Home TeamBarnsleyAway TeamNottm Forest

Possession

Home48%

Away52%

Shots

Home14

Away19

Shots on Target

Home2

Away4

Corners

Home6

Away7

Fouls

Home13

Away12

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Barnsley 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Barnsley 1, Nottingham Forest 0.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+5'

Substitution, Barnsley. Liam Lawrence replaces Jim O'Brien.

Posted at 90'+5'

Offside, Nottingham Forest. Jamie Paterson tries a through ball, but Matt Derbyshire is caught offside.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt saved. Matt Derbyshire (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jack Hunt.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Luke Steele.

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt saved. Djamel Abdoun (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.

Posted at 90'+1'

Hand ball by Peter Ramage (Barnsley).

Posted at 90'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Thomas Kennedy.

Booking

Posted at 85'

Jacob Mellis (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 85'

Foul by Jacob Mellis (Barnsley).

Posted at 85'

Guy Moussi (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 84'

Offside, Nottingham Forest. Radoslaw Majewski tries a through ball, but Matt Derbyshire is caught offside.

Posted at 81'

Attempt blocked. Djamel Abdoun (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darius Henderson.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Jack Hunt (Barnsley).

Posted at 80'

Djamel Abdoun (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 78'

Peter Ramage (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Darius Henderson (Nottingham Forest).

Substitution

Posted at 77'

Substitution, Barnsley. Emmanuel Frimpong replaces Martin Woods.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Guy Moussi replaces Greg Halford.

Posted at 74'

Attempt saved. Jamie Paterson (Nottingham Forest) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Djamel Abdoun with a cross.

Booking

Posted at 74'

Stephen Dawson (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Stephen Dawson (Barnsley).

Posted at 73'

Radoslaw Majewski (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Dale Jennings (Barnsley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Martin Woods.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Darius Henderson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Djamel Abdoun.

Posted at 71'

Attempt blocked. Jacob Mellis (Barnsley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dale Jennings with a through ball.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Matt Derbyshire replaces Simon Cox.

Posted at 70'

Attempt missed. Greg Halford (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.

Posted at 68'

Dale Jennings (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Greg Halford (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 67'

Chris O'Grady (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Jamaal Lascelles (Nottingham Forest).

Posted at 66'

Attempt missed. Djamel Abdoun (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Darius Henderson.

Posted at 65'

Attempt missed. Jamie Paterson (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Booking

Posted at 64'

Luke Steele (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 64'

Attempt missed. Kevin Gomis (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Martin Woods.

Posted at 63'

Attempt blocked. Gonzalo Jara (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Fox.

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