Brilliant Barnsley: Peterborough United 0 Reds 4
After limping to a 1-1 draw against Plymouth in midweek, Daniel Stendel's men responded in style at London Road as George Moncur and Jacob Brown bagged either side of Brad Potts' double to earn them a notable three points.
Skipper Adam Davies also saved an early penalty as the Reds posted a second 4-0 away victory of the campaign to close to within two points of second-placed Posh.
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Hide AdDavies set the tone for the afternoon when he got down brilliantly to keep out Ivan Toney's 13th-minute penalty, which came after Dimitri Cavare fouled Joe Ward.
The momentum swung even further in Barnsley's favour a minute later when Peterborough failed to clear and the ball came to Moncur, a Posh loanee last season, to score from close range.
The Reds also made light of an injury to Kieffer Moore as Potts doubled the lead in first-half injury time with a rifled 25-yard effort from a short free-kick.
The former Blackpool midfielder then sent the near-1600 travelling Reds into ecstasy by finding the bottom corner from 20 yards just before the hour.
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Hide AdSubstitute Brown put the icing on the cake deep into injury time as he found the same corner to grab his second goal of the season.
Peterborough: Chapman, Naismith, Bennett, Tafazolli, Daniel (Lyon 54), Maddison (Reed 65), Walker (Godden 26), Woodyard, O'Hara, Ward, Toney
Unused subs: Tyler, Dembele, Cooke, Cummings
Barnsley: Davies, Cavare, Pinnock, Lindsay, Williams, Mowatt, Dougall, Bahre (Thiam 89), Potts (Hedges 78), Moncur, Moore (Brown 36)
Unused subs: Walton, McGeehan, Jackson,, Adeboyejo, Brown
Referee: Darren Drysdale
Attendance: 7,683 (1,583 Barnsley fans)