Swindon Town 2-0 Barnsley

Swindon moved back into League One's top two with victory over Barnsley.

The hosts went ahead in the first half when Chelsea loanee John Swift whipped the ball in from the left and defender Raphael Rossi Branco lashed home.

The former league leaders should have made it 2-0 but Andy Williams saw his penalty saved by Ross Turnbull, after Swift was felled by Paul Digby.

But Turnbull gifted Swindon their second after the break, failing to smother Ben Gladwin's shot.

Mark Cooper's side went back up into second after MK Dons and Bristol City played out a 0-0 draw, while Barnsley fell to 15th after their sixth consecutive away defeat in the league.

Swindon dominated the first half and midfielder Swift's weaving move into the box was converted well by Branco for their opener.

Swift then earned his side a spot-kick, when he went down under Digby's challenge, but goalkeeper Turnbull went the right way to stop Williams' weak attempt.

Barnsley boss Danny Wilson kept top scorer Conor Hourihane on the bench until the second half and his introduction boosted the Tykes.

Swindon's flailing defence had to scramble to stop Hourihane's side-footed shot, with Branco making a last-ditch block, and Foderingham saved well from Peter Ramage.

But Gladwin put the result beyond doubt when he struck from the edge of the area and the ball squirmed underneath Turnbull.

Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper told BBC Wiltshire:

"I thought we were very good. I thought we totally dominated the football.

"The game should have been over a lot sooner than it was but we understand you can miss chances, you can miss penalties.

"All in all I thought it was a really good performance."

Barnsley boss Danny Wilson told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"If you give a goal away as we did in the first instance you're going to have your backs against the wall.

"It was a very sloppy goal, we just fell asleep. We didn't pick the man that went out for the short corner.

"We've made a couple of mistakes and they've scored. But as the game went along we started to make it difficult for them."