Coventry City remain in sixth place on goal difference in the League One table after the round of matches on Tuesday night.
City's 2-0 defeat at Oakwell saw Barnsley join City on 52 points with Southend who drew 1-1 at home to Crewe and Bradford City who lost 2-1 at home to bottom side Colchester United now only a point two points behind the Sky Blues, who face Rochdale, who lost 2-0 at Shrewsbury on Saturday in what now is a must win game.
Fifith played second but Millwall and Wigan drew 0-0, whilst Gillingham lost 2-1 at Fleetwood and Walsall went third with a 0-0 home draw against Scunthorpe whilst leader's Burton Albion won 1-0 at Sheffield United.
A 1-1 draw for Port Vale at Oldham moved them up to tenth with Swindon's 2-0 win over Doncaster lifting the Robins into eleventh place.
Former City striker Leon Clarke scored for Bury in a 3-1 home win over Peterborough who have dropped to sixteenth whilst Blackpool are back in the bottom four despite a 1-1 draw at Chesterfield.