Barnsley can mathematically secure their safety in League One when they visit bottom club Port Vale from 7.45pm on Tuesday evening.

The Reds all-but ended relegation concerns on Saturday with a 3-1 win at Rotherham United which finished a six-game winless run and put them 12th, seven points clear of the drop zone.

Vale are bottom, 16 points adrift of safety but they cannot mathematically be relegated by Barnsley in midweek. They are the lowest scorers in the division with 30 goals.

They lost 7-0 at Premier League giants Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final – having beaten top flight Sunderland in the previous round – on Saturday then won against Rotherham.

They did not play on Saturday – due to scheduled opponents Stockport being in the EFL Trophy final – so this game is their first of seven in 18 days including one 48 hours later at Peterborough.

Vale won 2-0 at Oakwell in September then thrashed the Reds 5-0 in the EFL Trophy in Burslem in December.

They then sacked former Reds defender Darren Moore in December – with ex-Oakwell stalwart Martin Devaney also leaving after a stint as assistant – and brought in former Northampton boss Jon Brady.

Their top-scorer is still ex-Red Devante Cole despite him moving to Luton in January while their goalkeeper Joe Gauci spent the second half of last season at Oakwell on loan from Aston Villa.

Head coach Conor Hourihane told the Chronicle: “It’s going to be a really tough game and completely different to Rotherham.

“Port Vale have picked up a bit in terms of form and results, barring Chelsea but that is a different one. They have won their last couple of games at home against Bolton and Rotherham.

“The pitch is very very poor so we need to show we’re up for a fight and a battle then show the quality we did on Saturday off the back of that.”