Nottingham Forest will be against a manager under pressure, rather than having one of their own, when they face Barnsley at Oakwell on Wednesday night.
While Steve Cooper was making an encouraging start to life in charge of the Reds with a 1-1 draw against Millwall, the Tykes were losing 1-0 at newly-promoted Blackpool.
The defeat left Barnsley, who reached the play-offs under Valerian Ismael last season, 20th in the Championship table.
Under new boss Markus Schopp, the Tykes have struggled to reproduce last season’s form and have just one win from nine games so far.
Saturday’s defeat even triggered calls for the Austrian to be sacked.
Ahead of Wednesday’s clash with Forest, Schopp has called on his young side to get back to basics,
“It was too easy for them when we conceded the goal. It’s just not good enough, and I’ve said that before this season," he said after the defeat to Blackpool.
“The lads know that they can do so much better, but again one single error in defence has proved very costly for us.
“In the Championship we know it’s a very tough league, and everybody has to learn fast.
“We have got a very young squad here but that’s definitely not an excuse. First of all we have to look at the basic things we’ve not done.
“We need to improve our away form, everyone can see that. We’ve got two home games to come now though.
“We’ll find the right words and the right decisions ahead of the next game and hopefully that will help to get us the result we need.”
