Barnsley came from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at home to Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday night.

After a very poor first half from both sides, Wycombe took the lead within seconds of the re-start but substitute Stephen Humphrys levelled before the hour. Wycombe scored again on 85 minutes but Marc Roberts levelled on 89 for the Reds who are now seventh with 15 points from nine games.

Barnsley did not play particularly well but showed good character to level quickly twice.

Darrell Clarke made three changes from the side that drew with Stockport County on Saturday.

Top-scorer Adam Phillips dropped out of the squad, thought to be due to injury, with Corey O’Keeffe and Stephen Humphrys benched. In came Donovan Pines, Sam Cosgrove and Kyran Lofthouse, who started a Reds league game at home for the first time.

The Reds played a 4-4-2 with Mael de Gevigney and Josh Earl – usually centre-backs – the full-backs while Barry Cotter and Lofthouse, usually wing-backs, were on the wings while Cosgrove was partnered up front by Davis Keillor-Dunn.

Barnsley started brightly, with Cosgrove having a goal ruled out for offside in the third minute after Lofthouse’s shot deflected to him. Cosgrove then cushioned a Cotter pass to Keillor-Dunn whose 20-yard shot was tipped wide of the bottom right corner by the goalkeeper.

The first half then became an awful spectacle, with both sides struggling to keep hold of the ball while there were regular aimless long passes and set pieces which lacked quality.

Wycombe’s Caleb Taylor headed over after a corner on the left was played short then the cross was flicked on but, after that moment in the 16th minute, nothing of note happened in the remainder of a drab first half.

Wycombe took the lead with their first shot on target seconds into the second half, when Kieran Sadlier’s cross from the left was volleyed at the back post by Bez Lubala and the low effort bounced in off the left post.

Barnsley responded well with Luca Connell’s 25-yard volley hitting the right post then Mael de Gevigney being denied a penalty after a good burst into the right of the box from halfway.

Sadlier then cut in from the left and saw a 15-yard shot easily held by Gaga Slonina before, at the other end, Cosgrove headed a tough chance well over from Cotter’s cross.

Clarke brought on Humphrys and Fabio Jalo who combined within minutes for the leveller. Jalo swapped smart passes with Luca Connell then slipped in Humphrys on the left of the box whose 15-yard shot found the bottom right corner.

Not much happened until, in the final ten minutes, Jalo’s deflected effort from the edge of the box went just wide of the top left corner.

The visitors retook the lead when, after Richard Kone easily beat Cotter on the left, Taylor hit the bar from close range then Kone saw an effort blocked by Earl and Slonina saved from Joe Low but Kone finally tapped in.

Barnsley again responded well and, after a Humphrys' header from a corner cross was tipped over, they levelled again. Substitute Josh Benson saw a header from a right-wing corner well saved but Roberts tapped in from a few yards out.

Barnsley had a succession of corners at the end but could not find a winner.

Barnsley (4-4-2): Slonina; de Gevigney, Pines (Humphrys 55mins), Roberts, Earl; Cotter, Craig, Connell, Lofthouse (Jalo 55); Keillor-Dunn (Benson 71), Cosgrove.

Unused: Killip, Russell, O'Keeffe, Marsh.

Yellow cards: Jalo.

Goals: Humprhys 58, Roberts 89.

Wycombe (4-5-1): Ravizzoli; Grimmer, Low, Taylor, Harvie; Lubala (Onyedimna 60mins), Morley, Scowen, Bakinson (Humphreys 77), Sadlier (McCleary 60); Udoh (Kone 77).

Unused: George, Butcher, Skura.

Yellow cards: Low.

Goals: Lubala 46, Kone 85.