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Kyle Wootton bagged a second-half brace as Stockport came from behind to claim a 3-1 win over Barnsley in League One.
Wootton scored his sixth and seventh league goals of the season to cancel out Patrick Kelly’s early opener for the Tykes, and the three points were sealed by Mikael Mandron’s late strike.
Victory sees Stockport move up to third place in the table, while Barnsley have dropped to 19th and are now winless in four league outings.
The first chance of the game fell to Barnsley with Reyes Cleary’s effort well saved by the outstretched leg of Ollie Whatmuff after being played through on goal.
The visitors’ early pressure continued and they took a deserved lead in the 13th minute when Kelly bent a shot into the bottom right corner from the edge of the box.
Stockport had an opportunity to equalise just before the midway point of the first half, with both Harry Wood and Wootton not quite able to get a telling touch on Ryan Glover’s low cross.
The hosts could then have found themselves further behind shortly before the half-hour mark, but Whatmuff was on hand to keep out Cameron McGeehan’s header from point-blank range.
After a quiet start to the second half, Wootton headed home from Ollie Norwood’s corner to bring the Hatters level in the 61st minute.
And the striker completed the turnaround with 17 minutes of normal time remaining, looping a header over Rogan Ravenhill from Jason Adigun’s floated delivery.
Extra gloss was added to the scoreline in the 90th minute as substitute Mandron found the net for his third league goal of the season.
