league 1 round-up
Substitute Alex Mowatt made an instant impact as Oxford made it backto-back wins with a 1-0 victory over Blackpool.
Mowatt came off the bench in the 78th minute and his first touch was to send over a free-kick that Jon Obika met with a glancing header for the winner – the forward’s seventh of the season.
Plymouth extended their unbeaten run to seven games and moved into the top half of the table with a 3-0 home win over bottom club Bury.
Argyle got off to a flying start when Toumani Diagouraga dived full length to head home David Fox’s 30-yard free-kick.
The hosts surged further ahead when Graham Carey followed up his saved penalty to calmly clip the ball past unlucky keeper Connor Ripley, who had made a superb stop to deny Plymouth’s playmaker from the spot. Bury were reduced to 10 men on the hour mark when Ryan Lowe was shown red for a foul on Argyle keeper Remi Matthews, and Antoni Sarcevic smashed in Plymouth’s third.
Arsenal loanee Stephy Mavididi’s strike secured Charlton their first victory in nine league games in a 1-0 triumph over strugglers Oldham.
Mavididi picked up possession on the left and ran into the area, before drilling a low shot past Johny Placide.
Northampton gave their survival hopes a timely boost with a 3-1 win over Southend.
Three defeats on the spin had left the Cobblers deep in the mire, but they moved to within two points of safety thanks to goals from John-Joe O’Toole, Matt Grimes and Alex Revell.
O’Toole’s early opener was cancelled out by Jason Demetriou’s penalty, but Grimes scored from the spot before Revell’s late third.