It’s Chuks away for the high-flying Dons
Barnsley Peterborough after Posh were held to a 1-1 draw by bottom club Bradford after Ivan Toney cancelled out Anthony O’Connor’s opener.
A hat-trick by James Collins (above) kept Luton fifth as they routed Plymouth 5-1 with Elliott Lee and James Justin also scoring. Joel Grant netted the Pilgrims’ consolation.
Blackpool rose to seventh after Armand Gnanduillet’s late goal earned a 2-1 win at 10-man Southend.
Oliver Turton opened the scoring for Blackpool before Jason Demetriou equalised for the Shrimpers, who had Michael Turner sent off.
Jak Alnwick’s penalty save helped move MK DONS climbed top of League Two with a home win against bottom club Macclesfield.
Striker Chuks Aneke’s
10th goal of the season broke the deadlock and Kieran Agard (below) doubled the lead for Paul Tisdale’s side.
Newport grabbed their first win in five games to move into the automatic promotion places with a
2-0 victory at home to Colchester. Exeter
Northampton at St James Park.
Jayden Stockley headed Exeter into a half-time lead after Northampton’s Billy Waters had cancelled out Jake Taylor’s opener.
Mansfield stretched their unbeaten run to 11 games as CJ Hamilton’s strike sealed a 1-0 home win against Port Vale, who had Manny Oyeleke sent off.
Tranmere slipped to seventh after going down 3-2 at Crewe. Callum Ainley gave the home side a first-half lead and got his second after James Norwood had equalised.
Charlie Kirk added a third for Crewe, before Ollie Banks replied.
Bury notched a fourth straight win with a 4-0 home thumping of 10-man Stevenage.
The Shakers scored all four in the second half after Stevenage striker Kurtis Guthrie had been shown a straight red card.
Jay O’Shea struck twice, either side of Danny Mayor’s effort and Eoghan O’Connell finished the scoring. Aaron Wildig’s late goal gave Morecambe a 1-0 win at Forest Green, while Carlisle hammered Swindon 4-0 at the County Ground with goals from Ashley Nadesan, Regan Slater
(2) and Jamie Devitt. Ahkeem Rose’s late effort clinched Grimsby a
1-0 home win against Crawley, while Oldham came from behind to win
3-1 against Cambridge. George Maris gave The U’s the lead but Sam Edmundson, Jordan Lyden and Callum Lang turned it for the Latics.
Notts County’s winless run was extended to six games after a 3-0 defeat against fellow strugglers Cheltenham, Luke Varney (2) and Tyrone Barnett getting the goals.