Stevens’ Green day as Rovers go top

MATT STEVENS fired

Forest Green to the top of the table as he bagged two goals at the Banks’s Stadium to send Walsall rock bottom.

The striker, 23, nodded past goalkeeper Carl Rushworth and then grabbed a second and Rovers’ third with a penalty in first-half stoppage-time to beat the Saddlers 3-1.

Bradford picked up their first win of the season with a 2-1 win over

Oldham thanks to a stoppagetime penalty from Lee Angol.

Stevenage made it two wins from two in the league as they beat

Bristol Rovers 2-0.

Ben Coker’s corner was tapped home by former Rovers man Chris Lines shortly before a Jake Reeves counterattack allowed Luke Norris to score.

Omar Beckles fired his second goal this term as Leyton Orient thrashed Exeter 3-0.

Goals came from Aaron Drinan (above) and Beckles before Theo Archibald guided one past Cameron Dawson.

Barrow edged new boys Hartlepool out in a 3-2 win.

The home side were pegged back twice before Dimitri Sea snatched the winner.

Nigel Clough’s

Mansfield ran out 2-1 winners at home to

Newport, while

Carlisle made sure they remained unbeaten as they put

Swindon to the sword by the same scoreline.

Defender Jon Guthrie made sure that Northampton kept their 100 per cent league record intact as the Cobblers beat

Colchester 1-0 but Fraser Horsfall saw a red card.

Port Vale and

Tranmere remained goalless while the deadlock could not be broken between

Rochdale and

Scunthorpe.

Also, Salford and

Sutton shared a stalemate.