Pilgrims lose a two-goal lead as Pirates fight back to level
PLYMOUTH are just two points clear at the top after letting a twogoal lead slip in a 2-2 draw at Bristol Rovers.
Finn Azaz put them ahead after 14 minutes and Adam Randell doubled the lead in first-half stoppage time.
But Josh Coburn halved the arrears just after half-time and Aaron Collins hauled Rovers level in the 57th minute.
Third-placed Sheffield Wednesday failed to take advantage after they were held to a 1-1 draw with Lincoln despite taking an early lead through Lee Gregory.
Daniel Mandroiu’s first league goal for the Imps secured them a point in the lunchtime kick-off.
Peterborough, in fourth, secured a 2-1 win away at 10-man Oxford thanks to first-half goals from Jack Taylor and Kwame Poku.
Billy Bodin pulled one back after the break for the hosts but they lost Matty Taylor to a red card with 33 minutes still to play.
Sean Raggett’s 17th-minute strike gave fifth-placed Portsmouth a 1-0 win at Forest Green.
Bolton moved up to sixth after coming from two goals behind to snatch a 3-2 win at Accrington.
Shaun Whalley’s eighth-minute drive and a George Johnston own goal put Stanley in control but Harvey Rodgers put through his own net.
Kieran Lee and Oladapo Afolayan then secured victory and lifted the visitors above Barnsley.
The Tykes were beaten 1-0 by Morecambe, who moved off the bottom after a first-half goal from Kieran Phillips.
MK Dons are now the basement side after Nick Freeman gave Wycombe a 1-0 win.
A late goal from Victor Adeboyejo secured a 1-0 win for lowly Burton at home to Cheltenham.
Paul Digby’s own goal condemned Cambridge to a 1-0 home defeat by Port Vale, and Crystal Palace loanee Jesurun Rak-sakyi’s strike saw Charlton triumph 1-0 at Shrewsbury.
Sam Nombe’s injury-time finish gave Exeter a 2-1 win over Fleetwood after Jay Stansfield cancelled out Carlos Mendes Gomes’ goal.