Mansfield Town vs Cheltenham Town. Sky Bet League Two.
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Saturday 2 March 2019 18:29, UK
Will Atkinson and Alex MacDonald hit late goals as Mansfield boosted their automatic promotion hopes with a 4-2 win over Cheltenham.
The Robins had mounted an unlikely second-half fightback with Chris Hussey and Charlie Raglan levelling after a CJ Hamilton double gave Stags a 2-0 lead at the break, but Atkinson headed home with 14 minutes to go before MacDonald wrapped it up in stoppage time.
Mansfield hit the front went Hamilton tapped home into an empty net in the 42nd minute and he doubled the lead three minutes later when he calmly slotted in after getting away from his marker.
Hamilton was denied a hat-trick by a smart save by Scott Flinders as he attempted to round the goalkeeper just after the restart.
However, Cheltenham hit back when Chris Hussey curled in a beautiful free-kick home in the 59th minute and Raglan glanced a header in from a corner nine minutes later.
Flinders brilliantly kept out Jorge Grant before Atkinson headed home from a corner after 77 minutes to restore the hosts' lead.
MacDonald slotted home on the break to get his first goal after returning from injury to wrap up victory for third-placed Mansfield.
