League Two round-up: Oxford end Plymouth's winning run
Wednesday 21 October 2015 08:40, UK
Oxford stretched their unbeaten run to seven matches in Sky Bet League Two and halted promotion rivals Plymouth's five-game winning run with a 1-0 victory.
Liam Sercombe, signed from Plymouth's Devon rivals Exeter in the summer, struck the decisive goal in the 32nd minute, while the home side also struck the woodwork twice.
Alex MacDonald had two further chances to add a second, while third-placed Oxford are now two points behind Plymouth, who remain top.
Second-placed Portsmouth had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home against Stevenage after teenage substitute Conor Chaplin had given Pompey the lead deep in the second half.
However, Brett Williams stepped off the bench to rescue a point for Stevenage in stoppage time, with Portsmouth denied the chance to go top.
Accrington and AFC Wimbledon played out a seven-goal thriller as striker Lyle Taylor and Dannie Bulman scored a double each to help the Dons to a 4-3 win.
Billy Kee's brace had given Accrington a 2-0 lead inside 10 minutes before Bulman and Taylor hauled Wimbledon level. The teams were locked at 3-3 at the break, with Bulman equalising after Sean McConville had scored for Accrington.
Taylor then broke Accrington hearts by slotting home the winner in the 64th minute.
Mansfield maintained their push for automatic promotion with a 1-0 win at Yeovil in a game that saw nine minutes of added time after home goalkeeper Artur Krysiak had suffered a head injury.
Reggie Lambe struck deep in stoppage time to make the difference in what had otherwise been a drab encounter.
Northampton kept themselves in the play-off places as Dominic Calvert-Lewin's 63rd-minute winner helped them to a 3-2 win over Carlisle, while Morecambe maintained their challenge with a 3-1 win over Crawley.
Kevin Ellison, Shaun Miller, and Paul Mullin scored for Morecambe, while Leyton Orient were held to a 1-1 draw at Luton.
Wycombe slipped to a third straight defeat as an own-goal from Marcus Bean and Scott Boden's strike secured bottom club Newport a 2-0 win.
Elsewhere, Barnet were thankful to John Akinde for a second-half goal in a 1-1 draw against Hartlepool, York had to rely on Michael Coulson's 79th-minute goal for their 2-2 draw against Dagenham, while Bristol Rovers and Notts County settled for a goalless draw.
