Lincoln beat Morecambe, Bury see off Oldham and Mansfield squeeze past Forest Green as top three sides all win on Saturday.
Saturday 23 February 2019 18:29, UK
Lincoln won 2-0 at Morecambe as Bury and Mansfield kept the pressure on the Sky Bet League Two leaders.
Bruno Andrade maintained his hot streak in front of goal in each half, and the Portuguese has now scored five times in as many games.
Nicky Maynard spearheaded Bury's 3-1 comeback win against local rivals Oldham. Paul Scholes' Latics took an eighth-minute lead through Wigan loanee Callum Lang, his 11th goal of season. But Maynard (72) and Jay O'Shea (76) turned the game on its head for the Shakers to extend their unbeaten home record to 12 games.
Maynard scored his second - and 17th of the season - in stoppage time as Bury stay within two points of Lincoln.
Mansfield stay third, two points further back after beating Forest Green 1-0, with Tyler Walker scoring his 21st goal of the season. The scorer was later sent off deep into stoppage time.
Fourth-placed MK Dons completed a quickfire league double over Newport by repeating their February 12 win at Rodney Parade. Kieran Agard saw his first-half penalty brilliantly saved by County goalkeeper Joe Day, but Ousseynou Cisse (57) and Chuks Aneke (89) spared Agard's blushes to seal a 2-0 victory and keep the Dons within two points of the automatic promotion places.
Colchester moved above Forest Green into fifth with a 1-1 draw at home to Carlisle. Exeter moved into the play-off spots as a 2-1 away win ended Crewe's unbeaten seven-game run.
Northampton won 2-1 at Stevenage through Andy Williams' injury-time strike. Swindon were held 1-1 by 10-man Grimsby, who had Ludvig Ohman sent off after 66 minutes for receiving two yellow cards.
Yeovil eased their relegation worries with a 1-0 victory over Cambridge. Port Vale's slide continued with a 1-0 defeat at Cheltenham, who claimed a fourth successive win. Veteran Luke Varney's 10th goal of the season condemned Vale to a fourth straight defeat under new boss John Askey.
Macclesfield remain in the bottom two after drawing 1-1 at Crawley. Bottom club Notts County are now five points from safety after Connor Jennings' 69th-minute goal gave Tranmere a 1-0 win at Prenton Park.
